Opportunity overview
What you should know
We checked this opportunity from Hire Hangar. It is listed as South Africa.
The work location is Cape Town. Employer-stated compensation: Salary not included in the job posting.
Job description
About this role
Join Hire Hangar and work with fast-growing global companies while building a long-term career. We are seeking a Principal Solutions Engineer to guide enterprise customers through AI readiness initiatives and large-scale unstructured data transformations. This role owns the technical lifecycle—from architectural design and proof-of-value delivery to production success and expansion. You will operate within complex enterprise environments, ensuring performance, governance, and measurable ROI.
Responsibilities
- Translate customer AI, compliance, and data governance goals into scalable technical architectures
- Design phased deployment strategies across on-prem and cloud ecosystems
- Execute and manage proof-of-value engagements with defined success metrics
- Lead technical workshops and stakeholder alignment sessions
- Optimize system performance, validate throughput, and ensure production readiness
- Develop technical documentation and best practices for enterprise rollout
- Provide structured customer insights to influence product roadmap decisions
Qualifications and requirements
- Extensive experience in enterprise pre-sales or customer-facing engineering roles within SaaS, AI, or infrastructure sectors
- Deep knowledge of hybrid infrastructure, storage systems, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Strong grounding in security architecture, IAM, and governance frameworks
- Experience working with large-scale unstructured data and compliance-sensitive environments
- Ability to present technical and business value clearly to C-level stakeholders
- Practical understanding of AI data pipelines, readiness assessments, and governance controls
- prior remote work experience, be fluent with remote collaboration tools and platforms (such as Slack, Zoom, Google Workspace, Asana, or similar), and have ideally worked with US or UK-based companies. Applications without this experience will not be considered.
- Experience in highly regulated sectors (healthcare, financial services, insurance)
- Background in automation, scripting, or Infrastructure as Code
- Familiarity with metadata analysis, data classification, or enterprise scanning technologies
- Enterprise storage and hybrid systems
- Identity and governance frameworks
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How this listing was checked
- Source status
- Applicant-tracking source confirmed
- Employer or source
- Hire Hangar
- Source checked
- September 7, 2026
- Application destination
- Employer or official applicant-tracking website
- Work setup and location
- Remote · Cape Town
- Who can apply
- South Africa · Confirmed by source
- Pay
- Not stated by employer
- Deadline
- Not stated by employer
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