Staff Solutions Engineer (API & AI)

TL;DR

Staff Solutions Engineer (API & AI): Supporting field sales and owning technical discovery, POCs, and enterprise deal strategy for hirify.global’s API and AI connectivity platform with an accent on API management and AI governance evaluations. Focus on scoping API/AI use cases, validating LLM traffic management and governance requirements, and delivering technical feasibility workshops and demos for agentic connectivity capabilities.

Company

Builds API and AI connectivity infrastructure for the agentic era.

What you will do

• Support field sales with technical advisory on hirify.global’s API and AI connectivity platform.
• Run discovery conversations, map customer requirements to hirify.global solutions, and support evaluations through production.
• Own technical validation and stakeholder alignment for POCs and complex enterprise deals.
• Deliver demos and lead API & AI technical feasibility workshops (TFWs) for modern and agentic architectures.
• Lead API management and AI governance evaluations, including LLM traffic management and governance requirements.
• Create technical documentation and mentor junior solutions engineers; synthesize customer feedback into product input.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering and/or solutions engineering experience in a SaaS, open source, or enterprise software company.
• Proven experience owning complex enterprise deals with multiple technical and executive stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring or coaching other SEs or technical team members.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native platforms.
• Experience with REST and GraphQL APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and API security patterns (OAuth2, OIDC, mTLS).
• Required hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tooling (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex, or equivalent) and working knowledge of AI/LLM architectures (model routing, rate limiting, semantic caching, prompt governance), plus familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and agentic AI patterns.

Culture & Benefits

• High-profile, fast-paced environment at the intersection of API and AI connectivity.
• Opportunity to influence product direction using customer feedback and market signals.
• Engagement with enterprise architects, engineers, and executives across complex technical evaluations.
• Involvement in thought leadership through blogs, webinars, and industry events.

Hiring process

• Apply with your background; the team may still consider candidates who don’t meet every checkbox.
• Interviews and evaluation focused on technical deal ownership, API/AI governance expertise, and communication skills.

Location: Singapore