About the Role
The Sr. Solutions Engineer, Professional Services partners with cross-functional teams to design and deliver technical solutions that accelerate customer adoption and business outcomes. This role combines technical consulting, solution architecture, implementation support, and customer-facing communication. It is ideal for individuals who enjoy solving technical problems, working cross-functionally, and partnering directly with customers to turn business requirements into scalable technical solutions, helping them successfully integrate communications workflows into business-critical applications and accelerate adoption of the Nylas platform.
Responsibilities
- Engage with customers through their onboarding, implementation, launch/go-live, optimization, adoption and expansion journey, being their trusted Nylas technical advisor and partner.
- Lead technical discovery sessions with customers to understand business goals, workflows, integration requirements, and technical constraints.
- Translate customer requirements into best practice solution designs and implementation plans.
- Act as a trusted technical advisor throughout onboarding, validation, optimization and launch phases.
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Review customer’s solution architectures, workflow designs, integration approaches, and provide Nylas best practice/advisory implementation recommendations.
- Provide support to customers as they configure, test, and validate solutions using Nylas’s products.
- Provide technical support/consultation and best practices on proof-of-concept engagements and paid Professional Services projects.
- Identify technical risks, dependencies, and blockers early and drive resolution.
- Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams on customer requirements, product gaps, and escalations.
- Triage customers escalations in partnership with Customer Success and Technical Support teams.
- Contribute to Statement of Work scoping, effort estimation, and delivery planning.
- Maintain accurate project documentation, implementation notes, and customer status updates.
- Track engagement progress, milestones, and customer outcomes.
- Improve repeatability by creating templates, playbooks, and reusable technical assets.
- Partner closely with Sales and Marketing, Customer Success, Tech Support, Product and Engineering teams.
- Support enablement efforts internally and externally.
- Share customer insights and technical learnings with the broader organization.
- Participate in process improvements that increase delivery quality and operational efficiency.
- Influence product direction through customer and delivery insights.
Requirements
- 3–7 years of experience in Solution Engineering, Sales Engineering, Technical Consulting, Professional Services, or Solution Architecture.
- Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills.
- Experience with APIs, OAuth, webhooks, cloud/SaaS integrations, other developer tooling.
- Experience with implementation methodologies and customer onboarding.
- Ability to troubleshoot technical issues across multiple systems.
- Experience managing multiple customer engagements simultaneously.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to operate independently in fast-moving environments.
Skills
- APIs
- OAuth
- webhooks
- cloud/SaaS integrations
- developer tooling
- implementation methodologies
- customer onboarding
- technical troubleshooting
- project management
Experience Level
- 3-7 years
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree, MBA or technical degree (Engineering, Computer Science) a strong plus.
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000 - $145,000 CAD
Benefits
- Competitive commission plan
- Equity package
About the Company
- Nylas specializes in making it easier for developers to add email, calendar, and contact management features into their applications by providing APIs that streamline integration, ensuring security and effectiveness.
- Nylas supports over 100,000 developers and collaborates with more than 900 companies globally, playing a pivotal role in how digital communication tools are built and utilized across sectors like healthcare and education.
- The Professional Services team is part of Nylas’s Customer Operations organization and plays a critical role in helping customers successfully implement, adopt, and scale solutions built on the Nylas platform.
- As a post-sales technical function, the team partners closely with Customer Success, Technical Support, Product, Engineering, and pre-sales Solutions Engineering to guide customers from onboarding through implementation, validation, optimization and launch.
- Our Professional Services team combines technical consulting, solution architecture, and implementation guidance to help customers accelerate time-to-value and achieve successful business outcomes.
- Team members act as trusted technical advisors, working directly with customer stakeholders to design integration approaches, troubleshoot technical challenges, and drive successful deployments in complex SaaS environments.
Equal Opportunity
- Nylas is registered as an employer in many, but not all, states/provinces. If you are not located in or able to work from a state/province where Nylas is registered, you will not be eligible for employment. Visa sponsorship may not be available in certain remote locations.
