Senior Solutions Engineer

Yext is seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer to join our team of high-performing individuals supporting complex enterprise sales cycles across our priority markets. This role goes beyond traditional presales. You will serve as a senior technical advisor who embeds in the hardest problems our largest brands are working through, prototyping and shipping scalable solutions that prove value quickly and pull more of Yext into the customer’s stack. You will own the technical strategy within opportunities, translate customer needs into clear, differentiated solutions that demonstrate measurable business value, and partner closely with Sales and cross-functional teams so Yext is positioned as a trusted, mission-critical platform for enterprise brands. 

What You’ll Do 

Enterprise Deal Leadership 

• Own the technical strategy for complex, high value enterprise opportunities from discovery through close 
• Lead technical discovery to uncover business objectives, success criteria, and solution requirements 
• Architect and present solutions that clearly map Yext capabilities to customer outcomes • Serve as the primary technical voice in customer conversations with marketers, developers, and executive stakeholders 
• Serve as a thought leader in search and AI visibility, educating customers and internal teams on emerging trends in AI-driven discovery 

Embedded Problem Solving 

• Embed alongside our largest brands to learn how their teams actually work, where Yext fits today, and where it should fit tomorrow 
• Prototype, build, and demo working solutions — scripts, integrations, custom workflows — that resolve specific customer challenges and accelerate decisions 
• Turn one-off custom work into repeatable patterns, reference architectures, and productized capabilities that other customers can adopt 
• Surface gaps in the customer’s stack that, once solved, open new commercial surface area for Yext 

Solution Design & Value Storytelling 

• Deliver compelling demos, workshops, and presentations tailored to executive and technical audiences 
• Translate technical capabilities into clear, outcome-driven business value and ROI narratives 
• Identify technical risks early and drive plans to address them 
• Support RFPs and RFIs with clear, credible solution responses 

Sales Partnership & Commercial Impact

• Partner with Account Executives and executive sales leadership to qualify opportunities and align on technical win strategies 
• Build and develop technical champions throughout the sales process • Use embedded customer work to uncover expansion paths and drive measurable pull-through across Yext’s product lines 
• Contribute to improved win rates, deal quality, and forecast confidence through disciplined execution 
• Shape competitive positioning by articulating Yext’s differentiated value 

Cross Functional Collaboration 

• Work closely with Product, Product Marketing, and Enablement to share customer feedback, market insights, and help shape the Yext product roadmap 
• Feed solutions built in the field back into Product so they can be hardened, scaled, and shipped to all customers 
• Collaborate with Professional Services and Customer Success so transitions post-sale are smooth and contribute to customer retention 
• Support regional events, executive briefings, and customer reference activities as needed 

Team Leadership & Growth 

• Act as a mentor to other Solutions Engineers, sharing what works and the technical expertise you’ve built in the field 
• Contribute to onboarding and enablement efforts for new team members • Continuously invest in learning and stay current on Yext’s platform, AI driven search, and the broader digital experience landscape 

What You Have 

• 5 plus years of experience in Solutions Enginee