Senior Designated Services Engineer

WEKA is architecting a new approach to the enterprise data stack built for the AI era. The WEKA® Data Platform sets the standard for AI infrastructure with a cloud and AI-native software solution that can be deployed anywhere. It transforms legacy data silos into data pipelines that make GPUs, AI, and other performance-intensive workloads run faster, work mor efficiently, and consume less energy.

WEKA is a pre-IPO, growth-stage company on a hyper-growth trajectory. We’ve raised $375M in capital with dozens of world-class venture capital and strategic investors. We help the world’s most innovative enterprises and research organizations, including 12 of the Fortune 50, reach discoveries, insights, and outcomes faster and more sustainably.

We’re passionate about helping our customers overcome complex data challenges to accelerate their innovation and help grow their businesses. If you share our passion, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey

What’s Cool About This Job

As a Senior Designated Services Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring WEKA's Customer Success, contributing to our five-star Gartner reviews. You will work with cutting-edge technologies and top-tier customers, providing technical expertise and strengthening customer relationships.

Collaborating closely with Account Teams, you will gain deep insight into customers' business requirements, technical needs, and system environments. Your role involves resolving technical issues, bridging gaps between customers and Engineering, and ensuring the highest level of service.

Responsibilities include: 

• Serve as the primary technical liaison between customers and Engineering to address feature gaps, reliability concerns, and documentation improvements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, escalating to Engineering when necessary.
• Provide feedback to Engineering to enhance product supportability, usability, and serviceability.
• Support pre-sales engineers, partners, and resellers with technical expertise.
• Proactively monitor WEKA systems using remote monitoring tools to identify and address potential issues.
• Own, track, and document customer issues via the ticketing system.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with customers, partners, and internal teams.
• Contribute to knowledge-sharing through internal and customer-facing documentation (FAQs, KB articles).
• Manage multiple projects and support cases concurrently.
• Advocate for customer concerns and represent WEKA externally.
• Develop subject matter expertise in WEKA and customer technologies.
• Participate in on-call, follow-the-sun support rotations as needed.
• Availability for alternative work hours (nights, weekends, holidays) and potential regional/international travel.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years in customer-facing technical roles, solving complex enterprise infrastructure issues.
• Ability to diagnose hardware failures, network congestion, and performance bottlenecks.
• Enterprise infrastructure L3 or higher support experience (Linux-based storage, networking, virtualization, cloud, etc.).
• Strong technical troubleshooting in multi-platform, distributed environments.
• Strong understanding of distributed storage systems
• Expertise in Linux/Unix administration
• Deep understanding of networking (Infiniband, Ethernet, DPDK, UCX), cloud computing, and distributed storage.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, and experience with automation scripting for system monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of POSIX, NFS, S3 protocols, log management, and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana).

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Slack, and other collaboration tools.
• Experience collaborating between customer support and product development teams.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Containers, LXC, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, OCI, GCP).
• Prior experience managing large-scale HPC clusters.
• Strong technical writing skills and a creative approach to problem-solving.

USA Residents Only: The OTE hiring wage range for this position which the Company reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position in the specified geographic areas or locations, is $140,000 - $195,000  Final compensation will be dependent on various factors relevant to the position and candidate such as geographical location, candidate qualifications, certifications, relevant job-related work experience, education, skillset and other relevant business and organizational factors, consistent with applicable law. In addition, the position may include some of the following comprehensive benefits such Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401(K), Flexible Time off (FTO), sick time, leave of absence as per the FMLA and other relevant leave laws.

Concerned that you don’t meet every qualification above?

Studies have shown that women and people of color may be less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t meet every qualification specified. At WEKA, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this position but are concerned that your past work experience doesn’t match up perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway – you may be just the right candidate for this or other roles at WEKA.

WEKA is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.