Remote
Solutions Engineer, Parchment
About this role
At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their education and careers. We do this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create awesome. And that's where you come in: At Instructure, we are committed to developing user-friendly software that transforms teaching and learning.
Our mission is to build effective, usable tools for a connected and open edtech ecosystem, enabling learners and educators to make discoveries and achieve great things. Join us and help create awesome solutions for the education world! What You’ll Be Doing: - Demonstrate Solutions: Deliver engaging product demonstrations for Parchment’s suite of services across all verticals, including Higher Ed and K-12. - Customer Discovery: Engage with prospective customers to identify their goals and challenges, mapping needs to the appropriate Parchment solution.
- Technical Leadership: Guide in-depth technical discussions with IT professionals about platform architecture, web services (REST/JSON), and systems integration. - Solution Architecture: Identify or design effective solutions for unique technical requirements, providing consultative recommendations. - Documentation & Proposals: Gather and document requirements to ensure successful implementations; support technical elements of RFI/RFP responses.
- Product Feedback: Collaborate with Product Management to provide feedback on new features and ensure alignment with customer needs. - Team Contribution: Share knowledge and experience to support sales goals, including mentorship, recruiting, onboarding, and enablement. - Collaborative Pursuit: Work across geographies and with distributed teams to achieve company objectives. What We’re Looking For: - Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree required and a background in academic technology and/or solutions engineering.
- Market Expertise: Experience with K-12 or Postsecondary education; strong understanding of the edtech market and SaaS business models. - Technical Proficiency: Deep knowledge of systems integration (LTI, APIs), XML/JSON, and relational databases. - SIS Knowledge: Familiarity with Student Information Systems (e.g., Oracle PeopleSoft, Ellucian, Workday, PowerSchool). - Tool Fluency: Experience with Salesforce, Responsive, Microsoft Office Suite, and Google Workspace.