Cloudera

Solutions Engineer

Cloudera$150K — $185K *
US-Anywhere
+ 5 other locationsRemote
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in solution selling to enterprise leaders.
  • Strong AI ecosystem experience, including Ethical and Generative AI solutions.
  • Proven problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Expertise in Solution Architecture/Engineering with hands-on tech capabilities.
  • Familiarity with the Apache Hadoop ecosystem and its components.
  • Experience with major cloud infrastructures such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Knowledge of Linux OS and container platforms like Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver customer-focused solution designs and proposed architectures.
  • Collaborate across various teams to align Cloudera's vision with customer needs.
  • Guide customers through discovery and requirements workshops on use cases.
  • Translate customer feedback into actionable product improvements.
  • Define the technical selling strategy with management and team members.
  • Engage with the Cloudera community through blogs, events, and knowledge sharing.

Benefits

  • Generous PTO policy to promote work-life balance.
  • Flexible work from home policy for better adaptability.
  • Comprehensive mental and physical wellness programs.
  • Phone and internet reimbursement to support remote work.
  • Opportunities for continued career development.
  • Comprehensive benefits and competitive employment packages.
  • Participation in employee resource groups.
Full Job Description

Business Area:

Sales Engineering

Seniority Level:

Mid-Senior level

Job Description:

As a Cloudera Solutions Engineer, you will help customers be successful in deploying the CDP platform. You will utilize your strong technical skills, business competencies and customer service orientation, provide the highest level of solution design, and deliver technical value to sales teams, prospects and customers, to support sales goals.

As the Solutions Engineer you will: 

  • Create and deliver customer-centric solution designs, proposed architectures and business outcomes to all levels – developers, architects, CTO, and CIO

  • Work with cross-functional teams including Sales, Marketing, Product Management, Services, Support, Training, and Engineering to share Cloudera’s Vision with customers

  • Advise customers on use case patterns through discovery and requirements workshops

  • Transform customer feedback into actionable product roadmap items

  • Work with teammates and management to define technical selling strategy

  • Participate within the Cloudera community, share evangelism activities (blogs, meetups, industry events), and contribute to internal and external knowledge repositories

We’re excited about you if you have: (Minimum Qualifications):

  • 5+ years of professional work experience in a similar position, selling solutions to business leaders and technical champions in the enterprise.

  • You have strong experience with AI ecosystems (Agentic AI, Ethical AI solutions, Generative AI solutions and AI Development Tools like Cursor, CoPilot and Claude).

  • You have demonstrated problem solving and analytical skills.

  • You have experience in Solution Architecture/Engineering as a field of practice (an ability to listen to customer requirements, whiteboard and propose solution architectures, and be hands-on with the tech) to design, build, and demonstrate real business value

  • You have experience with the Apache Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, YARN) and related components (Spark, Hive, Impala, Kudu, Solr, etc.) and can talk to the benefits of a centralized architecture for both data management and data access

  • You have experience with public cloud infrastructures (AWS, Azure, GCP, IBM Cloud, etc.)  You have an interest in achieving your public cloud certification.

  • You have experience with the Linux OS and bare metal, VM, and distributed container platforms Kubernetes or OpenShift.  You may have some experience with specific private cloud infrastructures (Server Hardware, Storage, Networking). 

  • You have some experience of the formation of Data Lakes, principles of Data Warehousing, SQL and relational database patterns, and application integration

  • You have some knowledge of differentiators across the competitive landscape

  • You have some basic software development experience in Java, Scala or Python

  • You may have experience with Data Flow, Queues and Stream Processing (Nifi, Kafka, Flink, Spark) in enterprise applications

  • You have an interest in Data Science and understand the difference between Data Engineering and Applied Science

  • You care about your colleagues, and you will get the job done together. You are passionate about what you do and inspire people around you

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in a Technical Field

You may also have: (Preferred Qualifications): 

  • You understand the challenges in operations and integration of enterprise platforms for Security and Data Governance in the enterprise

  • Experience with, and interest in, open-source software and development practices

  • NoSQL or Operational-DB experience (HBase, Phoenix, Accumlo, Druid, Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.) Maybe you can even debate one option over another?

  • EDW experience – Teradata, Netezza, GreenPlum, Exadata Data Science and ML experience – (R, Python, Anaconda, Jupyter, Deep Learning Frameworks etc.)

  • Integration Products experience (Talend, DataStage, Informatica BDM, Qlik, Tableau, Zoomdata, Tibco, MuleSoft, IBM, Oracle, Spring Integration, etc.)

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship

The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is:

Massachusetts: $150,000 - $185,000

New York: $150,000 - $185,000

Connecticut: $150,000 - $185,000

Individual compensation within the published range is determined by the candidate's skills, experience, qualifications, and primary work location. In addition to base pay, sales roles are eligible for Cloudera's commission plan, while non-sales roles are eligible for the corporate incentive plan. All employees receive a comprehensive benefits package.

What you can expect from us:

  • Generous PTO Policy 

  • Support work life balance with

  • Flexible WFH Policy 

  • Mental & Physical Wellness programs 

  • Phone and Internet Reimbursement program 

  • Access to Continued Career Development 

  • Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages 

  • Employee Resource Groups

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About Cloudera

Cloudera is a software company that provides a unified platform for data management and analytics. The company's platform enables organizations to store, process, and analyze large amounts of data in a variety of formats, including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. Cloudera's platform is used by some of the world's largest and most innovative organizations, including Airbus, Credit Suisse, and Expedia. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
Learn more about Cloudera
Size
2,728 employees
Market Cap
$4.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$162.7 million
Founded
2008
5 Year Trend
+39.2%
Revenue
$869.2 million
NASDAQ

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