Principal Solutions Engineer

SingleStore is hiring a Principal Solutions Engineer. Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.

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Principal solutions engineer driving technical evaluations and POCs for distributed data and AI platforms.

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Position Overview

Solution Engineers (SEs) at SingleStore are solving some of the most cutting-edge technical challenges in today’s data-driven world. When customers evaluate SingleStore, SEs are their trusted technical experts who evaluate, identify, and demonstrate how SingleStore can solve their mission-critical business needs. As key contributors to our sales organization, Solution Engineers add tremendous value to the customer journey and directly impact company growth and revenue.

In this role, you will be responsible for identifying the technical requirements necessary to deliver business value for our Fortune 1,000 customers. Working in partnership with Enterprise Account Executives, you will help to acquire new customers and expand existing accounts. You will do this by leveraging your technical skill set and business acumen to understand complex solutions and create high-quality demos that resonate with our customers.

Role and Responsibilities

Partner with Prospects and Customers to understand their industries and strategies, and educate them on SingleStores strategy, technologies and vision.
Partner with Account Executives to close new business (logos) and expand existing accounts
Partner with internal teams (Product, Engineering, Support, Marketing etc.) to share feedback on customer needs and requests
Design, develop, and deploy Proofs of Concept (POCs) with prospective customers
Drive the technical evaluation stage of the sales cycle, acting as the technical lead/subject matter expert (query tuning, load testing, etc.)
Work to develop Channels and Partners for co-selling in the region.

Required Skills and Experience

Fluency in English and regional languages
Experience with Gen AI, ML and Advanced Analytics
Experience successfully selling enterprise database technologies, distributed systems, and similar products
Deep understanding of distributed database technologies, including both analytic and transactional processing
Expertise executing POCs, with experience designing and deploying complex technologies into existing customer environments
In-Depth understanding of data platforms, including various competitive products (Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, MongoDB, Snowflake, Databricks, etc.)
Experienced in cloud and containerized environments, deployment and orchestration (including Linux and Kubernetes environments)
Proficient programming skills in Python, Java, or other programming languages
Ability to travel within the region and internationally
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a relevant technical field

SingleStore is a global database company that empowers the world’s leading organizations to build and scale cutting-edge AI applications on a unified data platform that supports real-time transactions, analytics, and search. Our platform handles streaming data ingestion, vector search, full-text search, and multi-model data types - all with high performance, petabyte-scale capacity, high user concurrency, and low latency.

As a leader recognized by both Gartner and Forrester Wave, SingleStore serves the world ‘s leading data innovators including the top Fortune 500 enterprises. Our 95%+ gross retention rate reflects the strong satisfaction and trusts our customers place in the platform. SingleStore is owned by private equity firm Vector Capital and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices worldwide, including Hyderabad.

To all recruitment agencies: SingleStore does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to SingleStore employees. SingleStore is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with the Company.

How we rate this

Principal Solutions Engineer at SingleStore rates 60 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Open the description and count.

Key facts

Principal Solutions Engineer is an open job at SingleStore.
Level rates this role AI Level 3 of 4: Works on AI.
The role is based in India.
The job was posted on October 6, 2026.
Seniority: lead.
Applications are handled by SingleStore. Apply on SingleStore

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Distributed SystemsDatabase ArchitectureGenerative AIMachine learningProof Of ConceptDatabricksPythonJava

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Tell me about a project where proof of concept was part of your work. What did you do?

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