Confluent
Senior Solutions Engineer (Remote, Central USA)
Confluent, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
Senior Solutions Engineer (Remote, Central USA)
Customer Solutions, United States, Wisconsin, Chicago, IllinoisWith Confluent, organizations can harness the full power of continuously flowing data to innovate and win in the modern digital world. We have a purpose that drives us to do better every day – we're creating an entirely new category within data infrastructure - data streaming. This technology will allow every organization to create experiences and use the power of data in ways that profoundly impact the way we all live. This impact is our purpose and drives us to do better every day.About the Role:Solutions Engineers at Confluent drive not only the early-stage evaluation within the sales process, but also play a crucial role in enabling ongoing value-realization for customers, all while helping them move up the adoption maturity curve. In this role, you’ll partner with Account Executives to be the key technical advisor in service of the customer. You’ll be instrumental in surfacing the customers’ stated or implicit Business Needs and coming up with Technical Designs to best meet these needs. You may find yourself at times facilitating art of the possible discussions and storytelling to inspire customers in adopting new patterns with confidence, and at other times driving creative solutioning to help get past difficult technical roadblocks. Overall, we look upon Solutions Engineers to be a key cog within the Customer Success Team that helps foster an environment of sustained success for the customer and incremental adoption of Confluent’s Technology.What You Will Do:Help advance new & innovative Data Streaming use-cases from conception to Go-LiveExecute on and lead Technical Proofs of ConceptConduct Discovery & Whiteboard Sessions to develop new use-casesProvide Thought Leadership by delivering Technical Talks and WorkshopsGuide customers with hands-on help and best practice to drive operational maturity of their Confluent DeploymentAnalyze Customer Consumption trends and identify Optimization opportunitiesWork closely with Product and Engineering teams, and serve as a key Product advocate across the Customer, Partner and Industry ecosystemForge strong relationships with key customer stakeholders and serve as a dependable partner for themWhat You Will Bring:7+ years of Solutions Engineering or similar work experienceExperience with Event-Driven architecture, Data Integration & Processing Techniques, Database & Data Warehouse technologiesFirst-Hand exposure to Cloud Architecture, Migrations, Deployment & Application DevelopmentExperience with Automation, GitOps and KubernetesProficiency in Java, Python or SQLTechnical certifications - Cloud Developer/Architect, Data Engineering & IntegrationClear, consistent demonstration of self-starter behavior, a desire to learn new things and tackle hard technical problemsExceptional presentation and communications capabilities. Confidence presenting to a highly skilled and experienced audience, ranging from developers to enterprise architects and up to C-level executivesWhat Gives You an Edge:Familiarity with Solution SellingA challenger mindset and an ability to positively influence peoples’ opinions
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Customer Solutions, United States, Wisconsin, Chicago, IllinoisWith Confluent, organizations can harness the full power of continuously flowing data to innovate and win in the modern digital world. We have a purpose that drives us to do better every day – we're creating an entirely new category within data infrastructure - data streaming. This technology will allow every organization to create experiences and use the power of data in ways that profoundly impact the way we all live. This impact is our purpose and drives us to do better every day.About the Role:Solutions Engineers at Confluent drive not only the early-stage evaluation within the sales process, but also play a crucial role in enabling ongoing value-realization for customers, all while helping them move up the adoption maturity curve. In this role, you’ll partner with Account Executives to be the key technical advisor in service of the customer. You’ll be instrumental in surfacing the customers’ stated or implicit Business Needs and coming up with Technical Designs to best meet these needs. You may find yourself at times facilitating art of the possible discussions and storytelling to inspire customers in adopting new patterns with confidence, and at other times driving creative solutioning to help get past difficult technical roadblocks. Overall, we look upon Solutions Engineers to be a key cog within the Customer Success Team that helps foster an environment of sustained success for the customer and incremental adoption of Confluent’s Technology.What You Will Do:Help advance new & innovative Data Streaming use-cases from conception to Go-LiveExecute on and lead Technical Proofs of ConceptConduct Discovery & Whiteboard Sessions to develop new use-casesProvide Thought Leadership by delivering Technical Talks and WorkshopsGuide customers with hands-on help and best practice to drive operational maturity of their Confluent DeploymentAnalyze Customer Consumption trends and identify Optimization opportunitiesWork closely with Product and Engineering teams, and serve as a key Product advocate across the Customer, Partner and Industry ecosystemForge strong relationships with key customer stakeholders and serve as a dependable partner for themWhat You Will Bring:7+ years of Solutions Engineering or similar work experienceExperience with Event-Driven architecture, Data Integration & Processing Techniques, Database & Data Warehouse technologiesFirst-Hand exposure to Cloud Architecture, Migrations, Deployment & Application DevelopmentExperience with Automation, GitOps and KubernetesProficiency in Java, Python or SQLTechnical certifications - Cloud Developer/Architect, Data Engineering & IntegrationClear, consistent demonstration of self-starter behavior, a desire to learn new things and tackle hard technical problemsExceptional presentation and communications capabilities. Confidence presenting to a highly skilled and experienced audience, ranging from developers to enterprise architects and up to C-level executivesWhat Gives You an Edge:Familiarity with Solution SellingA challenger mindset and an ability to positively influence peoples’ opinions
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