Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 3–8 years
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Solutions Engineer at Redpanda, the individual will engage directly with customers and partners to demonstrate the company's innovative data streaming solutions, leading product presentations and building proof-of-concept integrations. Key skills include proficiency in programming languages such as Java and Python, along with a solid understanding of modern infrastructure and streaming technologies, particularly within the Kafka ecosystem. This position is ideal for candidates with 3 to 8 years of experience in technical sales or solution architecture, who thrive in collaborative environments and enjoy tackling complex technical challenges.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Redpanda's career page.
- Redpanda has 18 other open roles including Commercial Account Executive, Principal, Social Media and Communications Lead, Senior Software Engineer, Cloud.
- 2427 active Python roles on Joblaze right now.
- 1215 active AWS roles on Joblaze right now.
- 1065 active Kubernetes roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is above the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$113,600).
Quick facts
- Is the Solutions Engineer role remote?
- Yes — Redpanda lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Redpanda lists $168,500–$198,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- 3–8 years of relevant experience for this Solutions Engineer role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, JavaScript, Java, Go, Python, GCP.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Redpanda targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Solutions Engineer role at Redpanda.
From the original posting
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 leading presentations, collecting requirements, developing solution architectures, and teaching prospective users or project teams how to use software similar to Redpanda
- Comfortable developing/prototyping solutions in many different languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go, and Javascript)
- Passion for working on complex technical 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 - $198,000, not including bonus and/or commission. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. As a remote-first company, we strive to consider each candidate's job-related skills, location, experience, relevant education or training to determine individual base salary. Your talent partner will share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Join Redpanda if you’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.