Senior Solution Sales Engineer - Confluent serves as a key technical advisor within the Customer Success Team, partnering with Account Executives to drive value for customers. The role involves identifying business needs, creating technical designs, and facilitating discussions to overcome complex roadblocks. Day-to-day responsibilities include leading Technical Proofs of Concept, conducting discovery sessions, delivering workshops, and providing hands-on guidance to improve deployment maturity. You will also analyze consumption trends and advocate for products across the ecosystem. Required expertise includes experience with Event-Driven architecture, Data Integration, Cloud Architecture, GitOps, and Kubernetes. Candidates must be proficient in Java, Python, or SQL and possess technical certifications in Cloud Development or Data Engineering. This role focuses on advancing innovative data streaming use cases from initial conception through to successful go-live implementation.