The Mid-Enterprise Sales Engineer partners with Account Executives to uncover customer needs, design and demonstrate solutions, guide technical evaluations, and support successful implementation handoffs.
Solution Engineer, Japan (m/f/d)
π Description
- Guide technical sales activities from discovery and workflow analysis through solution design, demonstrations, proofs of concept, and technical wins.
- Work with Japan account and channel managers, partners, and global Sales, Customer Success, Product, and Marketing teams.
- Train Japanese channel partners, join customer demonstrations, and provide second-line support for escalations.
- Deliver Japanese-language webinars, seminars, and instructor-led and virtual instructor-led training.
- Translate customer feedback, feature requests, and escalations into actionable input for Product and Engineering.
- Track Japanese AEC market trends and support accounts with installation, licensing, and troubleshooting.
π οΈ Requirements
- Native-level Japanese and fluent English.
- Hands-on expertise across the Chaos portfolio and host applications.
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts to design, visualization, IT, security, and executive audiences.
Full job description
**This position is based in Japan (remote). Applicants must hold a valid work/residence permit for the respective location.**
Chaos is a leading global software company that provides world-class visualization and design solutions, empowering creative minds to bring ideas to life.
For over twenty years, Chaos has developed innovative technologies serving multiple industries, including architecture and design, media and entertainment, and product e-commerce. Chaosβ solutions help architects, designers, VFX artists/animators, and other creative professionals share ideas, optimize workflows, and create immersive experiences.
Headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, Chaos is a global company with offices in 11 cities worldwide. In 2022, Chaos and Enscape merged, bringing together two industry-leading companies into one. Since then, Chaos has continued to grow with the additions of Cylindo, AXYZ Design, and Evolve Lab, further expanding our expertise and solutions across architecture, design, e-commerce, and AI. For more information, please visit chaos.com.
Role Overview
The Solution Engineer, Japan is Chaosβs pre-sales technical expert for the Japanese market, responsible for the technical part of the sales cycle from discovery through demo, proof of concept (PoC) and technical win. The role works closely with the Japan sales team, channel partners, and global Sales, Customer Success, Product and Marketing teams.
The role is central to two regional priorities: driving adoption of Chaosβs AI and cloud offerings at enterprise accounts, and supporting our channel-led business with Japanβs leading architecture firms, general contractors and house builders. It requires hands-on expertise across the Chaos portfolio and host applications, native-level Japanese and fluent English, and the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to audiences ranging from designers and visualisers to IT, security and executive stakeholders.
Main Responsibilities
Provide technical expertise throughout the sales cycle for Japan (discovery, workflow analysis, solution design, demonstration, PoC and technical win), in partnership with the account managers and channel managers who own the customer relationship.
Enable Japanese channel partners and resellers technically through partner training, joint customer demos and second-line technical support on escalations.
Deliver webinars, seminars, Instructor-Led Training and Virtual Instructor-Led Training in Japanese for customers, partners and the education community.
Act as the bridge between Japanese customers and global teams, translating customer feedback, feature requests and escalations into clear, actionable input for Product and Engineering.
Stay current on Japanese AEC market trends (BIM adoption, AI in design, competitive developments, ISV partner activity) and share insights with the sales team to identify new opportunities.
Provide technical support to Japanese accounts where needed (installation, licensing, troubleshooting), in coordination with and backed by the central HQ support team.
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