LaunchDarkly
Staff Solutions Engineer
Remote Solutions Engineering role with clear candidate location fit.
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Eligible countries1 accepted country
Seniority signalLead
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
USA
Role overview
Staff Solutions Engineer
Requirements and responsibilities
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Responsibilities:
- Drive technical discovery, architecture design, and PoC implementation throughout the pre-sales lifecycle.
- Partner with Account Executives and Customer Success Managers to craft compelling technical value propositions.
- Deliver high-impact demonstrations, workshops, and proposals tailored to C-level and technical stakeholders.
- Cultivate trust and credibility with customers, identifying technical champions and positioning as a strategic advisor.
- Liaise between customers and internal Product and Engineering teams to relay feedback and influence product roadmap.
- Lead cross-regional technical initiatives and enhance SE tools, processes, and frameworks for global scalability.
- Mentor junior team members, foster technical excellence, and share industry best practices across the SE team.
- Maintain expert-level knowledge of LaunchDarkly’s platform, integrations, industry trends, and emerging technologies.
- Respond to RFPs, and manage technical environments to support enterprise sales motions.
- Translate complex client requirements into scalable, sustainable, and technically sound solutions.
- Represent LaunchDarkly at industry events and customer engagements through travel as needed.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 12+ years of experience in a solutions engineering, sales engineering, or systems architecture customer facing role.
- Extensive knowledge of cloud platforms, expertise in at least one (e.g., AWS, Azure & Google Cloud).
- Demonstrated excellence in leading & documenting proof of concepts and building technical & deal champions.
- Experience with security and compliance frameworks PII, PCI, HIPAA
- Extensive excellence and background in areas such as the SDLC, cloud architecture or DevOps.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills. Demonstrated history of presenting thought leadership to the broader industry.
Qualifications:
- 50% travel required
Qualifications:
- Zone 1: San Francisco/Bay Area or NYC Metropolitan Area, Boston, Seattle - $240,000 - $330,000**
- Zone 2: Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Austin, Portland, Philadelphia, Chicago - $216,000 - $297,000**
- Zone 3: All other US locations - $204,000 - $281,000**
About LaunchDarkly:
- Improving the velocity and stability of software releases, without the fear of end customer outages
- Delivering targeted experiences by easily personalizing features to customer cohorts
- Maximizing the business impact of every feature through the ability to experiment and optimize
- Coordinating the release and optimization of software to provide consistent experiences across mobile platforms and device types
- Improving the effectiveness and productivity of engineering teams, by providing insights into engineering cadence and stability
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