Solutions Architect (Pre and Post Sales)

Sendbird has an exciting opportunity to join our company in the role of Solution Architect.

The Sendbird Solution Architect acts as a technical and product advisor to current customers and prospective clients. The role is responsible for architecting Sendbird solutions that meet customer demands and ensuring customer success. The Solutions Architect is engaged in pre-sales and post-sales activities to deliver innovative flexible and scalable solutions to our customers some of the worlds most notable brands. The ideal candidate should be comfortable speaking with developers product managers and C-level executives. You should have at least two years of software engineering experience in front-end mobile and backend technologies. This role will support the Americas reporting into the U.S.-based Head of Technical Services.

What you will do

• Partner with Sales - You will partner with Account Executives to advise prospects on Sendbird services designing tailored solutions that fit the prospects business and technical needs.
• Design and deliver presentations/demos - You will create customized presentations and demonstrations tailored to your audience. You will have the ability to tell a compelling story that connects product features advantages and benefits to the customers business goals
• Work toward ongoing customer success - You will work with our Customer Success Sales and Renewal teams to educate customers on how to best use Sendbird to meet their ongoing business needs
• Lead technical onboarding /implementation projects - You will own full onboarding/implementation cycle responsibility from technical kick-off to go live. You will lead implementation design consulting with customers on technical and UI design to architect efficient and scalable solutions.
• Build vertical solutions - You will build tools and vertical solutions with Sendbird for customers as the need arises such as third-party integrations to messaging channels
• Respond to security inquiries - Security is extremely important to Sendbird and our customers. You will help articulate our security story and lead security review responses. This includes speaking about conformance with security and compliance frameworks including HIPPA SOC2 and ISO-27001
• Contribute to RFx responses - You will work with and lead cross-functional teams to prepare robust responses that help to win deals
• Gather product feedback - Provide feedback to product teams helping to improve Sendbird services on behalf of our customers
• Technical writing - Author or assist with the creation of blog posts tutorials guides and documentation making the adoption of Sendbird services more accessible to product managers developers and business stakeholders alike
• Coordinate projects - Help manage projects with multiple stakeholders both internal and external ensuring timely successful launches of Sendbird services within customers development and production environments
• Be a domain expert - Follow the latest trends and features in the AI agent and messaging domains. Act as a trusted advisor for prospects and customers when it comes to best practices for implementing such services

Who you are

• Highly skilled at applying consultative methodologies and solving integration pain points while architecting features to answer business demands
• Able to manage multiple projects running on parallel timelines while working collaboratively in a globally distributed environment
• Passionate about technology customer service and helping others be successful
• A creative thinker experienced at understanding clients pain points
• An excellent verbal and written communicator
• Empathetic towards customer needs
• Ability to learn new technologies with an eye for good UX design
• Ability to travel as necessary to visit customers (up to 20% travel time)

What you bring to the table

• BS in Information Systems Engineering or related field
• 3-5 years of customer-facing hands-on pre- and post-sales/solutions engineering experience
• Proven experience in reading debugging and understanding web applications and complex systems
• Detailed knowledge of HTTP methods for RESTful Services (Post Get Put Delete)
• Working knowledge of web integration including iframes widgets SDK Single Sign On APIs and other SaaS technologies
• Programming experience with at least one programming language such as JavaScript Swift Objective-C Java Kotlin or C#
• Foundational understanding of AI concepts including prompt engineering RAG and LLMs
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including strong empathy for customer needs and collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Experience in at least one web or mobile platform such as iOS Android React Native React or Angular
• Debug and troubleshoot complex systems in web servers applications databases and mobile devices

Helpful if you also have the following experiences

• Familiarity with Salesforce Service Cloud or a similar ticketing system
• Ability to guide a good UX design on customers messaging implementation
• Active member of developer communities (Reddit Stack Overflow Hackernews Stackshare)
• In tune with overall industry and application trends in the AI agent and messaging markets
• Experience working in a high-growth startup environment

Our US benefits include (but are not limited to)

• 20 days PTO 13 paid US company holidays 5 sick days 1 volunteer day plus 2 rest/rejuvenation days and birthday day off
• Company subsidized medical dental vision insurance (100% for the employee 80% for dependents)
• Flexible Spending Accounts or Health Savings Accounts depending on your selected health insurance plan
• Equity program
• 401K program
• Parental leave
• Life and disability insurance
• Be Your Best Self: An annual stipend of $3500 (prorated by start date) for expenses ranging from professional development classes and training to personality assessments gym memberships books fitness classes mental health services and massages

Pay Transparency

For cash compensation we set standard ranges for all roles based on function level and geographic location. To determine our ranges we utilize a variety of compensation data benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range for this role is $180000 - $190000. This range is specific to the San Francisco Bay market. We consider several factors when making final compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets experience and training licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs which may cause your specific offer to vary from the amount listed above.

Flexible Work Policy

We offer a flexible work schedule at Sendbird. We also value collaboration and relationship building. With those values in mind we require all employees within an hours commute range of their local office to gather with their team in the office three days per week as a minimum. Some of our roles require a more frequent in-office schedule. Please work with your manager to understand the office time requirements for your position.

What Diversity and inclusion mean to us

There is no such thing as a perfect candidate and the best employees come from a wide range of backgrounds experiences and skill sets. Sendbird is a place where everyone can learn and grow. We respect promote and encourage diversity for equal employment opportunities and encourage you to apply if this role excites you.

About Sendbird

Combining omnichannel AI and battle-tested award-winning communication APIs Sendbird enables businesses to build AI agents and meaningful customer connections at scale.

Trusted by 4000 leading appsincluding DoorDash Match Group Noom and Yahoo SportsSendbird powers over 7 billion conversations every month offering exceptional reliability security and compliance that meet enterprise-level demands.

Headquartered in California Sendbird is backed by ICONIQ SoftBank Tiger Global Y Combinator and other reputable investors.