MindsDB is a fast-growing AI startup headquartered in San Francisco, California. MindsDB is an AI Analytics solution that connects to diverse data sources and applications then unifies structured and unstructured data, at petabyte scale. Powered by an industry-first cognitive engine that can operate anywhere (on-prem, VPC, serverless), it empowers both humans and AI with highly informed decision-making capabilities.
MindsDB was founded in 2017 by Adam Carrigan and Jorge Torres, inspired by Ian M. Banks's Culture series, in which super AI systems called Minds collaborate with other forms of life to accomplish incredible goals. Starting as an open source project, MindsDB now has both open source and enterprise AGI data solutions. The MindsDB community stretches across our GitHub with over 27,000 stars, nearly 800 contributors, and our Slack community of over 6,500 members from every corner of the globe and continues to grow every day.
We are backed with over $55M in funding from Benchmark, Mayfield, YCombinator, and NVIDIA. MindsDB is also recognized by Forbes as one of America's most promising AI companies (2021) and by Gartner as a Cool Vendor for Data and AI (2022).
THE ROLEWe are looking for an AI Solutions Engineer that can transform our customer’s unique business problems into successfully deployed Production AI solutions.
Our ideal candidate for this role should have experience in customer facing solutions or engineering roles in either a pre or post sales capacity (Solutions Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Technical Account Manager, Customer Success Architect, or similar).
In this role, you will be responsible for the Solution Discovery, Design, Delivery and Validation for all customers looking to implement the MindsDB Enterprise solution within their organizations.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Be the technical point of contact for clients and prospective customers - relaying their needs, wants and any feature gaps to the Product team.
- Proactively understand potential customer’s business goals, and deliver successful state-of-the-art AI solutions.
- Partner with the Sales & Business Development teams for technical discovery, solution design, delivery and validation, as well as post sale on-boarding..
- Drive customer implementation/deployments of MindsDB from both an AI and software engineering perspective.
- Lead and ensure successful pre-sale solution engagements (POC, POV, MVP, Prototypes).
- Collaborate with customers and internal teams to design and execute project plans.
- Build and lead tailored product demos.
- Become an expert in the MindsDB product and technology stack.
- Support your teammates across the company.
- Contribute reliable, reusable code to MindsDB packages and repos.
- Effectively manage multiple projects in parallel.
REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum five years in a customer facing technical, solution or engineering role
- Minimum one year in the AI/ML or ancillary technology space
- Experience in hands-on application development and data engineering
- Deep familiarity with core concepts in AI/ML delivery
- Demonstrable experience working closely with Product and Engineering teams
- Willingness to work in-office with the team three days per week
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience in early-stage Startups
- Willing to be (and experience as) a player coach to build a team
- Example code bases or repositories (GitHub, Gitlab, etc.) that have contributed to AI/ML community projects
BENEFITS & PERKS
- Flexible Working Hours
- Competitive Compensation
- Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
- 401k with up to 6% matching
- Unlimited PTO
- New Hire Remote Setup budget ($1500)
- Lunch Provided Mon-Fri
- Internet Budget ($25/month)
- Commuter Budget ($1200/year)
- Learning & Development budget
- Wellbeing Budget ($1200/year)
- International in-person company retreats
- Wellbeing/Mental Health leave
DIVERSITY, EQUALITY & INCLUSION
MindsDB is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our employees. MindsDB will give all qualified applicants consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.
