Sales Engineer

Nuon

$120K — $150K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years customer-facing engineering experience in infrastructure or developer tools
  • Experience with early-stage startups and a strong work ethic
  • Proficient with AI tools like Claude Code
  • Strong Linux skills
  • 2+ years of experience with Kubernetes and containerization
  • Proficient in AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure
  • 2+ years experience with Terraform
  • Expertise in networking including VPCs, load balancers, and ingress controllers

Responsibilities

  • Manage demo assets and set up apps in Nuon Cloud for use case demonstrations
  • Deliver product demonstrations to prospects
  • Maintain a local development environment to stay updated with new product features
  • Test Nuon products and report any bugs discovered
  • Provide technical support and communication in public Slack channels
  • Contribute content to documentation and knowledge bases
  • Assist or lead proof-of-concept projects
  • Attend industry conferences and meet-ups for networking
  • Author technical blog posts to share insights and expertise
  • Host technical webinars to engage with potential customers

Benefits

  • In-office position located in South Park, SF
  • Close proximity to public transport (1 mile from BART, 1.5 miles from Ferry Building)
  • Opportunity to work closely with company leadership including the Founder and VP of Revenue
  • Chance to engage in various technical and marketing activities like demos, webinars, and authoring blog content
  • Potential for personal and professional growth in a rapidly evolving startup environment
Full Job Description
Nuon is hiring a Sales Engineer to support our revenue growth.

You will work with the Founder and VP of Revenue leadership to communicate the Nuon value proposition and technical capabilities to help close new customers.

This position is in SF and is in office in South Park. (1 mile walk from nearest BART and 1.5 mile walk from main Ferry Building)

What you will do
  • Manage Nuon's demo assets including weekly setup of multiple apps in Nuon Cloud to demonstrate various use cases for prospects
  • Demo Nuon to prospects
  • Stay current with all new features which means maintaining a local development environment like the engineering team
  • Test the Nuon product and report bugs
  • Communicate and technically support prospects and customers in public and shared Slack channels
  • Contribute to Nuon's documentation and knowledge base
  • Assist/lead proof-of-concepts
  • Attend conferences and meet-ups
  • Author technical blog posts
  • Host technical webinars
What we are looking for
  • Have worked for early stage startups which means you work hard and don't act like a 9-5 job
  • 3+ years as a customer-facing engineer in infrastructure and/or developer tools space
  • Strong customer-facing skills to present and demo the Nuon value proposition and earn trust with technical stakeholders
  • Solid Linux skills
  • Proficient with AI tools like Claude Code
  • 2+ years with Kubernetes and containerization
  • Proficient with AWS and additional clouds like Google Cloud or Azure
  • 2+ years with Terraform
  • Expertise with networking: VPCs, load balancers, ingress controllers


Extra credit
  • Performed developer relations duties
  • Authored many technical blog posts
  • Are active and prolific on X and Hacker News about technical content
  • Have been a full-stack engineer before getting into sales


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