Enterprise Sales Engineer - Denmark Denmark - Remote

Chainguard; Denmark; Remote; DKK 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-First culture

Equity options

Health insurance

Flexible time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Chainguard is seeking a Sales Engineer to assess technical requirements and illustrate how Chainguard products meet a client's needs. You will cultivate relationships with decision-makers and drive technical wins through demos, POVs/POCs, and feature requests in collaboration with engineering.

You will partner with the Sales Team to win new logos and expand current accounts, owning all technical aspects of opportunities and helping customers understand Chainguard's value.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Sales Engineer / Pre-Sales Engineer in enterprise software.
• Strong knowledge of MEDDPICC or the Command of the Message framework.
• 3+ years selling into Enterprise and Mid Market prospects.
• Deep familiarity with container and cloud technologies including security.

Responsibilities

• Partner with our Sales Team to help customers evaluate and prove the value of Chainguard.
• Focus on acquiring new customer logos and growing existing accounts.
• Own all technical aspects of opportunities and explain Chainguard value to customers.
• Conduct product demos and POVs/POCs; participate in webinars and events.

Skills

Sales engineering

Enterprise sales

MEDDPICC knowledge

Pre-Sales experience

Relationship management

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Serverless

Docker

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Cloud security

App Security

Job description

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.

Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.

Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.

The role, in a nutshell: You will assess a prospect's technical requirements and apply extensive knowledge of Chainguard products to illustrate how a deal will satisfy the client's unmet needs. You will cultivate relationships with decision-makers at all levels of an organization and negotiate the competing needs of multiple stakeholders within an organization. You will secure technical wins using methods such as demos, RFP/RFI responses, lead POVs, partner with engineering for requested features, and participate in conferences and industry events (when applicable).

What you'll do:

• Partner with our Sales Team to help customers evaluate and prove the value of our solution
• Focus on acquiring new customer "logos" in addition to growing existing customer base
• Own all technical aspects of sales opportunities and assisting current customers understand the value of Chainguard
• Day to day responsibilities include:
  • Listen to our customers and understand their challenges
  • Conduct product demonstrations and POVs/POCs
  • Actively participate in webinars, meetups, conferences and other marketing initiatives

What We're looking for:

• Experience as a Sales Engineer / Pre-Sales Engineer
• Experience with MEDDPICC and or Command of the Message sales frameworks
• Experience selling into Enterprise (3+ years) and Mid Market prospects
• Experience in the following areas:
  • Container technologies (Kubernetes, Serverless, Docker)
  • Cloud technology (AWS, Azure, Google, etc.)
  • Cloud security or containers security
  • App Security
• Startup experience
• Smart and passionate people that can persevere to success.
• People acting as trusted advisors, able to build credibility with customers.
• Strong team players committed to help and mentor their peers.

*Must be located in Denmark*

About Us

We live and breathe our company values:

• We are customer obsessed - We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
• We have a bias for intentional action - We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
• We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) - We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
• We trust each other and assume good intentions - We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.

A few of the benefits we offer:

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
• Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need - to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.

We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.