Solutions Engineer

About this role

Algolia seeks a Solutions Engineer to drive technical pre-sales engagement and customer success for its AI-powered search platform. You'll partner with sales teams to demonstrate product fit, conduct technical evaluations and POCs, and serve as a bridge between customers and product development.

What you'll do

• Lead technical discovery, demos, and proof-of-concept engagements with prospects alongside sales teams
• Assess customer goals and design Algolia solutions to address specific business needs
• Respond to RFPs and leverage the Algolia ecosystem to validate technical and functional fit
• Advocate customer feedback and requirements to product and engineering teams
• Facilitate smooth handoff to solution architects and customer success for post-sales onboarding
• Stay current on search, discovery, and SaaS industry trends and contribute thought leadership

What they're looking for

• Frontend development (JavaScript, TypeScript, React)
• Backend development (Java, Ruby, Go, Node, Python, Swift/Objective-C)
• Data formats and transformation
• Technical sales and pre-sales engineering
• Customer communication and relationship building
• Project management and context switching
• SaaS product knowledge
• E-commerce and search industry experience

Benefits

• Work at a well-funded, high-growth SaaS company ($2.25B valuation)
• Flexible workplace model
• Exposure to leading enterprise customers (Under Armour, Stripe, Walgreens)
• Influence on product direction through customer advocacy
• Opportunity to develop thought leadership in search technology
• Collaborative go-to-market environment