Qualifications
Key Responsibilities:
Utilize your expertise to comprehend customer technical challenges and develop effective solutions using Solo.io products.
Collaborate with the sales team to conduct discovery calls that uncover customer challenges pertaining to cloud migrations, microservices, and legacy infrastructure.
Deliver engaging product presentations, demonstrations, and workshops as required.
Plan and implement proof of concepts to validate Solo.io solutions.
Proactively assist customers in navigating architectural challenges and integrating cloud-native platforms like Kubernetes with Solo.io products.
Serve as a trusted advisor to customers, sales teams, and product teams.
Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the product portfolio, relevant technologies, and the competitive landscape.
Collaborate with consulting and customer success teams to ensure customers successfully adopt Solo.io solutions.
Promote Solo.io products and related technologies through various speaking engagements and content creation (blogs, articles, videos).
About the job
Solo.io develops the Gloo platform, which helps organizations connect, secure, and monitor modern applications. The platform supports APIs, microservices, and data, focusing on API and Service Mesh Management. Since its founding in 2017 by Idit Levine, Solo.io has grown into a venture-backed company valued at $1 billion as of 2021. Its customers include some of the largest organizations across various industries and regions.
The team’s background spans cloud computing, Linux, containers, Kubernetes, service mesh, APIs, security, microservice architectures, application modernization, GraphQL, and eBPF.
Role overview
This Principal Solutions Engineer position is based on the US West Coast. The role is pre-sales, working closely with Sales Executives to address customer technical challenges and support the sales process.
What you will do
- Provide technical guidance during customer meetings
- Explain Solo.io solutions and assist with architectural decisions
- Run proof-of-concept demonstrations for prospective customers
- Support successful sales cycles alongside the sales team
- Travel occasionally, especially within the Bay Area
About Solo.io, Inc.
Solo.io, Inc. is a pioneering technology company specializing in API and service mesh management, helping organizations leverage modern applications with confidence. With a strong focus on innovation and customer success, we are dedicated to enabling businesses to thrive in the digital landscape.