Advisory Pre-sales Solutions Architect

MongoDB MongoDB · Enterprise · Tysons, VA · Solutions Consulting, Growth NA

This role is a Pre-Sales Solutions Architect for MongoDB, focusing on guiding customers to design and build systems using MongoDB's data platform. The role involves technical sales, customer advising, sales partnership, demand generation, and fostering customer success. While it mentions AI/ML projects as a 'may have' and RAG/AI architectures in the 'What you will learn' section, the core responsibilities and primary function are not AI/ML development or research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design and Architect: Design scalable and performant applications, systems and infrastructure for large software projects leveraging MongoDB
  2. Customer Advising and Value Articulation: Guide customers on architecture patterns and optimization strategies for MongoDB, while clearly communicating its business value to the relevant stakeholders
  3. Sales Partnership: Collaborate with the sales team to drive account success through account planning, opportunity prioritization/qualification and pipeline generation strategy, while taking ownership of the technical aspects (including but not limited to technical discovery, demos, proof of value, presentations, sizing and documentation)
  4. Demand Generation: Proactively generate demand within the sales territory through self-driven technical initiatives, participation in events such as industry trade shows and account-based marketing events
  5. Customer Success: Foster strong customer relationships, build champions and ensure customer success and satisfaction

Skills

Required

  • 12+ years of related experience in a customer facing role
  • minimum 7 years of pre-sales experience
  • Minimum of 3 years experience with modern scripting languages (e.g. Python, Node.js, SQL) and/or popular programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Java, C#)
  • Experience designing with scalable and highly available distributed systems in the cloud and on-prem
  • Demonstrated ability to work with customers to review complex architecture of existing applications, providing guidance on how to improve by leveraging technology
  • Excellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • Demonstrated ability to drive effective collaboration with Sales Leadership
  • Demonstrated strong understanding of popular sales methodologies/ frameworks such as MEDDPICC/ Command of the Message
  • The ability to travel up to 25%
  • A Master’s degree or equivalent work experience
  • Recent experience working within the public sector is required
  • Active Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI eligibility

Nice to have

  • Experience with database programming and data models
  • Experience in data engineering or AI/ML projects
  • Experience in transforming legacy systems and platforms into modern, scalable, and efficient technology stacks
  • Experience in SRE practices
  • Proven ability to up-level the broader organization
  • A MongoDB Certification
  • A Cloud Provider Certification

What the JD emphasized

  • Recent experience working within the public sector is required
  • Active Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI eligibility