Solutions Architect
Location | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of |
Date Posted | June 22, 2023 |
Category | Management |
Job Type | Full-time |
Currency | TZS |
Description
About the job
What is Contentstack?
Contentstack – the leading Composable Digital Experience Platform (DXP) provider – empowers marketers and developers to deliver composable digital experiences at the speed of their imagination. Companies such as ASICS, Chase, Express, Holiday Inn, Icelandair, Mattel, McDonald’s, Mitsubishi, Riot Games, and Shell trust Contentstack to power their most critical content experiences with uncompromising scale and dependability. Known for its Care Without Compromise™ program, Contentstack has achieved the industry’s highest customer satisfaction rating. Contentstack is also a founding member of the MACH Alliance, advocating for best-of-breed composable technology that is Microservices-based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS, and Headless.
Learn more at www.contentstack.com.
Who Are We?
At Contentstack we are more than colleagues, we are a tribe. Our vision is to pursue equity among our communities, employees, partners, and customers. We are global-diverse yet close; distributed yet connected. We are dreamers and dreammakers who challenge the status quo. We do the right thing, even when no one is watching. We are curious trendspotters and brave trendsetters. Our mission is to make Contentstack indispensable for organizations to tell their stories and to connect with the people they care about through inspiring, modern experiences. We care deeply about our customers and the communities we serve. #OneTeamOneDream. Chalo, let’s go!
What are we looking for?
Contentstack is looking for a Solutions Architect (post-sales) with strong frontend development experience. The Solutions Architect will work with our customers who work in multiple departments within their company, including visual/web designers and content producers to create compelling digital experiences with Contentstack. The ideal candidate is a thoughtful developer who listens well, doesn’t take him/herself too seriously, and brings out the best in others.If you are passionate about compliance and data privacy, and you want to join a fun team, keep reading!
Here's what you'll be doing:
- Provide post-sales guidance for new and existing customers.
- Actively participate in client meetings and presentations with Customer Success Managers to identify technical requirements.
- Articulate and demonstrate solutions, influence customer's technical requirements and architectural decisions.
- Communicate to engineering new and trending client needs, as well as potential emerging market, and product opportunities.
- Listen to and thoroughly understand what a customer is trying to achieve. Never pre-suppose or assume an answer or pre-determine solutions.
- Work with Account Executives, Engineering and Customer Support teams to ensure successful delivery of preferred customer outcomes.
- Create and demonstrate to customers relevant product use cases, and meaningful client scenarios featuring Contentstack.
- Help customers design and identify project plans throughout the deployment process.
- Travel, as needed, to customer sites and partner sites to lead and/or participate in supporting product workshops.
- Maintain an in-depth level of technical and industry knowledge.
- Work with the implementation partners throughout the customer deployment process, and assist with documentation to successfully scope, and size client engagements, which will include a combination of Contentstack, partner technologies, and partner services.
What really gets us excited about you?
- Proven track record of managing, building and deploying technology solutions.
- Ability to facilitate and broker communication between different parts of a client’s organization. Translate between business and technical discussions.
- Comfortable with enterprise SaaS sales processes and tools.
- Experience with Content Management Systems, SaaS business applications, marketing automation, and business analytics.
- Experience designing and presenting technical solutions to meet customer requirements.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Account management experience.
- Dedicated follow-through and accountability, resourcefulness, and attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills; professional presentation skills; self-starter, cooperative attitude; team player.
- Excellent interpersonal and time management skills.
- Natural multi-tasker and inherent grace under pressure. Not fazed dealing with tight deadlines. Can-do attitude!
- Quick to pick up and understand new technologies.
Here are some specifics:
- Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science or equivalent four year college technical degree.
- 3 years of web and/or application development experience as a front end, back end, or full stack developer.
- Prefer 2+ years of experience as a technical specialist consulting in customer or partner facing roles.
- Coding experience with at least 3 of the following technologies Node.js, Angular.js, React.js, Java, Javascript, .NET, Python, or PHP
- Background with MS Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud Platform
- Multilingual capabilities, preference of French
- Some travel may be required
What Do We Offer?
Interesting Work | We hire curious trendspotters and brave trendsetters. This is NOT your boring, routine, cushy, rest-and-vest corporate job. This is the “challenge yourself” role where you learn something new every day, never stop growing, and have fun while you’re doing it.
Tribe Vibe | We are more than colleagues, we are a tribe. We have a strict “no a**hole policy” and enforce it diligently. This means we spend time together - with spontaneous office happy hours, organized outings, and community volunteer opportunities. We are a diverse and distributed team, but we like to stay connected.
Bragging Rights | We are dreamers and dream makers. Our efforts pay off and we work with the most prestigious brands, from big-name retailers to airlines, to professional sports teams. Your contribution will make an impact with many of the most recognizable names in almost every industry including ASICS, Chase, Express, Holiday Inn, Icelandair, Mattel, McDonald’s, Mitsubishi, Riot Games, Shell, and many more!