Director, Solutions Engineering

San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 182000 - 190000

Posted on: 12 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

DIRECTOR SOLUTIONS ENGINEERING

THE COMPANY:

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure that powers the worlds most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building owning and operating highly efficient cost-effective wholesale colocation and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability security connectivity and physical resilience.

STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.

THE POSITION:

STACK is seeking a Director Solutions Engineering to lead client technical engagements through lease execution. This role combines technical precision with strategic leadership to ensure all engagements result in exceptional design quality project success and client satisfaction. This role uniquely blends client-facing engagement with multidisciplinary technical facilitation. The Director of Solutions Engineering acts as a technical integrator and decision leader ensuring that complex engineering provisions are aligned documented and actionable across teams and clients. You will oversee engineering engagement coordinate multidisciplinary teams and guide governance across the full project lifecyclefrom initial concept through design and contracting. This position reports to the Vice President Solutions Engineering.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead Client-Facing Engineering Engagements and Presentations Serve as the lead in client meetings coordinating internal SMEs to communicate solutions effectively deliver briefings and design reviews and manage client relationships with clarity and confidence.
Support All Facility Types Oversee design and engineering efforts for greenfield builds retrofits and special projects incorporating next-generation technologies such as liquid-cooled GPU environments and other high-density workload needs.
Translate Complex Needs into Solutions Partner with clients to understand refine and translate requirements into actionable designs and project plans.
Develop and Negotiate Technical Lease Provisions and SLAs Integrate lease and SLA discussions into client engagements to ensure clear consistent and precise technical terms through execution.
Manage Cross-Functional Technical Teams Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across mechanical electrical architectural and controls engineering to deliver cohesive high-quality and efficient design solutions.
Ensure Design and Contract Governance Oversee the engineering and contracting lifecycle maintaining alignment with STACK standards technical accuracy and client objectives.

Project Facilitation and Technical Integration:

The Director of Solutions Engineering serves as both technical project manager and engineering integrator ensuring that engineering decisions are well-informed documented and aligned with client and project objectives. This role leverages technical fluency across disciplines to guide subject matter experts (SMEs) maintain focus during complex technical reviews and ensure decisions translate into actionable outcomes.

Additional Key Responsibilities:

Lead and structure technical review meetings framing objectives decision criteria and expected outcomes.
Facilitate SME presentations calling on technical leads to provide rationale for engineering provisions while maintaining meeting scope and time control.
Translate technical language across disciplines and for non-technical stakeholders ensuring full comprehension and traceability of decisions.
Synthesize technical input into clear project recommendations capturing what was decided why and what it impacts (cost schedule compliance reliability).
Identify cross-discipline integration risks early particularly around power cooling and infrastructure interfaces.
Maintain neutrality in technical discussions guiding consensus and linking engineering outcomes to client priorities and contractual requirements.
Document decisions and actions in real time; track follow-ups through the project delivery system.

Success Indicators

Engineering reviews consistently conclude with clear documented decisions.
Cross-discipline conflicts are resolved proactively before design freeze.
Clients and internal stakeholders report improved technical clarity and decision velocity.
Project risk related to integration and coordination is measurably reduced.

THE DETAILS:

Location: Remote
Travel: 1530%
Compensation: $182000 to $190000 with 20% annual bonus potential
Benefits: Healthcare Dental Care Vision Insurance Life Insurance Paid Time Off and Paid Leave Programs
Must be eligible to work in the United States
Must pass comprehensive background and drug screening
Eligibility: Must be eligible to work in the United States
Screening: Must pass comprehensive background and drug screening

MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum of 10 years of experience leading strategic technical delivery within data center or mission-critical environments.
Proven ability to Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and design teams aligning strategic goals with execution excellence.
Deep understanding of data center design construction and operations.
Strong understanding of engineering disciplines (Mechanical Electrical or Architectural).
Experience with liquid cooling GPU clusters and high-density infrastructure.
Demonstrated success in client-facing technical roles including RFP/RFI responses presentations and lease/SLA negotiations.
Strong grasp of the data center lifecycle from concept through commissioning and lease execution.
Bachelors degree in a relevant engineering or design discipline.
Proficiency with MS Office AutoCAD Bluebeam and CFD tools (Cadence Design Systems or equivalent).
Exceptional communication organization and leadership skills with a focus on results.
Self-starter with strong attention to detail and ability to thrive in a dynamic environment.

THIS MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF:

You drive clarity in complex client discussions and foster strong solution-oriented relationships.
You promote innovation through collaboration empowering teams to exceed expectations.
You balance design vision with engineering discipline to deliver impactful scalable results.
You adapt quickly continuously improving processes and outcomes.
You lead with purpose and integrity cultivating a culture of accountability excellence and trust.

WHY STACK

We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits including medical dental and vision insurance a 401K program flexible spending accounts even a cell phone subsidy.
We foster a culture of appreciation including peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs.
Fun is part of our DNA with events game nights happy hours and barbecues.
Were growing this is a great time to join and make an impact!

STACK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age national origin mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.

Note to external agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/cvs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to STACK Infrastructure Inc. will not be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of STACK Infrastructure Inc.

Please submit your application no later than: January 10 2026

Job ID: 10255

Required Experience:

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DIRECTOR SOLUTIONS ENGINEERINGTHE COMPANY:STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure that powers the worlds most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building owning and operating highly efficient cost-effective wholesale colocation and cloud data center...