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About the job

About WorkOS 🚀

WorkOS builds modern developer tools and APIs that make it easy for companies to become Enterprise Ready. Our platform powers authentication, identity, authorization, and other critical infrastructure that developers need to securely scale their products to large organizations.

We recently raised a $100M Series C, valuing the company at $2B, led by Meritech and Sapphire with participation from Greenoaks, Craft, Abstract, and Audacious. WorkOS powers enterprise features for many of the fastest-growing AI companies, including OpenAI, Cursor, and Perplexity, Sierra, and Plaid.

As AI reshapes software, WorkOS is at the frontier of Human and Agent Authentication, Identity, and Access Control helping companies answer a new critical question: who are your agents, and what are they allowed to do? Our fast-growing customer base includes hundreds of modern software companies building the next generation of enterprise-ready products.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Solutions Engineer at WorkOS, you’ll sit at the intersection of engineering, product, and sales and work directly with customers to solve real problems and accelerate time-to-value.

This role is for engineers or solutions engineers with strong fundamentals, excellent communication, and unusually high agency. You’ll be customer-facing, but you’ll also build: prototypes, integrations, demos, and pragmatic solutions that unblock adoption and expansion.

RESPONSIBILITIES ✔️

- Work directly with customers to design and implement solutions using WorkOS products

- Own technical outcomes end-to-end: discovery, architecture, implementation, iteration, and handoff

- Lead demos and proof-of-concepts

- Identify blockers early, propose solutions, and drive momentum without waiting for instructions

- Partner with Account Executives to support evaluations and expansions

- Share structured feedback with Engineering and Product to improve the platform based on real-world usage

QUALIFICATIONS

- Strong engineering fundamentals and comfort building across APIs and web stacks

- Pre-sales experience

- Proven ability to communicate clearly with customers and internal teams

- High agency: you proactively find problems and solve them (show us what you’ve built or led from 0→1)

- Excited by fast-paced, startup environments and ambiguous problem spaces

- Strong curiosity and adoption of modern tooling, including AI-assisted development workflows

- Bonus: Experience in developer tools, integrations, customer engineering, or technical consulting

Benefits and Perks (US Only) 💖

At WorkOS, we offer resources that emphasize personal and familial well-being. We offer healthcare coverage for you and your family, including medical, dental, and vision. We offer parental leave, paid-time off and fully remote working arrangements.

- 401k matching

- Competitive Equity

- Healthcare, dental and vision coverage

- FSA, ST/LT Disability, Voluntary Life

- Carrot fertility benefits

- 20 days paid vacation + 10 holidays + unlimited sick leave

- 12 weeks fully paid parental leave

- Fitness: Monthly stipend for gyms, yoga classes, race registrations or whatever keeps you active

- Wellness: Monthly stipend for a massage, meditations class, therapy, or activities that enhance your well-being

- Commuter benefits for hybrid employees in SF/NYC

- Unlimited token usage!

Please inquire directly with our recruiting team for benefits available to those working outside the US.

Equal Opportunity Employer

WorkOS is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusiveness. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability or age.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.