Solutions Engineer (remote West Coast, US)

Spacelift is an infrastructure orchestration platform that manages your entire infrastructure lifecycle—provisioning, configuration, and governance. It integrates with all your infrastructure tooling (e.g., Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation, Pulumi, Ansible) to provide a single integrated workflow so you can deliver secure, cost-effective, and resilient infrastructure quickly.

By automating deployment and configuration, providing developer self-service, golden paths with guardrails, and an OPA policy engine, Spacelift empowers businesses to accelerate developer velocity while maintaining control and governance over their infrastructure. Spacelift offers unrivalled support, no-nonsense pricing, and a range of deployment models to fit your specific needs.

Spacelift was founded in 2020 by long-time DevOps practitioner Marcin Wyszynski and successful entrepreneur Pawel Hytry and has raised $82.3 M in funding over four rounds from top venture capital firms, including Insight Partners, Blossom Capital, Hoxton Ventures, Inovo Venture Partners and Five Elms Capital.

As a Solutions Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of our customer interactions, understanding their unique business and technical needs. You'll leverage your deep technical expertise to develop and deliver compelling content, including presentations, demonstrations, workshops, and proofs-of-concept.

As a trusted technical advisor, you'll guide our customers in leveraging our cutting-edge product and adjacent technologies, including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, DevOps, VCS, and Cloud providers. Staying up-to-date on industry trends and emerging technologies is crucial, as you'll collaborate closely with our Product team to translate customer requirements into innovative solutions and new product features.

Your passion for continuous learning and your ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment will make you an invaluable team member. With opportunities to engage with prospects and customers at conferences, you'll have the chance to showcase your expertise and build strong relationships.

If you're ready to combine your technical prowess with your interpersonal skills to make a lasting impact, apply now and join us as a Solutions Engineer!

About the position

• Work with customers to understand their business and technical requirements.

• Develop and deliver technical content, including presentations, demonstrations, evaluations, workshops, and proofs-of-concept.

• Serve as a technical expert and advisor to our customers on our product and the adjacent technologies, including Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, DevOps, VCS, and Cloud providers.

• Continuously learn and stay up to date on our product, the competition, emerging technologies, and industry trends.

• Collaborate with the Product team to translate customer business needs into technical solutions and new product requirements.

• Help with booth duty and meet with prospects and customers at conferences.

About You

• 4+ years of experience as a Solutions Engineer, a DevOps Engineer, or a similar position.

• 2+ Hands-on experience of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation), CI/CD, VCS, and DevOps (Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible) technologies and associated concepts, tools, and best practices.

• Hands-on experience with one or more of the main Cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP). Certifications are a plus.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.

• Experience with software development is a plus.

Hiring Process

• 30 minutes with our Talent Acquisition Manager

• 45 minutes introductory video call with Chris Darmofal, Head of Solutions Engineering

• Take-home exercise

• Technical interview with Jubran Nassar, Solutions Engineering Tech Lead along with another Peer SE

• Final Interview with John Henry, VP of Sales

• Reference check

Why Spacelift?

• Innovative Culture: Join a team shaping cloud infrastructure management’s future.

• Growth Opportunities: Be a key player in driving Spacelift’s business and AWS partnership to new heights.

• Work-Life Balance: Flexible work environment, with remote-first options and competitive compensation packages.

• Collaborative Team: Work with passionate, talented people committed to driving success for our customers and partners.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and equity package.

• Medical, dental and vision plans for employees and any dependents.

• 401k Pension Plan.

• 26 days of paid time off annually + local bank holidays.

• Flexible working hours and a healthy 40-hour workweek.

• Work from anywhere in the West Coast! We are a full-remote company.

• Awesome monthly allowance for benefits.

• Company offsites.

• Work in an international, diverse, dynamic, and passionate team with a friendly, supportive company culture.

Our values

• We build for CUSTOMERS

• We RESPECT each other

• We take OWNERSHIP seriously

• We succeed through COLLABORATION

• We embrace SPARK & WONDER

More here: https://spacelift.io/careers

Join Us! At Spacelift, you won’t just be working on a technical product - you’ll be part of a team shaping the future of DevOps. Apply to contribute to a platform loved by its users and take your career to the next level!