Solutions Engineer/Deployment Strategist

Role Overview

As a Solutions Engineer / Deployment Strategist at Traversal, you'll shape how our AI-native infrastructure product is introduced and deployed inside modern engineering organizations. You'll guide prospects from initial technical discovery through pilot design, integration planning, and successful rollout.

What You Will Do

Lead technical discovery and deliver crisp demos for engineering teams evaluating Traversal. Scope and design pilot evaluations that align with customer environments, workflows, and success criteria. Create deployment playbooks and integration plans that ensure fast, reliable adoption.

Why It Might Be a Fit

If you thrive in high-ownership, high-velocity environments—and want to design and execute modern deployment strategies for AI-native infrastructure—we'd love to meet you.

Requirements

• 3+ years in a Solutions Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Deployment Strategist, or Solutions Architect role; or relevant engineering experience with strong customer instincts
• Proven ability to run technical evaluations end-to-end — building POCs, designing deployment plans, leading demos, and owning the technical workstream of a sales cycle
• Strong project and stakeholder management skills, including coordinating across teams and navigating enterprise processes (Security, Legal, Procurement) to drive pilots forward
• Ability to engage deeply with technical systems (cloud, APIs, logs/traces) without needing to be a full-time engineer — strong systems intuition and comfort in production environments
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment with shifting priorities

Benefits

• competitive compensation
• startup equity
• health insurance
• additional benefits