Cresta unlocks the true potential of the customer experience, turning every conversation into a competitive advantage. Cresta’s unified AI platform combines conversational AI agents, real-time human agent augmentation, and comprehensive conversation intelligence to drive revenue and efficiency gains across every channel. The world’s leading companies, including United Airlines, Cox Communications, and Marriott, use Cresta to power world-class customer experiences every day.
Born from the Stanford AI Lab, Cresta has raised more than $270 million from the world’s leading investors, including a16z, Greylock, and Sequoia. Cresta’s leadership includes some of the leading minds in AI today. Our CEO, Ping Wu, founded and led Google's Contact Center AI and Vertex AI platforms before joining Cresta to build the future of AI-driven customer experiences.
Over the next few years, AI is going to redefine how people all over the world interact with businesses every day. Come build that future at Cresta.
About the role:
As a Strategic Solutions Engineering Director at Cresta, you will lead a team of high-performing Solutions Engineers supporting complex sales cycles within our Strategic West segment. You’ll partner closely with Strategic sales leadership to align SE coverage with pipeline priorities, coach your team through technical discovery and solution design, and ensure executional excellence across demos, POCs, and technical validation.
In this role, you will collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Enablement to elevate the SE team’s impact and drive continuous improvement in how we position and deliver Cresta’s platform. You’ll also support key strategic deals directly, providing hands-on technical leadership, influencing the solution design, and helping shape the business case alongside Strategic Account Executives.
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We offer a comprehensive and people-first benefits package to support you at work and in life:
Compensation at Cresta
Cresta’s approach to compensation is simple: recognize impact, reward excellence, and invest in our people. We offer competitive, location-based pay that reflects the market and what each individual brings to the table.
The posted base salary range represents what we expect to pay for this role in a given location. Final offers are shaped by factors like experience, skills, education, and geography. In addition to base pay, total compensation includes equity and a comprehensive benefits package for you and your family.
This role is variable target compensation eligible. There is potential to exceed target earnings when goals are surpassed.
Base Salary Range: $225,000 – $245,000 + variable & Offers Equity
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