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Monthly
€8,305 - €15,423
Posted August 10, 2026 · 4 days agoLast seen August 13, 2026Deadline December 31, 2026

Solutions Engineer

Lead Solutions Engineer
San Jose, United States
Onsite · Software Engineering
Full-time · Senior
English
No People Management
Bachelor
4 years experience
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Salary Context: Solutions Engineer

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Salary analysis

Compared with the selected benchmark ("Market Average: Solutions Engineer"), this listing's salary midpoint is about 74% higher. The offer sits above the benchmark range (€5,511–€10,218). The offer's range width is broadly in line with the benchmark. This benchmark is based on 2 comparable listings.

Monthly salary comparison for Solutions Engineer
MarketLower bound (25th percentile)MedianUpper bound (75th percentile)
Market Average: Solutions Engineer€5,511/per month€7,641/per month€10,218/per month
From job ad (Senior)€9,567/per month€13,667/per month€17,767/per month
About the role

Lead Solutions Engineer at Cadence in San Jose, CA. We hire leaders who want to impact technology. You will support Palladium Cloud, resolving critical issues, and developing automation/AI tools to improve network services and scalability. Responsibilities include supporting customers and account teams, managing configurations, designing resilient compute architectures, enabling scalability, troubleshooting, capacity planning, and network service design. Requirements include Linux, AWS Cloud, LDAP/SSSD/PAM, Slurm, LSF, HPC, RM, Monitoring, Identity Management, and strong communication. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field with 4+ years of experience; 3-5+ years in network engineering/architecture. Salary $114,800–$213,200; plus incentives and benefits. Benefits include paid vacation/holidays, 401(k) with match, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, medical/dental/vision. EEO policy and accessibility info provided.

Job Details

Responsibilities

  • Provide primary support to customers and account teams to resolve critical issues.
  • Manage network/compute configurations.
  • Design resilient compute architectures ensuring optimal user experience and fault tolerance.
  • Develop automation/AI tools to enable scalability in compute/network/storage deployment.
  • Deliver expert-level troubleshooting for complex cloud environment.
  • Capacity planning to meet growing customer demand.
  • Design and manage network services such as LDAP/Proxmux/Imaging.

Requirements

  • Proven experience supporting and troubleshooting enterprise Linux environments across large-scale deployments
  • Expertise in Linux, AWS Cloud, LDAP, SSSD, PAM, Slurm, LSF, HPC, Root Cause Analysis, Infrastructure Management, Performance Tuning, Identity Management, Monitoring & Observability
  • Ability to collaborate with engineering, product, and customer teams to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve critical production incidents
  • Experience producing work breakdown structures and migration plans that minimize service disruption
  • Strong analytical and diagnostic skills for resolving highly complex network/compute issues
  • Hands-on experience building lab simulations to test architecture designs and troubleshoot compatibility issues
  • Experience driving cloud infrastructure initiatives, including deployment, migration, and operational best practices
  • Experience with incident management, problem management, and continuous service improvement activities
  • Excellent verbal/written/presentation and stakeholder communication skills
  • Demonstrated leadership, creativity, and proactive problem-solving mindset
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field with 4+ years of experience
  • 3-5+ years of progressive network engineering and architecture experience in enterprise environments
  • The annual salary range for California is $114,800 to $213,200

Skills & Technologies

LinuxAWS CloudLDAPSSSDPAMSlurmLSFHPCRoot Cause AnalysisMonitoring & ObservabilityAutomationAI toolsNetwork/compute/storage deploymentIncident managementMigration planning

Education Level

Bachelor

Recruitment Process

  1. 1
    Screening
  2. 2
    Interview
  3. 3
    Offer
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