Solution Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Compensation: $180,000-$250,000 base + generous equity + benefits
Experience: 5+ years

About Datastrato

Datastrato, the original creator of Apache Gravitino, is building the open metadata platform for the AI era that is increasingly critical as enterprises endeavor to deploy AI and AI agents at scale. Led by prominent open source leaders with deep expertise in data infra/large-scale distributed systems and Silicon Valley veterans, in just over 2 years, we have built a compelling product, cultivated a vibrant open source community (Apple, Pinterest, Roku, Tencent, Uber, etc), and signed enterprises including 2 of the top 20 US Internet companies as paying customers.

We’re defining the next generation of data infrastructure for AI and are well-positioned to emerge as a category leader. Join us.

Core Responsibilities

Act as the technical lead in pre-sales and early deployment engagements
Partner with customers to understand data and AI infrastructure requirements and map them to Datastrato solutions
Rapidly build and iterate on POCs tailored to customer use cases
Deliver technical demos, deep dives, and presentations to customers and at industry events
Provide structured feedback from the field to founders and engineering team

Ideal Candidate Profile

5+ years of hands-on experience with data and AI technologies
Strong technical depth combined with excellent customer communication skills
Ability to quickly build POCs in complex technical environments
Proven presenter in customer meetings and at industry conferences
Experience in engaging with open-source communities (contributor or active user preferred)

Strong Plus

Background as a software, data, platform or AI engineer
Experience at an early-stage data or AI infrastructure startup

To apply, please email your resume and relevant examples of your recent work to careers@datastrato.com.