CareerPlan

Staff Solutions Engineer - West

California, United StatesFull-time2026-10-26 → 2026-11-09

Core

Trusted technical advisor helping enterprises architect secure, scalable API ecosystems and navigate the transition into the agentic AI era.

Role type

Staff Solutions Engineer (API & AI Connectivity)

Builds

API Management and AI Governance solutions, including LLM traffic management, Model Context Protocol (MCP) governance, semantic caching, and prompt guardrails.

Domain

API Management, AI/LLM, Cloud-Native Infrastructure

Required skills

API security patterns (OAuth2, OIDC, mTLS), Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, AI-assisted development tooling, LLM architectures, agentic AI patterns, technical strategy, deal ownership, mentoring

Preferred skills

Thought leadership, product influence, cloud computing trends, open source business models

Technologies

Docker, Kubernetes, REST, GraphQL, OAuth2, OIDC, mTLS, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex, Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Responsibilities

Support field sales and conduct discovery conversations, own technical validation for POCs, lead API & AI-focused Technical Feasibility Workshops, deliver demonstrations of AI governance capabilities, mentor junior SEs, author technical blogs and speak at industry events, influence product direction

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship and strategy