Solutions Engineer (f/m/d) - Berlin, Germany

How will you make an impact
As our Solutions Engineer, you will consult development teams at leading global brands looking to adopt Hygraph. You will closely work with our Senior Account Executives, Solutions Engineers, Sales Leadership, and the post-sales team to win new enterprise customers, guide CTOs, Software Engineers, and content teams on optimally using Hygraph in their ambitious projects, and be part of a vibrant community of GraphQL enthusiasts. Your prior experience as a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Pre-Sales Engineer, or Software Developer will help you shape the future of our rapidly growing company.

This is NOT a Software Developer position, but rather Sales, with a Software Developer background. Hence, you will then be part of the Sales Team.

Our Sales team is focused on generating new revenues by prospecting, qualifying, consulting, and, ultimately, signing new mid-market and enterprise-grade customers across industries and regions. As a company, we are focused on product adoption with an enterprise offering, and most of our efforts on the user-facing side are to empower developers and editorial teams to build their best with a modern stack.

What you will be working on:

• Support the sales process from a technical point of view and present Hygraph technology and vision to executives and technical contributors at prospects and customers.

• Showcase developer functionality to prospects, as well as how modern technical frameworks work together with Hygraph.

• Advise new customers on their solution approach, be it the initial Hygraph setup, choice of frontend, or 3rd party tool integrations.

• Maintain a broad and deep technical understanding of the product roadmap and the underlying technologies and use cases.

• Conduct technical workshops and onboarding, as well as pre-sales, to convey product knowledge.

• Help the sales team to win new enterprise customers and earn commissions accordingly.

What we expect from you:

• Previous experience in front-end web development and at least 2 years of work experience as a B2B pre-sales engineer of an API-led software product.

• Familiarity with modern application-building technologies (ex. GraphQL, React, Next.js, Svelte, etc.), software development approaches (ex. microservice architecture, serverless), and, optimally, database architecture.

• Genuine interest in how our customers and prospects have chosen to build their software infrastructure and enjoy helping solve their problems.

• Very good communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts concisely. 

• Fluent in business-level German and based in Berlin.

• Great to have: Experience with SaaS products targeting enterprise customers.

The Process

• Intro call with People Team

• Interview with the Hiring Manager

• Case study presentation/Competency Interview(s)/Team-fit call

• C-Level Call and Reference Check

• Job Offer

The response time after application, screening applications, and setting up the first intro call is usually within 1-2 weeks. You could expect some alterations when necessary.

About us

Hygraph is a dynamic Berlin-based startup and a GraphQL-native, API-first headless CMS built for teams delivering complex, composable digital experiences. Hygraph is on a mission to eliminate complexity for global teams and help them scale content without friction. Our platform empowers you to create, deliver, and distribute content faster and at scale. We’re a team committed to shaping the future of AI-powered content platforms. Trusted by over 50,000 teams worldwide, Hygraph powers structured content across websites, applications, product experiences, and AI-enabled systems.

As AI reshapes how digital experiences are created and operated, Hygraph is helping organizations build on structured, trusted content foundations that enable human-first, AI-accelerated experiences at scale. You will be part of a remote-first, globally distributed team committed to working collaboratively, transparently, and passionately. We believe in a remote-first approach where everyone is encouraged to do their best from wherever they are and work together with transparency, accountability, and ownership. We learn continuously through feedback and have a yearly learning budget to attend training and conferences.

Hygraph is an equal-opportunity employer committed to hiring people with diverse backgrounds. We believe that diversity, unique experiences, qualities, and different cultures enrich our workspace's productivity and promote innovation and creativity.

Note: We are fortunate to receive a large number of applications for our roles. To manage this effectively and give each application the attention it deserves, we use AI-assisted tools to help assess certain screening questions and handle application elements. This helps us ensure a consistent and timely review process. All final hiring decisions are made exclusively by our human recruitment team.