Founding US Solutions Engineer
New York · On-site$180k – $220kVisa Sponsorship Available
About this role
Kombo is seeking our first US-based Solutions Engineer to own the technical relationship with customers from initial sales discussions through successful implementation. You’ll be the technical expert prospects rely on to map Kombo to their stack, design integration approaches, and get customers live. This builder role helps establish our US solutions function, scale repeatable playbooks, and shape how we work with customers.
What youll do
- Own the technical sales cycle: Lead discovery and demos, translating customer requirements into integration designs.
- Drive implementations to go-live: Oversee the technical relationship from POC to production deployment, build implementation plans, troubleshoot API issues, and unblock customers.
- Build the technical toolkit: Create demo environments, code samples (Python, Node.js), and Postman collections; write integration guides, architecture diagrams, and troubleshooting documentation; develop sales collateral.
- Scale the US solutions function: Document repeatable playbooks for discovery, scoping, and implementation; feed customer insights to Product/Engineering to shape the roadmap; help define hiring and onboarding as we grow the team.
What Kombo is looking for
- 4+ years in Solutions Engineering, Sales Engineering, or technical customer-facing roles at a B2B SaaS company.
- Hands-on API experience: read documentation, write sample code, and debug integrations.
- Proficiency in Python or Node.js.
- Track record closing complex deals with technical and non-technical stakeholders (ACV typically $100k+).
- Strong communication: able to whiteboard architecture with engineers and explain value to executives.
- Comfort with ambiguity and building things from scratch.
- Ability to work in-office in NYC 4 days/week.
- Experience at a B2B startup (Series A-C) and at a B2B SaaS company.
- Ownership of end-to-end implementation from architecture planning through go-live.
- Strong educational foundation (CS fundamentals or equivalent practical experience).
Company at a glance
Kombo offers a leading global unified API that integrates HR, payroll, LMS, screening, ATS, assessment, and recruiting systems.
IndustrySaaS
Team Size51-200
WorkspaceOn-site
StageSeries A
Founded2022
Location
New York, United States
Investors
Acadian Ventures ·Volition Capital
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