Principal Solution Engineer

Salesforce
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 172,500 - 260,100 annuallyFunction: Communications, PR & CommunitySkills: ["Communication","Independent execution","Partnering","Problem-solving"]

Partner with field Solutions Engineers to understand customer needs and build working prototypes that close capability gaps between Tableau’s product and what the field can sell and demonstrate. Engage strategic customers to validate and pressure-test competitive positioning, develop technical readiness assets (demo environments, talk tracks, architecture decks), and experiment with emerging AI capabilities to scale what works across the Solutions Center of Excellence.

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Principal Solution Engineer

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Job Summary

Partner with field Solutions Engineers to understand customer needs and build working prototypes that close capability gaps between Tableau’s product and what the field can sell and demonstrate. Engage strategic customers to validate and pressure-test competitive positioning, develop technical readiness assets (demo environments, talk tracks, architecture decks), and experiment with emerging AI capabilities to scale what works across the Solutions Center of Excellence.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner with Solutions Engineers to understand what they need for customers, then drive adoption so the field uses what you build.
  • •Build working prototypes ahead of general availability using AI-assisted coding tools to show capability gaps.
  • •Engage strategic/executive customers to validate prototypes and pressure-test competitive positioning.
  • •Develop and maintain technical assets such as competitive readiness materials, talk tracks, and demo environments (e.g., messaging and architecture decks).
  • •Experiment with new AI capabilities and feed learnings back into best-practice sharing and scalable tooling for the field.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 172,500 - 260,100 annually
Perks:MedicalDentalVisionHealth InsurancePaid Parental401kLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceEquity

Key Requirements

  • •Several years of hands-on solutions engineering, sales engineering, or technical pre-sales experience, ideally with analytics, business intelligence, or data platforms.
  • •Deep, current expertise in Tableau Cloud and Tableau Desktop as a genuine product SME, including capabilities and limits.
  • •Ability to independently build a working technical prototype, including using AI-assisted coding tools.
  • •Experience partnering with a field or sales organization to translate feedback into product-team actions.
  • •Comfort communicating technical gaps or opportunities clearly so the field can trust your read.
Experience:Solutions engineeringPre-salesAnalyticsBusiness intelligenceData platforms
Skills:CommunicationIndependent executionPartneringProblem-solving
Tech Stack:Tableau CloudTableau DesktopSlackTabNextBeaconModel context protocol (MCP)AI-assisted coding tools

Company Brief

Salesforce
Provides a leading cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform with sales, service, marketing, analytics, and integration tools that empower businesses to manage customer relationships and digital transformation at scale.
Industry: SaaS
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 1999
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