Principal Solutions Engineer, Emerging Technologies

About the role

The Principal Solutions Engineer will lead technical validation for emerging products and strategic initiatives from early development through general availability. This role involves partnering with cross-functional teams to shape product direction, build repeatable discovery frameworks, and design technical enablement for the global Solutions Engineering organization. The successful candidate will act as a technical expert, influencing product strategy and driving customer adoption of new innovations.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical validation for emerging products, strategic initiatives, and incubating technologies from early development through general availability.
• Partner with Product Management, Product Marketing, and Engineering to shape product direction and turn field feedback into actionable recommendations.
• Build repeatable discovery frameworks, demonstrations, technical messaging, reference architectures, and implementation guidance for the global Solutions Engineering organization.
• Design and deliver technical enablement, including workshops, labs, certifications, and playbooks that help Solutions Engineers confidently support new capabilities.
• Lead strategic customer engagements, private previews, beta programs, and early-adopter initiatives, providing executive-level technical guidance and influencing customer outcomes.
• Identify emerging market opportunities and represent 1Password through executive briefings, conferences, webinars, podcasts, customer events, and industry content.
• Mentor Solutions Engineers and lead cross-functional initiatives that accelerate adoption, strengthen technical excellence, and scale what works across the organization.

Required skills

• B2B SaaS
• Identity architectures
• OAuth
• OIDC
• SCIM
• APIs
• Model Context Protocol
• CI/CD
• Infrastructure automation
• AI agents
• Cloud platforms
• MEDDPICC

Nice to have

• AI Security
• Developer Security
• Privileged Access
• SaaS Manager
• Unified Access Management
• Technical writing
• Public speaking

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Dental benefits
• Retirement matching program
• Paid time off
• Equity grant
• Maternity and parental leave top-up
• Free 1Password account
• Paid volunteer days

About the Company

1Password is a cybersecurity company that provides enterprise password management and Unified Access Management solutions. Trusted by over 180,000 businesses, the company focuses on a human-centric approach to security, helping teams adopt SaaS and AI tools securely.