Solutions Architect

We are looking for passionate technologists to join our Pre-Sales organization to ensure that our growth is grounded and guided by strong technical alignment with our platform and the needs of our customers.

MongoDB Pre-Sales Solution Architects are responsible for guiding our customers and users to design and build reliable, scalable systems using our data platform. Our team is made up of seasoned technical sales professionals, software architects, entrepreneurs, and developers who take direct responsibility for customer success, including the design of their software, deployment, and operations. You'll work closely with our sales executives, helping customers solve business problems by leveraging our solutions, playing a key role in winning deals and driving the business forward. You'll be a trusted advisor to a wide range of users from startups to the world's largest enterprise IT organizations.

This role will be based remotely in Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart

As an ideal candidate, you will have

5 to 8 years of related industry experience, ideally 2 years of experience in a customer facing role

Minimum of 2 years experience with modern scripting languages (e.g. Python, Node.js, SQL) and/or popular programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Java, C#) in a professional capacity

Experience implementing scalable and highly available distributed systems in the cloud and on-prem

Demonstrated ability to work with customers to review complex architecture of existing applications, providing guidance on how to improve by leveraging technology

Excellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex technical and business concepts in a clear and compelling manner to technology and business leadership.

Ability to work with a cross functional sales team to formulate and execute an end to end deal cycle.

You may also have

Experience developing, deploying, or supporting applications with any of the major cloud providers

Experience in data engineering or AI/ML projects

Understanding of popular sales methodologies/ frameworks such as MEDDPICC/ Command of the Message

What you do at MongoDB

In this role, you will work on complex opportunities where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. You will:

Design and Architect: Design scalable and performant applications, systems and infrastructure for large software projects leveraging MongoDB

Customer Advising and Value Articulation: Guide customers on architecture patterns and optimisation strategies for MongoDB, while clearly communicating its business value to the relevant stakeholders

Sales Partnership: Collaborate with the sales team to drive account success through account planning, opportunity prioritization/qualification and pipeline generation strategy, while taking ownership of the technical aspects (including but not limited to technical discovery, demos, proof of value, presentations, sizing and documentation)

Demand Generation: Proactively generate demand within the sales territory through self-driven technical initiatives, participation in events such as industry trade shows and account-based marketing events

Customer Success: Foster strong customer relationships, build champions and ensure customer success and satisfaction