Staff Solutions Architect, AI Subject Matter Expert

What you'll do

• Lead technical discovery, architecture discussions, workshops, and Proof of Value evaluations for prioritized opportunities.
• Create reusable demos, reference architectures, playbooks, and enablement; coach account teams and serve as an escalation point.
• Bring customer and competitive feedback to Product and Engineering, and support customers through their first production workload.

What they ask for

• Deep hands-on expertise in one relevant domain, such as application security, cloud and hybrid platforms, CI/CD and migrations, or production AI-assisted development.
• Practical expertise in agentic and AI-assisted development workflows in a customer-facing pre-sales context.
• Experience winning technical decisions on large enterprise opportunities using structured PoC or PoV evaluations with defined criteria and executive sign-off.
• Hands-on experience with Git, CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, and at least one major cloud provider.

Nice to have

• Public speaking, published technical content, or open-source contributions.
• Relevant Kubernetes, cloud architecture, or security certifications.

Pay

$166,200 — $279,900 USD (base salary)

Tools

Git, CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, GitLab Duo Agent Platform, GitLab Ultimate, GitLab Dedicated, GitLab Premium

AI focus

Specialize in relevant AI products and workflows, including AI governance or agentic and AI-assisted development; apply expertise in customer evaluations and production adoption.