Lead Solutions Engineer

The role

You will act as a technical bridge between enterprise prospects and an AI-powered decisioning platform. You will architect AI-driven solutions and lead proof-of-value projects to secure technical wins for financial institutions.

What you will do

• Create reusable collateral and establish solution patterns
• Mentor others on customer engagement and technical strategy
• Translate customer strategic priorities into Agentic AI use cases
• Lead the design and execution of proof-of-value projects
• Build technical prototypes and demos using the Taktile platform
• Collaborate with partners and customers to build solutions in the Agentic Decisioning Platform
• Communicate value opportunities and strategic roadmaps to C-level executives
• Share competitive intelligence and prospect insights with product management
• Lead discovery for new use cases and implement them on the platform

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience writing production Python code
• Experience navigating complex Enterprise organizations with technical and business stakeholders
• Ability to plan and manage the technical scope of Proof of Concepts (POCs) and technical evaluations
• Proven track record of supporting high-contract-value enterprise deals
• Open to a hybrid work model in NYC at least three days per week

Nice to have

• Experience operating in a technical leadership role
• 5-7 years of experience in Enterprise Solution/ Sales Engineering in B2B SaaS, or in a senior technical consulting role
• Deep expertise with enterprise-level infrastructure and architecture, including an extensive understanding of APIs
• Experience building, tuning, or deploying ML models (e.g., scikit-learn, XGBoost, PyTorch, TensorFlow) in production settings
• Experience with AI use cases in financial services (e.g. fraud detection, credit scoring, underwriting)
• Ability to explain how a model works to both technical stakeholders and domain experts
• Domain expertise in the financial services industry (banking, insurance, capital markets, payments, etc.)

Benefits

• Top-of-market equity and cash compensation package
• Self-development budget for conferences, books, or classes
• Equipment of choice including home office set-up
• Flat hierarchy with direct communication to founding team members

About the company

Taktile enables financial institutions to transform into AI-native organizations using a modular Agentic Decision Platform. Founded in 2020, the company powers millions of decisions daily for institutions including Mercury, Monzo, Faire, and Pleo.