Solutions Engineer

Vapi (/ˈVɑːpi/): - Voice AI that resolves, not transfers - Powering 1 billion calls for companies like Amazon Ring, Intuit, ServiceTitan, and New York Life - Trusted by 1 million developers building the future of voice agents - Backed by Peak XV, Bessemer, Kleiner Perkins, M12, Y Combinator, and more with $72M raised - Try talking to Vapi now! https://vapi.ai/ WHY WE’RE HIRING THIS ROLE: - Enterprise prospects need hands-on technical guidance to go from interest to a successful pilot to production. - Vapi’s API has 4,200 points of configuration, so enterprises can deploy even the most complex CX use cases. Solutions Engineers bring that to life during the sales cycle. - Solutions Engineers are the bridge between customers, Sales, and Product. What you learn in the field shapes what we build next. WHAT YOU’LL DO: - 30 days: Ramp on Vapi’s architecture, build your own voice agents end-to-end, and learn how customers build with our APIs. - 60 days: Lead technical discovery, scope integrations with telephony, CRM, and backend systems, and prototype voice agent solutions alongside AEs. - 90 days: Own the technical side of strategic enterprise sales cycles and pilots end-to-end with AEs, from first demo through security review and production handoff. - Ongoing: Build reusable demos, reference architectures, and documentation. Bring customer feedback to Product and Engineering to influence the roadmap. WHO YOU ARE: - 3+ years in solutions engineering, sales engineering, forward deployed engineering, or a similar customer-facing technical role. - You’ve worked at a high-growth company somewhere between Series B and Series F. - You’re a world-class educator who can explain complex systems to engineers and executives alike. - You’re hands-on with code. You’re comfortable with REST APIs, webhooks, and scripting in Python or JavaScript, and you can build a working prototype quickly. - Experience with telephony, contact center platforms, or LLM-based applications is a strong plus. - You stay calm and resourceful when a live demo or pilot goes sideways. - Bonus: You’ve built your own startup. WHY VAPI: - Generational impact: Build the human interface for every business - Ownership culture: 70% of the company are previous founders - Kind team: The founders, Jordan and Nikhil, are Canadians - Tier-1 Investors: YC, KP seed, Bessemer Series A WHAT WE OFFER: - Real stake: We offer a competitive salary and excellent equity ownership - Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision plans - Team love: We love hanging out, and we do quarterly off-sites - Flexible time off: take what you need - More: catered meals, transportation, gym, and a $10k annual L&D budget