Solutions Engineer

Baselayer
San Francisco, CA
On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for technical professionals who bridge engineering and customer success, with experience in identity verification and fintech, working in a collaborative, in-office startup environment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with prior experience in solutions engineering or technical customer success in fintech or financial compliance
    — “Experience in solutions engineering, implementation, or technical customer success”
  • Individuals who can translate complex technical concepts into actionable customer solutions
    — “You have a passion for translating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences”
  • Professionals comfortable with fast-evolving standards and infrastructure decisions in a nascent industry category
    — “The category is being defined right now; the standards, seats, and infrastructure decisions of the next 18 months will be consequential for a decade.”

Things to consider

  • Requires a significant in-office commitment with 4 days per week in San Francisco
    — “Based in San Francisco; 4 days per week in office”
  • Candidates must be adaptable to a rapidly evolving industry and ambiguous technical requirements
    — “You're adaptable and can navigate ambiguity with confidence”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with KYC/KYB processes and technical documentation in your resume and interviews
    — “Familiarity with identity verification, KYC/KYB processes, or financial compliance”
  • Emphasize your ability to work with cross-functional teams and lead technical discovery calls
    — “Experience leading technical discovery calls, product demos, or implementation workshops”
  • Demonstrate coding skills in Python or JavaScript and how they support implementation work
    — “Basic coding skills in Python or JavaScript”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • helping customers implement solutions
  • delivering technical demonstrations
  • collecting and communicating customer feedback
Typical background
technical backgroundcustomer success experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Technical ConsultationImplementation SupportSolution DesignProduct DemonstrationsCross-functional CollaborationTechnical DocumentationCustomer TrainingFeedback LoopContinuous Learning

Preferred

AI ToolingIndustry Trends

Stack & domain

Technical ConsultationAPI IntegrationSolution DesignProduct DemonstrationsCross-functional CollaborationTechnical DocumentationCustomer TrainingFeedback LoopIndustry TrendsEmerging TechnologiesCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkLeadershipAdaptabilityCustomer EmpathyIdentity VerificationAgentic CommerceBusiness GraphFraud DetectionAIPayment NetworksBanksWallet ProvidersAgent Platforms

About the role

Original posting from Baselayer via Greenhouse

ABOUT BASELAYER

Every business in America needs a bank account to exist. The system that decides whether they're real, who's behind them, and whether they're a risk, runs on infrastructure from the 1980s. We're rebuilding that layer from scratch.

Baselayer is the identity layer for institutions across the United States: the most complete business graph in America and every human tied to it. We fuse public records, IRS data, sanctions lists, web signals, and fraud telemetry from 2,200+ financial institutions into a single graph that resolves any business and the humans behind it in milliseconds. The legacy credit bureaus took 50 years to build something that gets 60% match rates. We've built something that gets 98% in under two years.

Today we're trusted by over 20% of financial institutions in America including FIS, Rho, Socure and top five US banks. But the graph is becoming infrastructure for anyone who needs to know if a business is real and worth trusting: gig platforms, marketplaces, AI companies, and commerce infrastructure at scale.

Trust is the substrate of every financial transaction. We're rebuilding it.

ABOUT THE TEAM

AI agents are starting to transact: opening accounts, buying services, moving money on behalf of the businesses and people behind them. Every one of those transactions has a counterparty asking the question banks have always asked: who am I dealing with, and can I trust them? Today's identity infrastructure wasn't built to answer it at agent speed.

The Agentic Economy team is extending Baselayer's business graph into the trust layer for agentic commerce: verifiable credentials that bind an agent to the verified business and human behind it, a registry counterparties can query in real time, and verification APIs that plug into the networks, platforms, and protocols where agent transactions happen.

We run like a startup inside a startup: a small senior team led by our GM of Agentic Economy, working directly with payment networks, banks, wallet providers, and agent platforms. The category is being defined right now; the standards, seats, and infrastructure decisions of the next 18 months will be consequential for a decade.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We're looking for a technical bridge-builder who thrives at the intersection of engineering and customer success. You have a passion for translating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences and enjoy diving into code to solve real-world problems. You're energized by helping customers implement solutions that drive measurable business value.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Technical Consultation: Help understand customer requirements and design appropriate implementation strategies for Baselayer's identity verification solutions

Implementation Support: Guide customers through API integrations and ensure successful deployment of Baselayer products

Solution Design: Create technical documentation and implementation plans that address specific customer needs

Product Demonstrations: Deliver technical demonstrations that showcase Baselayer's capabilities

Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with sales, product, and engineering teams

Technical Documentation: Develop implementation guides and solution architectures for various customer scenarios

Customer Training: Educate customers on Baselayer's products and APIs

Feedback Loop: Collect and communicate customer feedback to product and engineering teams

Continuous Learning: Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies in the identity verification space

Post-implementation Support: Provide ongoing technical guidance to ensure customer success

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

You have 2+ years of experience in a technical role, product management, or customer-facing position

You possess fundamental knowledge of API concepts and web technologies

You're detail-oriented and able to document requirements effectively

You're a natural problem-solver who enjoys finding solutions to complex challenges

You're adaptable and can navigate ambiguity with confidence

You're highly collaborative and enjoy working with cross-functional teams

WHAT SETS YOU APART

Experience in solutions engineering, implementation, or technical customer success

Basic coding skills in Python or JavaScript

Familiarity with identity verification, KYC/KYB processes, or financial compliance

Experience with fintech or financial institutions

Experience leading technical discovery calls, product demos, or implementation workshops

WORK LOCATION

Based in San Francisco; 4 days per week in office

COMPENSATION

Salary Range: $135,000 – $220,000 + Equity

BENEFITS

Time off when you need it: Flexible PTO so you can recharge without red tape

In-person energy: We're based in SF and meet in the office 4 days per week

Competitive compensation: We pay well and back it with equity. We want you to think and act like an owner

Career rocket fuel: You'll help build the foundation of a high-growth startup, working side by side with experienced founders and team members who've done it before

Benefits on us: We cover 100% of your health, dental, and vision premiums. No surprise deductions from your paycheck

401(k) with company match: We match your contributions so your future self benefits too

HSA contributions included: We contribute to your HSA on applicable plans, so your coverage works as hard as you do

Stay healthy, stay sharp: A $250 monthly gym stipend to help you bring your best self to work, and everywhere else

Lunch on us: Lunch stipend so you can stay fueled and focused without thinking about it

A seat at the table: We believe in transparency, radical candor, and giving every team member a voice 🔥

Source: Baselayer careers (Greenhouse)

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