Onehouse · 2 weeks ago
Staff Solutions Architect - Data Infrastructure
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$220K/yr - $250K/yr
8+ years expOnehouse is a mission-driven company dedicated to freeing data from data platform lock-in. As a Staff Solutions Engineer, you will serve as a technical thought leader and trusted advisor, driving architectural decisions and influencing product strategy while mentoring customers and internal teams.
Big DataCloud Data ServicesData IntegrationDatabaseSoftware
Responsibilities
Partner with customers during pre-sales to understand needs, design solutions, and position Onehouse effectively
Drive technical onboarding for enterprise customers, sometimes directly, sometimes by guiding a team
Lead incident response and resolution for customer-facing escalations, ensuring transparency and trust throughout the process
Build demos, solution guides, and technical content for sales and marketing enablement
Contribute to the open source community and represent Onehouse at industry events
Develop high-leverage internal tooling, frameworks, and content to scale the solutions engineering function
Mentor other Solutions Engineers and broader GTM team members
Analyze recurring pain points and partner with Engineering and Product teams to influence roadmap direction
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience working directly with customers on technical engagements
8+ years of experience with major cloud providers like AWS, GCP or Azure
5+ years of deep experience with Apache Spark and knowledge on Spark's runtime internals, query tuning, performance tuning, troubleshooting and debugging Spark solutions
Extensive technical experience building, operating, and troubleshooting diverse data engineering pipelines with tools like Kafka, Flink, Presto/Trino, DBT, Airflow, Parquet
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills being able to synthesize technical topics for both executive and technical stakeholders
Proven track record of cross-functional collaboration and leadership without authority
Experience with modern data lakehouse technologies like Apache Hudi, Apache Iceberg or Delta Lake
Strong opinions on how the future of open data infrastructure should be built and the skills to influence it
Preferred
Experience in contributing to an open source project
Benefits
Equity Compensation; our success is your success with eligible participation in our company equity plan
Health & Well-being; we'll invest in your physical and mental well-being with up to 90% health coverage (50% for spouses/dependents) including comprehensive medical, dental & vision benefits
Financial Future; we'll invest in your financial well-being by making this role eligible to contribute to our company 401(k) or Roth 401(k) retirement plan
Generous Time Off; unlimited PTO (mandatory 1 week/year minimum), uncapped sick days and 11 paid company holidays
Company Camaraderie; Annual company offsites and Quarterly team onsites @Sunnyvale HQ
Food & Meal Allowance; weekly lunch stipend, in-office snacks/drinks
Equipment; we'll provide you with the equipment you need to be successful and a one-time $500 stipend for your initial desk setup
Child Bonding!; 8 weeks off for parents (birthing, non-birthing, adoptive, foster, child placement, new guardianship) - fully paid so you can focus your energy on your newest addition
Company
Onehouse
Onehouse is a cloud-native managed lakehouse service that aims to improve data lake time-to-value.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (7)
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$68MKey Investors
Craft Ventures
2024-06-26Series B· $35M
2023-02-02Series A· $25M
2022-02-02Seed· $8M
Leadership Team
Dorothy E.
Executive Business Partner
Eric Amemiya
Talent Partner
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