Sales Engineer/Solution Architect (Contract)

About the Role: Trase is an end-to-end solution for deploying, managing, and optimizing AI in the enterprise. We are looking for a customer-facing Sales Engineer/Solution Architect to partner with Sales, translate customer needs into clear product use cases, and build rapid demos. You'll be a key bridge between prospects/customers, Sales, Product, and Engineering.

What You'll Do

• Partner with Sales on discovery calls, technical deep-dives, and evaluations to clarify requirements and success criteria.
• Translate customer problems into product use cases, solution approaches, and scoped implementation plans.
• Build rapid demo mock-ups and proof-of-concepts (including lightweight scripted demos) to validate workflows and accelerate deals.
• Write clear artifacts: requirements summaries, solution proposals, architecture diagrams, and handoff docs for delivery teams.
• Partner with Product on feedback loops to surface recurring needs and propose roadmap opportunities.

What You Bring

• Experience as a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Forward Deployed Engineer, or Solution Consultant supporting customer-facing technical sales.
• Strong technical fluency to field technical questions, explain system behavior, and reason about tradeoffs.
• Proven ability to build quick demos or prototypes (comfortable working with APIs, integrations, and configurable product surfaces).
• Excellent communication skills to lead conversations, simplify complexity, and build trust with customers.
• Bonus: Healthcare domain experience and Senior+ experience with ownership over complex customer engagements.

Benefits

• Competitive hourly rate of $80 - $110 per hour.
• Contract role with exposure to cutting-edge AI Agent innovation.
• (For full-time conversions): 100% employer-paid healthcare, unlimited PTO, and equity incentives.
• Fully remote work flexibility within the USA.