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title: 'Partner Solutions Engineer at Light'
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# Partner Solutions Engineer at Light

- **Company:** Light
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-28
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/light-inc/1c5c3f3d-3692-40b5-a734-93b5442d4796

## Job description

Retire the ERP. Light exists to replace factory-era ERPs with software that feels alive. Our AI-native financial platform gives modern, global companies automated accounting, real-time reporting and financial flows that move at the speed of the business. In a short time we've become the operating core for companies like Lovable, Legora and Keyshot. The largest finance transformations don't start with a demo. They start with a Big 4 firm or a technology partner putting Light through its paces on behalf of their clients. Come help us win those rooms and make Light the global default for next-gen finance.

## The role

TLDR: Be the technical lead when Big 4 firms and technology partners evaluate Light, and turn those evaluations into strategic enterprise deals. Before a Deloitte, PwC, EY or KPMG practice recommends Light to its clients, or a tech vendor builds Light into its offering, they test us hard: scripted scenarios, self-paced proof-of-value windows, architecture and security reviews, then a readout to their partners. You run that cycle end to end. You'll work directly with our founders, Partnerships, Sales and Product, and as an early member of the team you'll write the playbook every future partner evaluation follows.

## What you'll do

- Run partner evaluations end to end. Turn a partner's test scenarios into scripts, environments and success criteria; run self-paced proof-of-value windows with weekly check-ins; lead the final readout.
- Be the technical voice in the room. Run tailored demos and deep dives for Big 4 advisory and audit teams, CFO-office practices and vendor architects. Own objections on integrations, data migration, security, controls and audit trail.
- Map Light to complex finance. Translate multi-entity, multi-currency, consolidation, revenue recognition and statutory reporting requirements into how Light handles them, and say clearly where it doesn't yet.
- Enable partners to sell and deliver Light. Build demo environments, playbooks, reference architectures and certification content so partner teams can run Light without us in the room.
- Close strategic deals. Partner with Sales and Partnerships on joint account plans, enterprise scoping and solution design through to signature and handover to Implementation.
- Feed the roadmap. Bring patterns from every evaluation back to Product and Engineering, and build AI-powered tooling that makes the next evaluation faster.

## What you'll bring

- 4+ years as a Solutions Engineer, Solutions Consultant or Pre-Sales lead for ERP or finance software (vendor side preferred), or in a Big 4 ERP / finance transformation practice.
- A strong accounting foundation: close, consolidation, intercompany, multi-currency, revenue recognition and controls. You can hold your own with a Big 4 partner or a group controller.
- Hands-on experience with at least one major ERP (NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics or Workday) and real implementation projects: data migration, integrations, APIs.
- A track record of running structured evaluations, RFPs or proofs of concept with large or demanding buyers, and winning them.
- Executive presence and crisp writing. You make complex things simple, in a demo, a workshop or a one-page readout.
- Genuinely AI-native. You've changed how you work because of AI tooling, not just added it to your workflow.

Bonus points

- Ex-Big 4 (advisory or audit) and a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent).
- Experience in a partner or alliances SE role, building channel enablement programs.
- Exposure to IFRS and local GAAP across several European markets, and SOC 2 / ISO 27001 security reviews.
- You've configured AI agents in production or built your own tools with them.

Probably not for you if: you've used ChatGPT once and weren't impressed, or you prefer a polished demo script to a hard question from an auditor.

## About Light

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Light provides an AI-native, multi-entity financial platform (ERP) that automates global accounting, AR, AP, expenses, and financial reporting for multinational technology companies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: Copenhagen, Denmark
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Jonathan Sanders (CEO) and Filip Kozjak (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Software / Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) / Fintech
- **Target customers**: B2B, specifically multinational technology companies and businesses with complex multi-entity accounting needs.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To build the Smart Financial Platform, redefining ERP by shipping fast, joyful features built for finance and revolutionizing the world’s largest and oldest software category. [light.inc](https://light.inc/careers)

## Products & Services
- **Light Platform (AI-Native Financial Platform)**: A unified SaaS platform that combines General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, expenses, bookkeeping, and financial reporting. It is built on a best-in-class in-memory HTAP database for instant reporting and is designed to scale to billions of transactions. Key features include immutable record keeping, AI-powered accounting (e.g., a "finance companion" for snapping receipts and answering policy questions), automated workflows, and multi-entity consolidation. [light.inc](https://light.inc/?ref_type=organic)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available.
- **Key Metric**: **Total Funding: $43 Million**. This includes a $13M Seed round (led by Atomico, June 2024) and a $30M Series A (led by Balderton Capital, October 2025). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/uselightinc)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Atomico (Seed lead), Balderton Capital (Series A lead). The team is also crafted by engineers and designers from world-class companies like Spotify, X, AWS, Klarna, Google, and Shopify. [light.inc](https://light.inc/careers)
- **Growth Signals**: The company is in a "high-velocity go-to-market phase" with rapid customer onboarding. Headcount has grown **+175% year-over-year** (from ~22 to 61+ employees). The company is actively shipping features faster than ever and fielding many RFPs. [light.inc](https://light.inc/careers), [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/uselightinc)

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-Native Architecture**: Unlike legacy ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite), Light is built from the ground up as an AI-first platform, enabling features like automated workflows, smart predictions, and a conversational finance assistant.
- **Performance at Scale**: Built on an in-memory HTAP (Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing) database, Light boasts sub-500ms response times for any transaction or report, even at billions of transactions, whereas competitors can take up to 100 seconds. [light.inc](https://light.inc/?ref_type=organic)
- **Immutable Ledger**: Uses an immutable ledger for perfect audit trails, a critical feature for compliance that traditional, editable databases lack. [light.inc](https://light.inc/?ref_type=organic)
- **Multi-Entity Focus**: Purpose-built to solve the extreme complexity of multinational accounting, eliminating the need for a "finance frankenstack" of multiple disconnected systems. [light.inc](https://light.inc/?ref_type=organic)

## Strategic Focus
- **Go-to-Market Velocity**: The company is aggressively scaling its sales, onboarding, and customer experience teams to capture market demand.
- **Product Velocity**: Shipping new features and improvements at a rapid pace, focusing on making the platform more intuitive and powerful.
- **Global Expansion**: With offices in London, Copenhagen, and New York, and a remote team across Europe and the Americas, Light is building a global presence to serve international customers. [light.inc](https://light.inc/careers)
- **Talent Acquisition**: Actively hiring across engineering, sales, implementation, and AI strategy to fuel its growth phase.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: The company values speed, simplicity, clarity, and joy. They emphasize a "joyful user experience" for both customers and employees.
- **Work Environment**: Offers a hybrid/office model with physical offices in London, Copenhagen, and New York. Employees typically work from physical offices. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/light-lightinc)
- **Perks & Benefits**: Includes healthcare benefits (dental, health, vision), life insurance, 401(K) (US), generous parental leave, company equity, and free snacks/drinks. They also have quarterly team events ("Starsite") in iconic European cities. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/light-lightinc), [light.inc](https://light.inc/careers)
- **Impact**: Opportunity to work on a "world-class" product redefining a massive, legacy software category (ERP) with a highly skilled team from top tech companies. The engineering culture is described as "crafting the AI-native financial platform" with a focus on speed and quality. [light.inc](https://light.inc/careers)

## Sources
1. [light.inc](https://light.inc/careers)
2. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/light-lightinc)
3. [light.inc](https://light.inc/?ref_type=organic)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/uselightinc)
5. [builtinnyc.com](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/light-lightinc)

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