Solutions Engineer, Algolia

• 2+ years experience in a customer-facing technical role (SE, SA, consultant, PM), ideally in the SaaS space
• Previous software development experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Front End: JavaScript, TypeScript, React
• Back-End: Java, Ruby, Go, Node, Python, Swift/Objective-C
• Experience with data formats and data transformation
• Great oral and written communication skills
• Superior organizational skills working with multiple customers and have the ability to switch context quickly throughout the day with various competing demands and attention to detail
• Obsessed with Solving Customer Problems
• Experience at our current stage and beyond ($150-300M+ ARR range, high growth, lots of change and building internal infrastructure)

Desirable

• The Solutions Engineer is a critical part of the go-to-market team, working closely with the sales and solutions organizations, playing a major role in the revenue attainment of the company and the adoption and best practices of our customers
• The Algolia Solutions Engineer is responsible for delivering the technical win and product fit on opportunities and accounts. They lead the technical pre-sales relationship, work closely with Account Executives, demonstrate the product and architecture, overcome objections, and offer creative and consultative solutions
• The Algolia Solution Engineer is both a highly technical product expert and a skilled relationship builder. They are comfortable showing an engaging communications experience to a CTO or developing a prototype with the API in communication with customer software engineers
• The ideal candidate gets excited talking to engineers, product managers, and CTOs, and also knows how to distill technical concepts to business value for all types of buyers
• The SE also is an important advocate for customer interests towards product development interfacing with R&D, creating compelling technical content, enabling other groups, and working on cross-company initiatives
• Work with Sales Teams and prospects on their evaluation and adoption of Algolia solutions
• Understand customer goals and how Algolia’s solution can address those needs
• Assist in the Sales process including technical discovery, technical demo, Proof of Concept (POC), RFP responses
• Leverage the tools, frameworks, and partners of the Algolia ecosystem to validate technical and functional fit
• Distill and advocate customer interests, needs and product feedback in order to relay to Product and Engineering teams
• Continuously learn and update skills and keep aware of industry trends in the Search and Discovery space, and contribute to thought leadership to make Algolia more accessible to the world
• Work with the Solution Architects and Customer Success teams on seamless transition to the post sales process in order to ensure highly successful onboarding