# Senior Principal Solutions Engineer at Yugabyte

- Company: Yugabyte
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://yugabyte.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Remote, USA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $200K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-24
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/yugabyte/jobs/4682542006
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/yugabyte-senior-principal-solutions-engineer/

## 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.)

Tags: Sales & Marketing