Foxglove · 15 hours ago
Solutions Engineer, Data Infra
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $230K/yr
8+ years expFoxglove is a company focused on building powerful open source and commercial tools for the robotics and autonomy ecosystem. They are seeking a Data Infrastructure Solutions Engineer to help customers integrate their systems, design efficient workflows, and troubleshoot performance issues while ensuring reliable data interoperability.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)ComputerInformation TechnologyRoboticsSoftware
Responsibilities
Technical solution design: Collaborate with customer engineering teams to understand their data architecture and design scalable ingestion, storage, and visualization workflows tailored to their systems and requirements
Demonstrations and evaluations: Build and deliver technical demos and proof-of-concepts that mirror real-world data pipelines, showcasing how Foxglove integrates with existing infrastructure and tools
Onboarding and integration: Guide customers from initial setup through production deployment, ensuring seamless data flow between their systems and Foxglove for reliable, high-performance operation
Problem-solving and troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve complex data, performance, and interoperability issues during evaluations and early deployments, partnering closely with both customer and internal engineering teams
Product feedback: Provide structured insights and feature requests to Foxglove’s product team based on direct technical engagement and real-world data infrastructure use cases
Collaboration with sales: Act as the technical partner during the pre-sales process, translating customer needs into robust, scalable data solutions that demonstrate Foxglove’s value
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in data infrastructure, systems, or backend engineering, including hands-on work with distributed systems, data pipelines, or observability platforms
3+ years in a technical customer-facing role such as solutions engineering, sales engineering, or a founder/technical lead position
Proficiency in Python, Rust, or C++, with the ability to quickly navigate and contribute to diverse codebases
Familiarity with real-time data streaming, messaging systems, and data visualization tools (e.g., Kafka, Pulsar, Arrow, Grafana, or similar)
Experience with at least one of the top cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Strong systems-thinking skills, with the ability to assess complex data architectures and design scalable, performant integration strategies
Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex technical concepts to both engineers and business stakeholders
Self-starter who thrives in fast-paced, collaborative startup environments
Willingness to travel locally, domestically, and occasionally internationally
Preferred
Experience with real-time telemetry, lakehouse formats (Iceberg, Delta, Hudi), or GPU orchestration (Kubernetes + NVIDIA)
Contributions to data infrastructure, distributed systems, or ML open-source projects
Benefits
$300 monthly budget towards commuter benefits or building your personal workspace (remote only)
Competitive equity grant in a Series B company
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Term Life insurance coverage at 100% for employees and 75% for dependents
401(k) matching up to 4%
4 weeks vacation, plus holidays and winter break
All expenses paid company off-sites 1-2× per year
Company
Foxglove
The observability stack for Physical AI.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$58.75MKey Investors
Bessemer Venture PartnersEclipse VenturesAmplify Partners
2025-11-12Series B· $40M
2022-10-11Series A· $15M
2022-01-03Seed· $3.75M
Leadership Team
Adrian Macneil
Co-Founder & CEO
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