Director of Solutions Engineering (NYC or Remote)
The Opportunity
We’re looking for a Director of Solutions Engineering to join our commercial team. You’ll be the first U.S.-based solution architect, working closely with Sales, Customer Success, and Engineering. Being a player/coach, you will build a team of Solutions Engineers working with our department heads (VP of Sales, CTO, Sales Engineering). This is an exciting opportunity for an A-player to join a fast-growing company in one of the hottest spaces in tech and take their career to the next level.
Your role as Solutions Architecture Lead:
- Lead, build & hire a team of Engineering-focused Solutions Architects
- Build and strategize initiatives for new or existing opportunities in sync with AE/CSM
- Provide help in prioritizing product backlog and drive prioritization of work for the enterprise-wide platforms under its purview
- Lead enterprise-level POV/POCs as part of our sales process
- Translate business and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint to achieve business objectives
What we are looking for:
- Proven experience as a Solutions Architect
- Management & hiring experience
- 5+ years of practical experience in software development, including Python, Node.JS, and Java
- 5+ years of experience in AWS
- Knowledge of microservices - Kubernetes, containers, and serverless
- Strong and broad background in the software industry in leading customer-facing teams
- A passion for technology and translating that passion into business impact for customers
- An experienced leader who has developed and led managers and individual contributors in the software industry, preferably from a pre-sales/solution engineering perspective or relatable customer-facing functions
- Can be either in the NYC area (our HQ) or Remote
Bonus Points:
- You have worked in (or have a strong understanding of) the Developer Tools or APM space
- You think bunnies are among the coolest animals on the planet
Perks
- Strong equity position as an early employee
- Generous and competitive benefits/compensation
- Transparency from the Executive team on almost all aspects of the business
- Outfit your home office on our dime
About Epsagon
Epsagon was founded to bring observability + automation to development and engineering teams leveraging microservices within their application architectures. Headquartered in the Flatiron District of NYC, our diverse team seeks to build, market, support, and sell a best-in-class, developer-focused tool that increases engineering efficiency and optimizes application service costs within today’s most tech-forward teams and companies.
Important to know
- Epsagon offices are Work From Home during COVID-19 with frequent virtual social activities to promote positive employee engagement.
- Startup with $30 million in funding, backed by investors like Lightspeed Ventures Partners and U.S. Venture Partners
- Hundreds of customers worldwide, including companies like Deloitte, Via Transportation, and Vonage