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# Solution Engineer

- **Company:** Contentful
- **Location:** France
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Contentful, JavaScript (Programming Language), Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Web Technologies, Restful APIs
- **Published:** October 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-solution-engineer-france-f-m-d-contentful-3-10602379

## About the Role

* Fluency in English and French is required
 * The desire to work in a fast-paced environment, across multiple opportunities and teams
 * 3-5 years experience as a Sales/Solution Engineer/Architect or Solution Consultant for a cloud-based, growth-oriented PaaS or SaaS company; or 5-10 years experience as a developer working on digital experience delivery utilising marketing technology platforms focused on CMS, Commerce, Personalisation, etc.
 * Strong presentation skills that demonstrate the ability to clearly and sympathetically convey business and technical knowledge to our varying personas that are both marketing-focused and technical-focused.
 * Proven experience with current web technologies (JavaScript frameworks, static site generators, REST APIs, CDNs, CI/CD, etc.)
 * A high degree of emotional intelligence to help navigate meetings with multiple customer stakeholders with varying degrees of engagement and influence.
 * A natural curiosity for how technology drives change and how that transfers into business value., * Experience working with a Content Management Platform or similar technology (MarTech).
 * Prior experience with solution selling methodologies and/or value-based selling techniques.
 * Understanding the core concepts of MACH products and Composable architectures and how they relate to Contentful's product and market position.

## Description

* Work directly with our Account Executives to support EMEA customers, particularly in France
 * Support our sales team in helping prospects understand what's possible with Contentful and how it compares to older legacy technologies
 * Understand prospects' project requirements, help prospects validate these requirements against our platform, identify and mitigate technical and business risks
 * Create product demonstrations and assist with technical evaluations to demonstrate how our platform solves identified business problems and integrates into a prospect's technology stack
 * Communicate prospect and customer needs and product feedback to product management, marketing, and sales.
 * Collaborate with Solution Architects and Customer Success Managers to ensure that newly-signed customers successfully implement and launch their projects with Contentful