Solutions Engineer
AI summary of the role
Solutions Engineer partnering with sales to qualify and close deals through technical expertise, demos, POCs, and integrations for Redpanda's streaming data platform.
What you’ll do
- Work with sales to introduce Redpanda to customers
- Lead briefings, build POCs, run demos, prototype integrations
- Partner with product/engineering to solve customer challenges
- Address technical objections and adoption blockers
What you’ll bring
- 3-8+ years experience with presentations, solution architecture, teaching software use
- Develop/prototype in Java, Python, Go, Javascript
- Strong understanding of streaming technologies (Kafka preferred), Linux, Kubernetes
- Proficient in AWS, GCP, or Azure
Technologies
Redpanda · Kafka · Linux · Kubernetes · Java · Python · Go · Javascript · AWS · GCP · Azure
About Redpanda
Real-time streaming data platform and Agentic Data Plane enabling enterprises to connect AI agents with governed access to live data.
Series D · 200–500 people
Source and classification
Technical pre-sales · Evidence for this classification:
Redpanda is the first runtime and control plane for agent-data interaction — a unified platform that combines streaming, SQL analytics, and intelligent connectivity with the governance layer enterprise AI agents need in production. Built on infrastructure already trusted by Fortune 500 companies and fast-growing startups, Redpanda enforces governance entirely outside the agent's data path, controlling what agents see, limiting what they do, and capturing a tamper-proof record of everything they touch, so organizations never have to choose between innovation and control. About the Role: Come and join our rapidly growing Solutions Engineer team! As a Solutions Engineer, you will help qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners and provide technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, and supporting technical evaluations You Will: Work
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Redpanda is the first runtime and control plane for agent-data interaction — a unified platform that combines streaming, SQL analytics, and intelligent connectivity with the governance layer enterprise AI agents need in production. Built on infrastructure already trusted by Fortune 500 companies and fast-growing startups, Redpanda enforces governance entirely outside the agent's data path, controlling what agents see, limiting what they do, and capturing a tamper-proof record of everything they touch, so organizations never have to choose between innovation and control. About the Role: Come and join our rapidly growing Solutions Engineer team! As a Solutions Engineer, you will help qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners and provide technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, and supporting technical evaluations You Will: Work alongside the sales team to introduce Redpanda to our potential customers Lead product and solution briefings, build proof-of-concepts (POC), run live product demos, and prototype Redpanda integrations Partner with Redpanda product management, engineering and support teams to solve customer challenges and improve customer experience Identify and address customers' key technical objections and develop the strategies to address those blockers to adoption You Have: 3-8+ years of prior experience lead [... source excerpt omitted ...] problems and have a strong understanding of modern infrastructure and streaming technologies (Kafka ecosystem preferred) Strong ability to build relationships with our partners, customers, and open-source users Experience demonstrating technical concepts, including presenting and whiteboarding Collaborative spirit and enjoy making sure each team gets customer feedback to provide great customer experience Flexibility to travel to meet customers, attend events or conferences or wherever the work takes you Comfortable with Linux and Kubernetes Proficient with one or more of the following cloud providers: AWS, GCP and Azure U.S. base salary range for this role is $168,500 - $ [... source excerpt omitted ...] d enjoy being part of a fast-moving, diverse, people-first organization with team members around the globe and a culture based on trust, transparency, communication, and kindness. You'll dive into a nimble, high-impact team with the latest AI tools — and the budget to actually use them. #LI-Remote
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