Sr. Solutions Engineer

With Confluent, organisations can harness the full power of continuously flowing data to innovate and win in the modern digital world. We have a purpose that drives us to do better everyday – we're creating an entirely new category within data infrastructure - data streaming. This technology will allow every organisation to create experiences and use the power of data in ways that profoundly impact the way we all live. This impact is our purpose and drives us to do better every day.

One Confluent. One team. One Data Streaming Platform.

Data Connects Us.

About the Role:

As a Solutions Engineer Overlay Specialist for Warpstream, you will play a crucial role in driving technical sales support, solution design, and the successful adoption of our data streaming solutions across the APAC region. Working closely with the Confluent sales and customer success teams, you’ll be the technical expert and trusted advisor for our customers, ensuring their seamless journey from onboarding through to deployment and long-term value realization. Your focus will be on delivering technical excellence, driving complex solutions, and fostering strong customer relationships to ensure successful implementations. You will also oversee the technical aspects of onboarding, providing personalized support to ensure a smooth transition for new customers, while leading the technical aspects of deals across the APAC region.

What You Will Do:

• Help Confluent Sellers and Solutions Engineers, sell and position WarpStream. 
• Help advance new & innovative Data Streaming use-cases from conception to Go-Live
• Execute on and lead Technical Proofs of Concept
• Conduct Discovery & Whiteboard Sessions to develop new use-cases
• Provide Thought Leadership by delivering Technical Talks and Workshops
• Guide customers with hands-on help and best practice to drive operational maturity of their Confluent Deployment
• Analyze Customer Consumption trends and identify Optimization opportunities
• Work closely with Product and Engineering teams, and serve as a key Product advocate across the Customer, Partner and Industry ecosystem
• Forge strong relationships with key customer stakeholders and serve as a dependable partner for them

What You Will Bring:

• 5+ years of Solutions Engineering or similar work experience
• Experience with Event-Driven architecture, Data Integration & Processing Techniques, Database & Data Warehouse technologies
• First-Hand exposure to Cloud Architecture, Migrations, Deployment & Application Development
• Experience with Automation, GitOps and Kubernetes
• Proficiency in Java, Python or SQL
• Technical certifications - Cloud Developer/Architect, Data Engineering & Integration
• Clear, consistent demonstration of self-starter behavior, a desire to learn new things and tackle hard technical problems 
• Exceptional presentation and communications capabilities.
• Confidence presenting to a highly skilled and experienced audience, ranging from developers to enterprise architects and up to C-level executives

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