What's the salary range?

Traversal lists $150,000–$300,000 for this role.

How much experience is required?

At least 3 years of relevant experience for this Solutions Engineer - East role.

What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, Kubernetes, Terraform, backend systems, cloud infrastructure, developer tools.

What seniority level is this role?

Traversal targets mid-level candidates for this position.

Is this full-time or contract?

Full-time for this Solutions Engineer - East role at Traversal.

Solutions Engineer - East at Traversal

Joblaze summary

In the role of Solutions Engineer at Traversal, the individual will engage with prospective customers, guiding them through technical discovery and deployment of AI-driven infrastructure solutions. Key skills include a strong technical background in backend systems and cloud infrastructure, along with the ability to communicate complex concepts effectively. This position is ideal for someone with at least three years of experience in a customer-facing technical role, particularly in fast-paced startup environments. Traversal's team is composed of experts from top institutions and companies, fostering a collaborative atmosphere focused on innovative AI solutions.

Joblaze insights

Listed 3 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Traversal's career page.
Traversal has 18 other open roles including Go-To-Market Engineer, Solutions Engineer - West, Enterprise Account Executive - West.
5136 active AI/ML roles on Joblaze right now.
2579 active Kubernetes roles on Joblaze right now.
1147 active Terraform roles on Joblaze right now.
Salary band is in line with the typical range for DevOps/SRE roles (median ~$165,000).
Pays more than 29% of the 2231 salaried AI/ML roles we track (median $180,000). See AI/ML salary trends

Quick facts

What's the salary range?: Traversal lists $150,000–$300,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?: At least 3 years of relevant experience for this Solutions Engineer - East role.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, Kubernetes, Terraform, backend systems, cloud infrastructure, developer tools.
What seniority level is this role?: Traversal targets mid-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Solutions Engineer - East role at Traversal.

From the original posting

About Traversal

Traversal is the AI Site Reliability Engineer (AI SRE) for the enterprise.

Production complexity was already outpacing what engineering teams could manage manually, and AI-generated code is accelerating that gap. Traversal is built for that challenge, autonomously understanding and reasoning across even the largest, most complex production environments to diagnose, fix, and prevent incidents. Our mission is to free engineers from endless firefighting and give them more time to focus on creative, high-impact work.

Today, Traversal operates in mission-critical environments at some of the world’s largest enterprises. Our roots remain deeply embedded in AI research, and we’ve brought together researchers from institutions including MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Columbia, and Cornell with world-class technical staff and operators from companies like Google, Meta, Datadog, ServiceNow, and Citadel Securities to take on one of the hardest problems for AI to solve. Traversal is backed by Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Hanabi, NFDG, and American Express Ventures.

The Role

As a Solutions Engineer at Traversal, you’ll help define how we engage with prospective customers, you'll guide them from initial technical discovery through successful deployment. This is a foundational, customer-facing role at the intersection of technical depth and relationship building.

You’ll collaborate with product and engineering to translate customer needs into compelling, customized pilot deployments that achieve high value for customers. You’ll work closely with our CEO, CTO, GTM and Product teams to help scale founder-led sales into a repeatable process. You’ll act as the technical voice in conversations with prospects, create resources to support go-to-market efforts, and relay insights back to the team to shape roadmap priorities.

If you thrive in high-ownership, high-velocity environments—and are excited to help define how AI-native infrastructure products are introduced and adopted—we’d love to meet you.

Responsibilities

Drive technical discovery and demo conversations with engineering teams evaluating Traversal.
Translate complex infrastructure problems into tailored, high-impact pilot evaluations.
Build and maintain demo environments, technical guides, and internal tooling to support our sales process.
Partner with product and engineering to scope integrations, relay customer feedback, and influence roadmap direction.
Support onboarding and implementation efforts for new customers, ensuring early wins and long-term adoption.
Stay current on observability trends, SRE workflows, and the broader AI infrastructure ecosystem.

Requirements

3+ years in a Solutions Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, or Solutions Architect role, and/or relevant engineering experience with strong customer instincts.
Strong technical background in backend systems, developer tools, cloud infrastructure, or observability platforms.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to a range of audiences.
Experience building POCs, leading demos, or owning technical parts of a sales cycle.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment with shifting priorities.
Project management: able to coordinate across multiple internal/external stakeholders, lead recurring meetings, and drive pilots to completion.
Proven enterprise experience navigating complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles (POV/POC, Security/Legal/Procurement) from discovery through production

Nice to Have

Familiarity with SRE workflows or observability tools.
Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or deployment systems like Kubernetes.
Proven ability to create technical enablement content and scale early sales motions.
Interest in AI infrastructure and the future of agentic systems.

Compensation

We offer competitive compensation, startup equity, health insurance, and additional benefits. The U.S. base salary range for this full-time role is $150,000–$300,000 OTE, plus equity and benefits. Our salary ranges are based on location, level, and role. Individual compensation is determined by experience, skills, and job-related knowledge.

Why You Should Join Us

Traversal is a place to take on hard, meaningful problems with real ownership from day one. You’ll work alongside people who challenge you to grow, learn constantly, and help define a new category of infrastructure software. We think long term, move quickly, and hold a high bar without taking ourselves too seriously.

We offer competitive salary and equity packages, health insurance, fertility benefits, a great tech setup stipend and flexible time off. Plus in-office snacks, team happy hours and outings, an annual company offsite, and plenty of built in time to collaborate across teams.