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Solutions Engineer

depthfirst· Sales
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San FranciscoFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Enterprise-focused, customer-facing Solutions Engineer role partnering with sales and engineering to lead technical evaluations, validate vulnerability detection capabilities, and translate results into business impact for enterprise customers.

Responsibilities

  • Own and lead full-cycle technical evaluations, from discovery through proof of value and executive readout
  • Partner with security and engineering stakeholders to define clear success criteria tied to vulnerability detection quality, false positive reduction, and remediation speed
  • Demonstrate how depthfirst differs from legacy SAST and SCA tools through contextual code understanding, reachability and exploitability analysis, and highly repeatable results
  • Work hands-on in customer CI/CD environments (GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, etc.) to ensure seamless deployment and minimal developer disruption
  • Translate technical validation into executive-ready ROI narratives for CISOs, CTOs, and VPs of Engineering
  • Act as the voice of the customer to Product and Engineering, shaping roadmap priorities based on real-world feedback
  • Help build and scale a world-class solutions engineering function, including playbooks, demo environments, and repeatable evaluation frameworks

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role such as Solutions Engineer, Sales Engineer, Security Engineer, or similar
  • Strong understanding of modern software development workflows and CI/CD systems
  • Exposure to application security, vulnerability management, static analysis, or secure SDLC practices
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both engineers and executive stakeholders
  • High ownership mentality and comfort operating in fast-moving, ambiguous startup environments
  • Mission-driven and genuinely excited about AI and security
  • Located in or willing to relocate to San Francisco (preferred)

Benefits

  • Competitive salary with meaningful equity
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • High ownership and impact as an early member of the go-to-market team
  • The opportunity to join a rapidly scaling AI security startup during a critical growth phase
Last updated Jul 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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An AI-native platform that understands your code, business logic, and infrastructure to find more vulnerabilities, slash false positives, and give developers actionable fixes in their workflow.

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