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Senior Sales Engineer - Key Accounts

Work from home

Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.

United States only

Employer listed it 5 days ago · Added 2 days ago

First listed 5 days ago and still open.

Salary

$149k to $198k per year

Location

United States only

Timezone

US East

Contract

Full-time

Experience

Senior

Category

Sales

Stated by the employer in the job description

Remote flexibility

Work from home

This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in United States. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.

What the employer says

  • Source listing states candidate location: "Arizona, USA, Remote; California, USA, Remote; Nevada, USA, Remote; Oregon, USA, Remote; Washington, USA, Remote, Remote - California, Remote - Colorado"

What Nomaders makes of it

  • Residency required in United States
  • Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only

The quotes above are the employer's own words; the reading is ours. Always check the original listing and employment terms before working from another country.

About the role

As a Key Accounts Enterprise Sales Engineer, you will provide technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, and supporting technical evaluations (POVs). Sales Engineers help qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners and have a voice with the product team to help prioritize features based on input from customers, competitors, and partners.

What You’ll Do:

Partner with the Sales, Product/Engineering, Customer Success, Professional Services, and executive leadership to articulate the overall Datadog value proposition, vision and strategy to customers

Lead technical strategy for both short-term and long-cycle pursuits by driving the end-to-end technical sales agenda for Fortune 100 and comparable prospects — from pipeline generation through purchase decision

Technically close complex opportunities through advanced competitive knowledge, technical skill, and credibility

Present at executive and technical forums, lead workshops, and translate technical detail to business impact for CIOs, SRE/Platform teams, security/compliance, and engineering leadership

Maintain accurate notes and feedback in CRM regarding customer input both wins and losses

Proactively engage and communicate with customers and Datadog business/technical teams regarding product feedback and competitive landscape

Who You Are:

Passionate about educating customers on observability risks that are meaningful to their business, and able to build and execute an evaluation plan with a customer

Someone with strong written and oral communication skills. This role requires an ability to understand and articulate both the business benefits (value proposition) and technical advantages of our offering

Experienced in programming/scripting with one or more languages (i.e. Python, Go, Java, etc.) and familiarity with DevOps practices such as CI/CD and IaC workflows

Demonstrated ability to land into net new logo accounts and collaborate with prospects through long, multi-quarter or multi-year cycles.

Someone with a minimum of 3+ years in a Sales Engineering or DevOps Engineering role

Able to sit up to 4 hours, traveling to and from client sites

Able to travel via auto, train or air up to 45% of the time

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:

Best-in-breed onboarding

Generous global benefits

Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking

New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing

An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks

Requirements

The employer hasn't listed requirements separately, they're described in the role summary above and on the original listing.

Benefits

  • ·Best-in-breed onboarding
  • ·Generous global benefits
  • ·Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
  • ·New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • ·Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing

How to apply

  1. 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
  2. 2Tailor your CV to the role at Datadog, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (US East).
  3. 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.

Found 3d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.

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