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Senior Solution Engineer, Observe

Snowflake Inc.

Newark, NJFull-time$165–217K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$165–217K/yr
Location
Newark, NJ
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Solutions Engineer for Observe serves as the primary technical resource for Snowflake’s Sales team, driving technical closure of sales opportunities through customer-focused demonstrations and evaluations. The role partners with Account Executives throughout the sales cycle, shares customer feedback with Product Management and Engineering, and develops sales collateral and training. It requires deep observability knowledge, cloud-native familiarity, and strong communication skills.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

ObservabilityPrometheusOpenTelemetryGrafanaELK StackKubernetesDockerMicroservicesAWSAzureGCPVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationTechnical SalesDeveloper SalesDevOps SalesSRE SalesObservability SalesApplication Performance Monitoring

Qualifications

Bachelor's in CS, Engineering or Related5+ Years Sales Engineer or Solutions Architect Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Experience Required

5 - 20 years

Minimum Education Required

Bachelor Degree

Compensation

$15.92 / Hourly

Hours Per Week

40

Number Of Positions

1

Shift

First Shift (Day)

Job Description

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don't just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset - who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

Observe by Snowflake is a high-growth SaaS observability platform built on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, enabling businesses to troubleshoot modern distributed applications 10x faster. Now, as a core part of Snowflake, we've reached a major milestone in the evolution of the Snowflake platform. By bringing AI-powered observability directly into the Snowflake ecosystem, we've created the first truly unified platform for telemetry and business data.

As a Senior Solutions Engineer for Observe, you will play a critical, highly-visible, role within our organization, serving as the primary technical resource for our Sales team. You will be responsible for driving the technical closure of sales opportunities by demonstrating the value of Observe to prospective customers. This role requires a blend of deep technical knowledge, strong presentation skills, and a customer-focused approach.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Technical Discovery and Presentation: Conduct in-depth technical discovery sessions with prospects to understand their current environment, challenges, and specific observability requirements. Tailor and deliver compelling product demonstrations and technical presentations that showcase how our solution addresses their needs.

Proof of Concepts (POCs): Design, scope, and manage technical evaluations and Proof of Concepts, ensuring the successful setup and demonstration of value within the customer's environment. Document findings and present clear, persuasive results back to the customer.

Sales Team Support: Partner closely with Account Executives to develop and execute technical sales strategies. Act as the technical subject matter expert throughout the sales cycle, from initial contact to final contract.

Feedback and Product Collaboration: Serve as the voice of the customer to the Product Management and Engineering teams, providing crucial feedback on product capabilities, market needs, and competitive landscape.

Content and Training: Develop and maintain technical sales collateral, including demo environments, presentations, and best practice guides. Deliver technical training to the broader Sales organization.

Travel: Ability to travel to client sites and industry events as required.

QUALIFICATIONS :

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

5+ years of experience as a Sales Engineer or Solutions Architect in the software industry.

Deep technical understanding and practical experience with modern Observability concepts (metrics, logging, tracing) and tools (e.g., Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, ELK Stack).

Familiarity with cloud-native technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, Microservices) and major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred

Experience selling to Developer, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) personas.

Prior experience in a fast-paced, high-growth Observability or Application Performance Monitoring (APM) company.

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company's confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company's data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we're scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:

This role is eligible to participate in Snowflake's commission plan and it is common for employees in this role to receive total on-target earnings of $220,000 - $288,750. The estimated base salary for this role is $165,000 - $216,562.

Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake's equity plan.

The successful candidate's starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.

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Snowflake is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, p regnancy, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

SNCOUS265CAE4FF6454103A971FDDE0D61A393EX

Job Type

Full Time

How this job compares

Set against the 1,465 open Solutions Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$165–217K/yr
  • New Jersey median$116–186K/yr20 salary ranges
  • US median$140–215K/yr1,104 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $191K, is 16% above the New Jersey median midpoint ($165K) — in the middle half of Solutions Engineer salary ranges in New Jersey.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 21 open Solutions Engineer jobs in New Jersey and 1,465 across the US. 25% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New Jersey
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Solutions Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,178 postings).
Education
280 of the 1,465 open Solutions Engineer jobs (19%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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