Senior Sales Engineer AI Infrastructure - Kubernetes Career in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
Career Trajectory: This role sits at the intersection of deep Kubernetes/AI infrastructure expertise and enterprise sales — a rare and increasingly valuable combination. Pre-Sales Solution Architects at this level typically command strong compensation and are well-positioned to move into VP of Engineering, Field CTO, or Product leadership roles over a 3–5 year horizon.
Skills in High Demand: The technical stack here — Kubernetes, MLOps (Kubeflow, Ray, MLflow), GPU orchestration, GitOps — is exactly where the market is accelerating. AI infrastructure is one of the hottest segments in enterprise tech, and architects who can bridge ML practitioner needs with production Kubernetes platforms are extremely scarce.
Compensation Benchmarks: No salary is stated, but Senior Sales Engineers / Pre-Sales Architects in cloud-native infrastructure in Western Europe typically earn €90,000–€140,000 base, plus significant variable/commission components. Mirantis describes a "competitive" package — verify OTE structure and quota relief policies during interviews.
Company Culture Signals:
- Green flag: Mirantis is a recognized open-source leader (G2 #2 for container management), with real product depth — not vaporware.
- Green flag: Cross-functional influence on product roadmap gives genuine leverage beyond a pure sales role.
- Watch flag: "Young company, high-energy environment" language can signal fast pace and role ambiguity — clarify team size and support structure for the French-speaking region.
- Green flag: Hackathons, tech talks, and conference attendance signal an engineering-respecting culture, important for technically minded SEs who don't want to drift into pure sales.
Overall, this is a strong opportunity for a senior Kubernetes practitioner ready to amplify their impact through customer influence and product strategy.
Company Description
About Mirantis
Mirantis is the Kubernetes-native AI infrastructure company, enabling organizations to build and operate scalable, secure, and sovereign infrastructure for modern AI, machine learning, and data-intensive applications. By combining open source innovation with deep expertise in Kubernetes orchestration, Mirantis empowers platform engineering teams to deliver composable, production-ready developer platforms across any environment—on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, or in sovereign data centers.
As enterprises navigate the growing complexity of AI-driven workloads, Mirantis delivers the automation, GPU orchestration, and policy-driven control needed to manage infrastructure with confidence and agility. Committed to open standards and freedom from lock-in, Mirantis ensures that customers retain full control of their infrastructure strategy.
Job Description
We are seeking a dynamic and technically strong Sales Engineer / Pre-Sales Solution Architect to help customers design and deploy next-generation AI infrastructure using the Mirantis k0rdent platform in the French-speaking areas of Europe.
In this role, you will work closely with our European enterprise customers, platform engineering teams, and AI practitioners to architect solutions that enable scalable AI workloads, modern developer platforms, and Kubernetes-based infrastructure across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. You will act as a trusted technical advisor, bridging customer requirements, business outcomes, and Mirantis technology.
Key Responsibilities
Customer Engagement
- Partner with account teams to support strategic enterprise opportunities.
- Lead technical discovery sessions to understand customer infrastructure, AI, and platform engineering needs.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to CTOs, platform teams, and AI engineering leaders.
Solution Architecture
- Design AI infrastructure architectures using Mirantis k0rdent and open-source ecosystem technologies.
- Translate customer requirements into scalable Kubernetes-based platform solutions.
- Develop reference architectures and deployment patterns for AI workloads.
Technical Evangelism
- Deliver compelling technical presentations, demos, and workshops.
- Represent Mirantis at conferences, technical events, and industry communities.
- Create technical content, demos, and solution patterns that accelerate adoption.
Proof of Concept & Validation
- Lead customer proof-of-concept engagements to validate solution fit.
- Prototype deployments of AI workloads and developer platforms.
- Demonstrate operational workflows for AI infrastructure and MLOps.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with product management, engineering, and marketing teams.
- Provide field insights that influence product roadmap and go-to-market strategy.
- Help build reusable architectures and technical assets.
Qualifications
Required Experience
- 5+ years in Sales Engineering, Solutions Architecture, or Technical Consulting in France or other French-speaking countries in Europe.
- Experience supporting enterprise sales for cloud-native or infrastructure platforms.
- Hands-on experience designing or operating Kubernetes-based systems.
Technical Skills
Strong expertise in several of the following areas:
Cloud Native Infrastructure
- Kubernetes
- Container orchestration
- Multi-cluster management
- Helm, Operators, CRDs
AI Infrastructure & MLOps
- AI/ML deployment pipelines
- Model serving and inference platforms
- Kubeflow, MLflow, Ray, or similar frameworks
- GPU-accelerated workloads
Platform Engineering
- GitOps workflows
- Infrastructure automation
Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure
- AWS, Azure, GCP
- Hybrid cloud
- On-prem infrastructure
DevOps & Observability
- CI/CD pipelines
- Infrastructure as code
- Monitoring and observability platforms
Key Traits We Value
- Strong consultative mindset and customer empathy
- Ability to explain complex systems clearly
- Hands-on technical curiosity and experimentation
- Passion for open source and emerging infrastructure technologies
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a bias toward action
Nice to Have
- CNCF ecosystem experience
- AI infrastructure or MLOps platform experience
- Kubernetes or cloud certifications
- Open source community participation
Additional Information
What does Mirantis offer you?
- Work with an established Silicon Valley leader in the cloud infrastructure industry
- Work with exceptionally passionate, talented and engaging colleagues, helping Fortune 500 and Global 2000 customers implement next-generation cloud technologies
- Be a part of cutting-edge, open-source innovation
- Thrive in the high-energy environment of a young company where openness, collaboration, risk-taking, and continuous growth are valued
- Professional development and training
- Attend conferences and working groups
- Company outings, happy hours, hackathons, and tech talks
- Receive a competitive compensation package with a strong benefits plan
Actual base salary varies based on factors including, but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location.
It is understood that Mirantis, Inc. may use automated decision-making technology (ADMT) for specific employment-related decisions. Opting out of ADMT use is requested for decisions about evaluation and review connected with the specific employment decision for the position applied for. You also have the right to appeal any decisions made by ADMT by sending your request to [email protected]
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