AuthZed

SaaS

SolutionsEngineer

$130–160k Chicago, Illinois, United States; Indianapolis, Indiana, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Solutions Engineer at AuthZed. Skills: Solutions Engineering, technical expertise, customer-facing, backend language proficiency, cloud environments, API integration, communication, analytical skills. The technical win in deals by demonstrating that AuthZed meets the prospect's requirements. Daily collaboration with Account Executives in a pre-sales role to understand and document customer technical requirements, performance Service Level Objectives (SLOs), consistency requirements, and software”

What You'll Achieve.

The technical win in deals by demonstrating that AuthZed meets the prospect's requirements; ensure customer success

Industry & Context.

SaaS
Problems you'll solve

diagnose and solve complex technical issues; recommend solutions based on customer requirements

Eligibility Requirements

U. S. Based, Typically 3 to 4 days per month, mostly domestic travel to customer sites or internal team offsites, Twice-yearly travel for team offsites focused on team bonding, collaboration, and having fun!

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Minimum 3 years in a solutions engineering role or similar technical position, preferably in a customer-facing capacity, Working proficiency in a modern backend language (Go, Python, Java, or Node preferred), Hands-on experience with relational databases (e.g., Postgres), Proficient in designing and deploying solutions in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) and managing Kubernetes clusters, Experience integrating against APIs, including handling streams and pagination, abilities to diagnose and solve complex technical issues, recommend solutions based on customer requirements, and effectively communicate both technical and business requirements to diverse audiences, including internal engineering and product teams, Proven track record of conducting training sessions, demos, and presentations to stakeholders of various technical levels, Comfortable with ambiguous and changing requirements, with a rapid ability to learn new technical concepts

Nice to Have

Experience working with and contributing to open-source software projects, Experience building and maintaining authorization for an app that you or you and your team built, Experience integrating against gRPC APIs, Experience with graph databases, Understanding of distributed systems concepts, including committing data to multiple databases using patterns like change data capture (CDC), message queues, two-phase commit protocol (2PC), and workflow engines like Temporal, Hands-on experience building agents or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, Experience with CRM systems

What You'll Do.

The technical win in deals by demonstrating that AuthZed meets the prospect's requirements

Daily collaboration with Account Executives in a pre-sales role to understand and document customer technical requirements

performance Service Level Objectives (SLOs)

consistency requirements

and software architecture

Building live permissions schema design sessions

tailored solutions leveraging our products

and designing Proof of Concepts (PoCs) to validate solutions with prospects

Leading virtual and in-person demos and deep-dive technical sessions

Identifying product gaps and communicating these to our product team to help shape the future of our offerings

and maintenance of dynamic customer demos

troubleshooting technical issues to ensure customer success

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Daily collaboration with Account Executives in a pre-sales role; communicating technical and business requirements to diverse audiences, including internal engineering and product teams

Communication Scope

effectively communicate both technical and business requirements to diverse audiences; conducting training sessions, demos, and presentations to stakeholders of various technical levels

Full Job Description

ABOUT AUTHZED: We are the creators and maintainers of SpiceDB and the authorization infrastructure that companies around the world depend on to keep their engineering teams focused on what matters most - their own product. We are a Series A company, fixing broken access control with products that eliminate complex permission management while delivering enterprise-scale performance and consistent access control. AuthZed is a fully remote company with employees across the US, Canada, and Europe. We’re a hardworking and close-knit group with a software-driven culture! We bring integrity to all our interactions, fostering confidence in decision making - trusting and respecting each voice on our team, every day. COMPANY VALUES: - Agency: Everyone should have the capability, freedom, and confidence to bring about changes to our business and product. Organizational processes exist to clearly define our goals, but not restrict how progress is made. - Collaboration: Success is defined in various dimensions and no single person can be an expert in all of them. Without valuing the opinions of others, finding compromises, and sharing mutual trust and respect, you cannot arrive at the best possible solution. - Open-mindedness: Without asking questions, testing assumptions, and questioning our pre-existing biases we risk operating within an echo-chamber. We celebrate the representation of diverse perspectives and backgrounds as a catalyst for creating an inclusive work environment that everyone can appreciate. ABOUT THE ROLE: As a Solutions Engineer, you will help qualify and close opportunities with customers and provide technical expertise through supporting technical evaluations, sales presentations, and product demonstrations. What you’ll own: - The technical win in deals by demonstrating that AuthZed meets the prospect's requirements - Daily collaboration with Account Executives in a pre-sales role to understand and document customer technical requirements, performance Servi

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