Partner Solutions Architect - Japan (Tokyo Hybrid)
Hybrid (Tokyo, Japan)Full-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
MongoDB seeks a Partner Solutions Architect in Japan to align technical strategy with partners, customers, and MongoDB field teams. The role focuses on designing scalable, modern applications on MongoDB, enabling partner-led demand, and driving successful outcomes across enterprise customers in the Tokyo region.
Responsibilities
- Design scalable, performant applications, systems, and infrastructure on MongoDB for partner-led and partner-influenced opportunities
- Work with account teams, field SAs, cloud specialists, and partners to strengthen MongoDB’s technical value proposition for customer use cases
- Guide customers and partners through architecture reviews, modernization patterns, and best practices on MongoDB Atlas
- Support proofs of concept, proofs of value, technical validations, sizing, and technical decision criteria
- Provide technical guidance in competitive situations and position MongoDB effectively against alternatives
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with partner architects, engineers, and technical leaders
- Support and scale partner enablement programs through workshops, bootcamps, technical sessions, and collateral
- Drive partner center-of-excellence strategies and joint solution development with cloud, GSI, ISV, and other partners
- Mentor partner organizations on architecture patterns and best practices
- Design, build, and maintain technical demos, workshops, presentations, and solution blueprints
- Create technical artifacts (blogs, reference architectures, presentations)
- Represent MongoDB at partner events and developer days
- Act as a thought leader for modern application design, cloud architecture, and AI-ready data platforms
- Collaborate with sales and partner teams on account planning, opportunity prioritization, and technical discovery
- Translate technical concepts into business value for management and executives
- Respond to technical questions and serve as regional escalation point
- Maintain operating discipline with Salesforce and opportunity hygiene
- Gather field feedback to improve assets and product direction
- Identify reusable best practices, playbooks, and assets for scale
- Support onboarding, mentoring, and knowledge sharing across teams
Qualifications
- 8 to 11 years of related experience in a customer-facing role, with 5 to 7 years in pre-sales with enterprise software
- Minimum 3 years of experience with modern scripting languages (Python, Node.js, SQL) and/or programming languages (Java, C#, C/C++)
- Experience designing scalable and highly available distributed systems in cloud and on-premises
- Ability to review complex architectures with customers and partners and guide modernization strategies
- Excellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to partner with sales and partner teams to drive multi-threaded account strategy in Japan
- Working knowledge of major cloud platforms and MongoDB Atlas integration with hyperscalers
- Strong understanding of partner business models and enablement motions
- Ability to travel up to 25%
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
Skills
Required:Customer-facing pre-sales experienceArchitecture design and reviewsCloud platformsMongoDB AtlasScripting languagesCommunication
Benefits
- Culture of growth and inclusion
- Employee affinity groups and fertility assistance
- Parental leave policy
- Supportive and enriching culture
- Disability accommodations in application process
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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