Responsibilities
- 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
Requirements
- 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
- Hands-on experience with Apache Flink
- 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
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with Solution Selling
- Experience building streaming applications using Flink
- A challenger mindset and an ability to positively influence peoples’ opinions
