Staff Engineer, Early Engagement

Job description

Role Overview: We are seeking a Staff Engineer to join our Early Engagement team and lead the front end of complex system development efforts. In this role, you will serve as SOE’s senior technical authority during early client engagements, partnering closely with customers to translate business needs into well-defined, technically sound system architectures. Your expertise, judgment, and ability to frame problems will be central to why clients trust SOE with their most challenging engineering work. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, guiding ambiguous problem spaces toward clear technical direction and asking the critical questions needed to reduce risk and create alignment. As a senior technical leader, you will architect multidisciplinary solutions across industries, mentor engineers, and help shape SOE’s early engagement practices to support long-term growth and technical excellence. Key Responsibilities & Expected Outcomes: - Lead Client Technical Engagement: Serve as the primary technical leader throughout early customer engagement, from discovery through contract close. Translate business objectives into viable system concepts that result in secured contracts an...