Solution Engineer

Business Area: Sales Engineering Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level Job Description: At Cloudera , we empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're the preferred data partner for the top companies in almost every industry.

Powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community, Cloudera advances digital transformation for the world’s largest enterprises. Cloudera Solutions Engineers are the technical leaders in the sales account team.

We’re a close-knit community and truly enthusiastic about our work, which gives us the opportunity to grow our personal reputation both internally and externally in the data community.

We are responsible for securing the technical win in each sales opportunity and for building an ongoing relationship with our customers to ensure their business success with Cloudera technologies .

As a Solutions Engineer you will: Own the technical sales process from introductory meetings (net new sales) through post-sales (customer satisfaction, upselling, and subscription renewals) Supporting the technical needs of customers including discovering new use cases for Cloudera ’s technology Designing solutions for your customers’ needs using Cloudera technologies, based on reference architectures and common patterns Demonstrating Cloudera products in a way that inspires your customers to say “yes” to Cloudera Partnering with your Account Managers to show your customers the true value of a Cloudera solution and drive successful sales Presenting product roadmap and vision to inspire your customers to think bigger Interfacing with other Cloudera teams to ensure your customers hear one Cloudera voice Advocating for your customers’ needs to Product Management and Engineering Participating in external publicity and evangelism (conferences, meetups, webinars, blogs) Achievements are aligned to a team goal with annual sales targets, as well as to your participat