Knot

Lead Solutions Engineer

Knot
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1 year ago
New York, NY, USAMid Level / Senior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$150k - $200k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own solutions engineering at Knot.
  • Serve as the technical lead throughout the pre-sales, implementation, and post-sales lifecycle.
  • Guide customers through implementation planning, architecture reviews, security evaluations, and integration of Knot’s mobile SDKs and APIs.
  • Debug and troubleshoot customer implementations while engaging Knot’s internal teams as needed.
  • Identify customer implementation friction and create documentation, workflow automations, AI-native solutions, and other improvements.
  • Develop upsell and cross-sell opportunities, demos, and proofs of concept with the go-to-market team.
  • Create customer onboarding documentation, integration guides, and technical data flow diagrams.
  • Build lightweight tools and features such as workflow automations, SDK/API enhancements, and developer dashboard improvements.
  • Work daily with go-to-market, product, and engineering leads.

Requirements

  • 2–8 years of experience working at a startup, including at least 1 year in a customer-facing role.
  • Engineering background with fluency in SDKs, REST APIs, webhooks, authentication, and complex systems.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers inside and outside the company.
  • Strong intellectual judgment, resilience under pressure, drive, and customer-focused decision-making.
  • Regular use of AI tools such as Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Studio, and agent builders.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary with up to 20% annual bonus and generous early employee equity
  • 100% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for employees and dependents in the U.S.
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Parental leave
  • Beautiful NYC office in the Flatiron neighborhood
  • Herman Miller Aeron desk chair
  • Snacks, frequent lunches, and often dinner for employees working late

Categories

Solutions Engineering
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About Knot

51-200 employees

Knot builds a merchant connectivity platform and SDK that let banks and fintechs enable card-on-file updates, receipt-level transaction data, and 1-click checkout across hundreds of online merchants. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in New York City, it sells APIs embedded in financial apps; customers cited include American Express, PayPal, BILT, and Step. The company raised a Series A in 2024.

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