Senior Partner Solutions Architect - Central/East (Professional Services)

The role

You will enable and empower partners to implement Chainguard solutions and build secure software. You will lead technical enablement programs and partner with the alliances and channel team to drive joint strategies.

What you will do

• Lead technical enablement programs for partners
• Partner with the alliances and channel team to drive joint strategies and mutual growth
• Develop and maintain partner-facing technical content
• Support partners in post-sales technical engagements
• Act as the primary technical liaison between the partner ecosystem and Product and Engineering teams
• Build and maintain a deep understanding of partner technical competencies
• Maintain partner-level architecture documentation
• Collaborate, teach, and learn from the Chainguard team and partner community

Required qualifications

• Minimum 4+ years experience in a post-sales role supporting clients
• 8+ years of experience developing high-performance multi-tier applications
• Strong experience in Kubernetes and Containers
• Experience working with or within a partner ecosystem
• Ability to communicate technical information in both highly technical and non-technical ways
• Demonstrated ability to create scalable technical enablement programs and content
• At least a Bachelor's Degree with a focus in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Information Technology
• Strong working experience with software development processes, practices, and software engineering design concepts
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional engineering teams, alliances, and business partners
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Nice to have

• experience in a partner-facing technical role, such as partner engineering, alliances, or channel solutions architecture

Benefits

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture
• Team meetup opportunities
• Bi-annual destination summits
• Monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs
• Stock options upon hire and promotion
• Participation in secondary offerings
• 10 years to exercise options
• 100% Covered Health Insurance for employees and dependents
• Flexible Time Off
• 18 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parents
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for non-birthing parents

About the company

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source, delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds. Their customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders.