Principal Technical Marketing Engineer, WEKA

• Technical Proficiency: You have a strong technical background in Kubernetes, with demonstrable skills where product strategy meets infrastructure. bottlenecks and implementing test automation. You live and breathe the intersection of market needs and complex technical details
• Strategic Thinker: You should have a strategic mindset, capable of analyzing market trends, identifying opportunities, and translating them into actionable product and marketing strategies as a part of the product management team
• Effective Communicator: Remember those complex technical details? You can articulate them effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in clear and compelling ways. You transform your work into a kind of technical storytelling
• Collaborative Team Player: Success in this role depends on your ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and be an integral part of both product management and WEKA at large
• Passion for Innovation: You should have a genuine passion for technology and innovation, influencing product decisions based on market trends and customer needs
• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Marketing Engineer, Solutions Engineer, or similar role
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, and CSI (Container Storage Interface). Must be proficient in deploying and managing containerized workloads in Kubernetes environments
• Deep and demonstrable understanding of container orchestration and persistent volumes. This role is all about where containerization and storage meet
• Experience contributing to architectures for Kubernetes-native applications with a focus on idiomatic usability
• Familiarity with cloud-native storage solutions, CSI drivers, and related ecosystem tools
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts
• Experience in developing technical content such as blogs, solution guides, and webinars

Desirable

• Leading-edge Innovation: As a member of the product team, your unfettered access to customers means that you get a real world view into actual customer workloads that are pushing the envelope of what’s possible in storage, let alone container services. Many of our customers are pioneers in their field, and you’ll be in a prime position to analyze ground-breaking, never-seen-before architectures
• Impactful Collaboration: This role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product development, sales, and customer success. You will be an integral part of ensuring our solutions meet and exceed customer expectations
• Professional Growth: At WEKA, we value continuous learning and development. You'll be encouraged to expand your expertise, stay current with industry trends, and be a driving force behind our continued success
• Global Reach: Our products have a worldwide footprint, and you'll have the chance to engage with customers and partners from all corners of the globe. Whether you’re working on t-shirt sizing for deployment guidance or easing operational friction for the world’s largest AI and Generative AI customers, your work will have a global impact. We’ll be thrilled to cheer for you as you get on stage and talk about it at your favorite conferences
• Technical Evangelism: Ensure that the technical aspects of WEKA Kubernetes, OpenShift, and CSI integrations are well understood and effectively communicated to customers and internal teams
• Hands-on Validation: Perform hands-on testing and validation of Kubernetes use cases, ensuring completeness of the product from a customer perspective
• Competitive Analysis: Conduct comparative analyses against similar solutions, highlighting WEKA advantages in Kubernetes and OpenShift environments
• Technical Content Development: Create technical collateral such as whitepapers, reference architectures, case studies, and presentations that showcase the product’s capabilities and value in containerized environments
• Product Enablement: Work closely with sales, solutions architects, and partners to provide product training, technical demos, and proof-of-concept support
• Customer Advocacy: Engage with customers to gather real-world feedback on WEKA Kubernetes and OpenShift integrations, influencing product development priorities
• Competitive Positioning: Assist in developing technical messaging and positioning to differentiate WEKA solutions from competitors, including sizing guidance
• Product Beta Management: Lead and manage beta programs for new Kubernetes, OpenShift, and CSI features, gathering detailed feedback from customers and partners
• Field Engagement: Support sales engineers in resolving technical objections and ensuring successful deployments in Kubernetes and containerized environments
• Event Participation: Represent WEKA at industry events, conferences, and meetups to showcase our Kubernetes, OpenShift, and CSI solutions

• Care package received upon hire: backpack, multiple shirts etc.
• 401(k)
• Stock options available
• Cellular phone plan coverage
• On and off-location meal perks
• Dental, vision, life & disability insurance
• Work-related travel reimbursement
• Flexible spending account
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• A tech stack with Laptop or PC of choice, up to 2 monitors, office phone, headset
• Work from home opportunities
• Health insurance
• Career development
• At least one offsite event per quarter with spontaneous office gatherings regularly

Total funding: $465.1m

For data-driven organizations, WEKA supplies a platform for storing, processing and managing data across the cloud and on-prem. As an AI-native platform, it supports the transformation of data silos into pipelines capable of fuelling next-gen workloads like AI and HPC.