Senior Solutions Engineer - West
LaunchDarkly2 months ago
Base Salary
$183k - $295k/yr
Responsibilities
- Drive technical discovery, architecture design, and proof-of-concept implementation during the pre-sales lifecycle.
- Partner with Account Executives and Customer Success Managers to develop technical value propositions.
- Deliver demonstrations, workshops, and proposals for C-level and technical stakeholders.
- Build customer trust, identify technical champions, and act as a strategic technical advisor.
- Relay customer feedback to Product and Engineering teams and influence the product roadmap.
- Lead cross-regional technical initiatives and improve SE tools, processes, and frameworks for global scalability.
- Mentor junior team members and share technical best practices across the SE team.
- Maintain expert knowledge of the LaunchDarkly platform, integrations, industry trends, and emerging technologies.
- Respond to RFPs and manage technical environments supporting enterprise sales motions.
- Translate complex client requirements into scalable and technically sound solutions.
- Represent LaunchDarkly at industry events and customer engagements, traveling as needed.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in solutions engineering, sales engineering, or a customer-facing systems architecture role.
- Experience with the SDLC, cloud architecture, or DevOps.
- Deep knowledge of cloud platforms and expertise in at least one of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and document proofs of concept and build technical and deal champions.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, including presenting thought leadership to the broader industry.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with PII, PCI, HIPAA, security, or compliance frameworks is a bonus.
- Ability to meet the requirement for 50% travel.
Benefits
- Target base pay ranges from $182,600 to $295,350 annually depending on geographic zone.
- Restricted Stock Units are provided in addition to salary.
- Health, vision, dental insurance, and mental health benefits are provided.
- The role requires 50% travel within customer and industry engagements.
About LaunchDarkly
LaunchDarkly sells a feature management platform for software teams, providing feature flags, experimentation, observability, and runtime controls for code and AI agents. Its SaaS products help release safely, target rollouts, and adjust behavior after deploy without redeploys. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Oakland, CA, the company processes tens of trillions of flag evaluations daily and is used by over a quarter of the Fortune 500.