Kernel

Solutions Engineer

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11 hours ago
Cincinnati, OH, USA +2 moreSenior

Base Salary

$200k - $235k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical sales motion alongside the founders, including discovery, demos, solution design, and closing.
  • Architect customers’ production systems involving CUA agents, browser automations, and web agents, including concurrency, observability, and failure-mode planning.
  • Debug integration issues across the SDK, MCP server, browser automation edge cases, and customer code.
  • Serve as the primary technical point of contact for strategic accounts and guide customers from demo to production.
  • Champion customer requirements internally and collaborate with engineering to address product gaps.
  • Create technical content such as integration guides.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in a technical customer-facing role such as Solutions Engineer, Sales Engineer, or Solutions Architect.
  • Strong engineering foundation, including the ability to read and write code, inspect SDK internals, and engage technically with senior engineers.
  • Track record of owning a technical sales motion and driving complex, cross-functional deals and projects from first call to go-live.
  • Ability to translate precisely between technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience building with AI agents, MCP servers, or LLM-integrated workflows.
  • Familiarity with browser automation or agent infrastructure such as Playwright, CDP, and headless browsers is preferred.
  • Prior experience at a developer infrastructure or API-first company, with enterprise deals, or with publicly shipped OSS, demos, or tools is preferred.

Benefits

  • Industry-competitive salary and above-market equity.
  • Premium medical and dental coverage, including dependent coverage.
  • $1k per month budget for LLM usage fees.
  • Daily lunches provided.
  • Unlimited PTO.
  • 401k with company match.
  • Relocation assistance.
  • Default async work environment with minimal bureaucracy.
  • Hiring process includes virtual interviews and a half-day onsite interview, with in-person participation preferred.

Categories

Solutions Engineering
Kernel

About Kernel

51-200 employees

Kernel develops noninvasive neuroimaging hardware and software that measure brain activity for research, clinical studies, and human performance applications. Its flagship product, Kernel Flow, is a wearable time-domain fNIRS system that enables real-time, high-density cortical measurements and cloud-based data analysis. Founded in 2016 by Bryan Johnson and headquartered in Culver City, California, Kernel partners with labs and organizations that need scalable, participant-friendly brain data collection.

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