Sales Engineer/Solution Architect – Contract

Job Description:

• Partner with Sales on discovery calls, technical deep-dives, and evaluations; clarify requirements and success criteria.
• Translate customer problems into product use cases, solution approaches, and scoped implementation plans.
• Explain Trase’s platform and agent capabilities to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Build rapid demo mock-ups and proof-of-concepts (including lightweight “cloud code”/scripted demos) to validate workflows and accelerate deals.
• Own and evolve demo assets: reusable scenarios, sample data, reference architectures, and competitive positioning.
• Write clear artifacts: requirements summaries, solution proposals, architecture diagrams, and handoff docs for delivery teams.
• Partner with Product on feedback loops: surface recurring needs, prioritize gaps, and propose roadmap opportunities grounded in customer signal.
• Support delivery handoff: ensure Engineering has the context needed to implement what was sold (and that commitments match reality).

Requirements:

• Experience as a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Forward Deployed Engineer, or Solution Consultant supporting customer-facing technical sales.
• Strong technical fluency: comfortable fielding technical questions, explaining system behavior, and reasoning about tradeoffs.
• Excellent communication: able to lead conversations, simplify complexity, and build trust with customers.
• Product-minded: can turn ambiguous customer input into crisp requirements, use cases, and prioritized next steps.
• Proven ability to build quick demos or prototypes to illustrate solution paths and unblock decisions.
• Comfortable working with APIs, integrations, and configurable product surfaces (and learning new systems quickly).
• Can work cross-functionally across Sales, Product, and Engineering with strong follow-through.
• Comfortable in fast-moving environments where priorities shift based on customer feedback.
• Healthcare domain experience (strongly preferred, not required).
• Senior+ experience, with ownership over complex customer engagements.

Benefits:

• Career track opportunity with potential for rapid advancement with strong performance as the firm grows
• 100% employer paid, comprehensive health care including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
• Paid maternity and paternity for 14 weeks at employees' normal pay.
• Unlimited PTO, with management approval.
• Opportunities for professional development and continued learning.
• Optional 401K, FSA, and equity incentives available.
• Mental health benefits are available through Tara Mind.
• Cost effective GLP-1 solutions available through Crux.