Solutions Engineer Jobs in Seattle, USA

Looking for a solutions engineer job in Seattle? Choose from 12 open roles at 4 employers. Explore real salary data and skills breakdown across remote, hybrid and on-site roles.

12 Open roles
4 Companies hiring

Companies hiring Solutions engineers in Seattle

The market for Solutions engineers in Seattle

In the week to 27 September, 12 solutions engineer roles were open in Seattle at 4 employers. 3 new roles were posted during the week. Of the roles that say how they work, 8% are remote or hybrid.

Among the solutions engineer roles listed on the board for Seattle, the vast majority are at a lead level, with a small share at manager level. A little over a third of the openings were posted around two months ago, and roughly equal portions arrived within the last week, the last month, and the last three weeks, suggesting a modest but ongoing pace of new listings. All of the roles listed here sit within a handful of employers, so the active hiring pool is concentrated rather than spread broadly. AWS appears in most role descriptions, and a good portion mention large language models, fine-tuning, and publications, pointing to teams that work at the intersection of cloud infrastructure and applied AI. There is not enough weekly history yet to describe how volumes have changed over time.

How recently the open roles were posted

This week 2
Last week 2
Two weeks ago 0
Three weeks ago 2
One to two months ago 2
Two to three months ago 4
Earlier 0

Figures are measured every Monday.

What do Solutions engineers in Seattle work on?

Solutions engineers sit between technical product teams and customers or partners, translating complex technology into working implementations and making sure deployments succeed in real environments. The work typically involves scoping customer needs, building proof-of-concept integrations, and supporting pre-sales or post-sales technical conversations. In a city where major cloud and software companies maintain large engineering campuses — Amazon's headquarters spans the South Lake Union neighbourhood and Microsoft's is close by in Redmond — solutions engineers often work inside or alongside platform teams rather than at independent consultancies. Research institutions such as Ai2 and the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School also contribute to an environment where applied AI work is common, which may explain why AI-focused capabilities appear frequently in local role descriptions.

Skills and experience employers ask for

Cloud fluency, particularly with AWS, appears in most descriptions, making it the clearest technical foundation to demonstrate. Large language models, fine-tuning, and publication experience are each mentioned in roughly a third of descriptions, suggesting that some teams expect candidates to engage with research as well as engineering. Agents, evaluation, and RAG appear in a smaller share, and Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Kubernetes are each mentioned in a minority of descriptions. Skills figures reflect mentions across descriptions, not universal requirements.

AWS 75%
LLMs 50%
RAG 33%
Agents 33%
Fine-tuning 33%
Evaluation 33%
Publications 33%
Python 17%
Prompt engineering 17%
APIs 17%
Kubernetes 8%
Docker 8%

Seattle office, hybrid or remote?

All of the roles listed here that state a work mode specify on-site work; none list hybrid or remote arrangements. Candidates should expect to be present at an employer's Seattle location. Given the concentration of roles among a small number of large employers with established campuses, on-site expectations are consistent with the norm for this kind of role in this market.

Make your application specific to the work

  1. Match your cloud experience AWS fluency is mentioned across most listings, so make sure your profile and CV reflect hands-on cloud work clearly and specifically, including the services and deployment patterns you have used.
  2. Highlight any AI or research work A notable share of descriptions mention large language models, fine-tuning, and publications; if you have worked on applied AI projects or contributed to research, surface that prominently rather than burying it in a general skills list.
  3. Demonstrate customer-facing delivery Solutions engineers are judged on their ability to bridge technical depth and practical customer outcomes, so prepare examples that show how you have taken a complex system and made it work for a real use case.
  4. Prepare for a senior-level process The overwhelming majority of listed roles are at lead level, so expect interview processes designed for experienced candidates, including system design discussions and questions about how you have guided technical direction across a team or account.

Questions about Solutions Engineer jobs in Seattle

A solutions engineer typically works with customers or partners to understand their technical needs, builds demonstrations or proof-of-concept integrations, and supports the technical aspects of sales, onboarding, or deployment. The role bridges product engineering and the people using the technology.

Among the roles listed on this board, the great majority are at lead level, indicating that most current openings are aimed at experienced practitioners rather than those early in their careers.

AWS is mentioned in most of the role descriptions listed here, making it the most commonly cited cloud platform by a considerable margin.

A meaningful share of the descriptions listed here mention large language models, fine-tuning, and related topics such as RAG and agents, reflecting the influence of AI-focused employers and research institutions in the Seattle area.

All of the roles listed here that specify a work mode require on-site presence in Seattle. Neither hybrid nor remote arrangements appear among current listings.

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