Sales Engineer, Lead - US

ScaleOps

$125K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies such as containers and Kubernetes.
  • Minimum five years in customer-facing roles like technical sales or sales/solutions engineering.
  • Strong track record in a technical pre-sales role, building trust with senior stakeholders.
  • Experience mentoring or supporting junior Sales Engineers, with aspirations for formal leadership.
  • Ability to articulate and promote the benefits of modern technology platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Engage with customers to ensure their success and tackle complex opportunities.
  • Collaborate with the sales team to enhance the customer journey and build champions.
  • Mentor fellow Sales Engineers on deal strategies and handling objections.
  • Understand customer goals and clearly communicate how our solutions meet their needs.
  • Build robust relationships across customer organizations.
  • Participate in all planning phases, from discovery to achieving technical wins.
  • Maintain deep product expertise to effectively showcase ScaleOps at meetings and events.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence sales processes and procedures as the team grows.
  • Access to professional development resources for continuous skill enhancement.
  • Environment that encourages mentorship and leadership growth.
  • Engagement in a dynamic, tech-focused company culture.
Full Job Description
What You'll Be Doing
  • Engage with customers to ensure their success, taking ownership of the most technically complex and highest-priority opportunities.
  • Partner with the sales team to drive the customer journey, build technical wins, and grow champions.
  • Serve as a technical mentor to other Sales Engineers, providing guidance on deal strategy, demos, and objection handling.
  • Develop a deep understanding of customers' goals and objectives, and articulate how our offering addresses their needs.
  • Create and own value-based relationships at all levels within customer organizations.
  • Actively participate in all phases of planning and execution, from initial discovery to the technical win.
  • Develop and maintain deep product expertise to demonstrate the value of ScaleOps in sales meetings and at events such as meetups and conferences.
  • Help shape and refine SE processes, playbooks, and best practices as the team scales.
  • Advise the sales team on effective ways to position the ScaleOps product.
  • Onboard, educate, and enable partners, and support them through sales cycles.
  • Continuously develop your sales and technical skills through self-driven learning and ScaleOps' professional development opportunities, while helping others do the same.

What You'll Bring
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies such as containers and Kubernetes (required).
  • Minimum five years of experience in customer-facing roles such as technical sales or sales/solutions engineering (required).
  • Track record of success in a technical pre-sales role, with enough experience selling and implementing technology to earn customer trust at all levels, including senior technical stakeholders.
  • Experience informally mentoring or supporting less experienced SEs, with an interest in growing into a more formal leadership track.
  • Demonstrable ability to articulate and sell the benefits of modern platforms, software, and technologies.

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