Mel Boulos
Principal Solutions Engineer at Couchbase
- Role
- Principal Solutions Engineer at Couchbase
- Location
- Myrtle Beach, SC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mel Boulos
Senior Technical Sales Engineer specializing in AI & data platforms.Experienced in designing and delivering AI‑powered applications with vector embeddings, semantic search, and Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures. Proven ability to accelerate complex enterprise sales cycles using hands‑on LLM demos, proof‑of‑concepts, and solution architecture.Skilled in Python, REST APIs, GitHub, Couchbase (including Vector Search), Cassandra, PostgreSQL, and cloud AI services (AWS Bedrock exposure).Recent projects include building semantic chatbots, modular AI assistants, and scalable vectorization workflows that blend search and generative AI. I help teams and customers adopt practical AI solutions and solve real business problems. Personal Protection for the President and Commanding General of Bosnia.
Experience
Principal Solutions Engineer
Aug 2019 — Present
Top SE 2024 with 44 closed-won deals, most new logo wins in company history- Designed and delivered AI demos and POCs, including vector search, LLM chat, and RAG architectures- Built prototypes to accelerate enterprise adoption of AI workflows- Mentored Sales Engineers on AI patterns, vector embeddings, and solution architecture- Managed 8 Sales Reps across 4 pods and served as senior escalation point for strategic accounts- Third Solutions Engineer at Couchbase, helping scale enterprise adoption and year-over-year growth from early-stage to IPO
Education
Northeastern University
BS/BA, Management/Computer Science
Skills
- Business Analysis
- Sales Engineering
- Databases
- High Availability
- Sql
- Solution Architecture
- Start-Ups
- Problem Solving
- Requirements Analysis
- Nosql
- Riak
- Distributed Databases
- Business Intelligence
- Open Source Software
- Software Development
- Product Management
- Postgresql
- C#
- Enterprise Architecture
- Architecture
- Javascript
- Scalability
- Web Services
- Pre-Sales
- Oracle
- Soa
- Infrastructure
- Solution Selling
- Technical Writing
- Cloud Computing
- Project Management
- Java
- Itil
- Data Center
- System Architecture
- Microsoft Sql Server
- Agile Methodologies
- Database Design
- Enterprise Software
- Team Leadership
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