Honeycomb.io

B2B SaaS

SeniorSolutionArchitect-EMEA

£105–155k ~AI est. United Kingdom Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Solution Architect- EMEA at Honeycomb.io. Skills: Solution architecture, Pre-sales, Sales engineering, Observability, Distributed systems. Own technical strategy for sales opportunities. Partner with Account Executives”

What You'll Achieve.

Move deals forward; Drive toward measurable outcomes; Prove value in real environments

Industry & Context.

B2B SaaS
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshoot instrumentation; Troubleshoot integration issues; Risk identification; Problem solving

Eligibility Requirements

Willingness to travel ~20%, No visa sponsorship

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years pre-sales experience, 5+ years solution architecture experience, 5+ years sales engineering experience, 5+ years customer-facing technical experience, B2B SaaS experience, Experience supporting complex technical sales cycles, Experience with multiple stakeholders, Experience with enterprise accounts, Experience with commercial accounts, Experience with sophisticated engineering teams, Solutioning skills, Ability to turn ambiguous customer needs into clear technical approaches, Ability to create evaluation plans, Deep working knowledge of observability, Deep working knowledge of distributed systems, Deep working knowledge of distributed tracing, Deep working knowledge of OpenTelemetry, Hands-on fluency with modern cloud environments, Hands-on fluency with containers, Hands-on fluency with Kubernetes, Hands-on fluency with API-driven architectures, Hands-on fluency with one major cloud provider, Ability to troubleshoot instrumentation issues, Ability to troubleshoot integration issues, Experience owning POCs, Experience owning technical evaluations, Experience defining success criteria, Experience managing risk, Experience driving toward measurable outcomes, Consultative communication skills, Credibility with developer audiences, Credibility with platform audiences, Credibility with SRE audiences, Credibility with engineering-led audiences, Judgment, Autonomy, Follow-through, Collaborative, low-ego working style, Mentorship mindset, Desire to make team stronger

Nice to Have

Familiarity with MEDDPICC, Familiarity with Command of the Message

What You'll Do.

Own technical strategy for sales opportunities

Partner with Account Executives

Partner with sales leadership

Lead technical validation

Run complex evaluations

Run proofs of concept

Define success criteria

Execute technical validation

Identify technical risks

Translate customer architectures

Connect platform to engineering priorities

Connect platform to business outcomes

Deliver compelling demos

Deliver technical presentations

Support instrumentation strategy

Troubleshoot integration issues

Help customers prove value

Manage competitive evaluations

Identify strategic risks

Adjust evaluation approach

Partner across Product

Partner across Field Engineering

Partner across Marketing

Partner across DevRel

Improve go-to-market motion

Contribute reusable architectures

Contribute demo assets

Contribute technical content

Increase team effectiveness

Bring field insight back

Inform product feedback

Inform technical strategy

Mentor junior Solution Architects

Coach junior Solution Architects

Share learning with junior Solution Architects

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering with Account Executives; Partnering with sales leadership; Partnering across Sales; Partnering across Product; Partnering across Field Engineering; Partnering across Marketing; Partnering across DevRel; Collaboration with cross-functional partners

Communication Scope

Consultative communication; Technical messaging; Executive presentations; Technical documentation

Process & Methodology

Evaluation management, Risk management

Full Job Description

What We’re Building Honeycomb is a service for the near and present future, defining observability and raising expectations of what developer tools can do! We’re working with well known companies like HelloFresh, Slack, LaunchDarkly, and Vanguard and more across a range of industries. This is an exciting time in our trajectory, we’ve closed Series D funding, scaled past the 200-person mark, and were named to Forbes’ America’s Best Startups of 2022 and 2023! If you want to see what we’ve been up to, please check out these blog posts and Honeycomb.io press releases. Who We Are We come for the impact, and stay for the culture! We’re a talented, opinionated, passionate, fiercely inclusive, and responsible group of bees. We have conviction and we strive to live our values every day. We want our people to do what they truly love amongst a team of highly talented (but humble) peers. How We Work We are a fully distributed company, which means we believe it is not where you sit, but how you deliver that matters most. We invest in our people and care about how you orient to our culture and processes. At the same time we imbue a lot of trust, autonomy, and accountability from Day 1. #LI-Remote Little more about the team: The Solution Architecture team sits at the intersection of technology, customer advocacy, and revenue, working Honeycomb's most strategic opportunities. We partner with world-class engineering organizations to solve complex observability challenges and change how teams build and operate software. This is a team of hands-on technical leaders who want to shape major customer decisions, influence go-to-market strategy, and redefine what great technical selling looks like. What you’ll do in the role: Own the technical strategy for complex sales opportunities, partnering closely with Account Executives and sales leadership to move deals forward. Lead discovery, solution design, and technical validation for customer environments with multiple stakeholders and compet

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