# Staff Solutions Architect, AI Subject Matter Expert at GitLab

- Company: GitLab
- What the company does: The intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, enabling teams and agents to ship trusted software at enterprise scale. Backed by General Catalyst and Khosla.
- Company website: https://about.gitlab.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote, United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-10-16
- Apply by: 2026-11-30
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/8886426002?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/gitlab-staff-solutions-architect-ai-subject-matter-expert/

## About the role

As a Subject Matter Expert (SME), you'll be the deepest technical voice in the field for one product group, helping customers make technical decisions on GitLab's most important opportunities, roughly the top 10% by size or complexity. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Act as the technical authority for your product group on prioritized opportunities, from discovery and architecture through trials and PoV evaluations
- Lead technical deep dives, workshops, and executive briefings that connect product capabilities to business outcomes and explain how GitLab differs from competing solutions
- Equip account teams for product launches with Product Management and Product Marketing. Build demos and talk tracks, and turn early customer wins into reference stories
- Serve as the escalation point for Account SAs and Post-Sales Solutions Architects (Post-Sales SAs) on complex product questions, integrations, and objections

Tags: SA

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/gitlab-staff-solutions-architect-ai-subject-matter-expert/