The distributed PostgreSQL database for agents and AI-native workloads. Start serverless and grow to mission-critical. Never re-platform. Backed by Lightspeed and Sapphire.
About the role
We are looking for a Sales Engineer to join our fast-growing global sales team. As a Senior Principal Solutions Engineer at Yugabyte, you’ll act as a trusted advisor to prospects and customers by demonstrating how YugabyteDB can solve complex distributed data problems in real-world applications. You’ll work alongside account executives, product managers, and engineering to guide customers through evaluation, adoption, and successful implementation of our technology.
What they're looking for
- 15+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role (Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, etc.) in enterprise software or infrastructure
- Strong understanding of databases (SQL, NoSQL), cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), and containerization (Kubernetes, Docker)
- Experience with distributed systems, data replication, and high-availability architectures
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical topics
- Passion for helping customers succeed and a track record of owning technical sales wins
- Hands-on experience with YugabyteDB or similar distributed SQL or SQL technologies (AuroraDB, Google Spanner, Azure Cosmos DB etc.)
More about this role
Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB , the AI-ready, multi-modal, distributed PostgreSQL database for cloud-native apps. Trusted by industry leaders including Shopify, Paramount+, GM, Kroger, Fiserv, and NPCI, YugabyteDB has been deployed in over 100 countries and powers more than 5 million clusters worldwide.
Together, our hard-working team of experts and our industry-leading technology are uniquely positioned to meet the demands of modern workloads: geo-distributed, ultra-resilient, and built to scale without limits.
Our Yugabeings (distributed, like our database) span 12+ countries and multiple time zones, sharing expertise from diverse backgrounds and industries.
Reimagining PostgreSQL for a Cloud-Native World — that’s the mission of Yugabyte. YugabyteDB is a PostgreSQL-compatible distributed database purpose-built for modern, cloud-native applications. It’s designed from the ground up to be resilient, scalable, and flexible. As large enterprises modernize and born-in-the-cloud companies build disruptive solutions, many turn to PostgreSQL as their database of choice—and YugabyteDB quickly becomes their preferred distributed Postgres of choice. There’s nothing more...
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