Senior Solutions Engineer

Sovos; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global Mentoring Programs

Language Learning Support

Bi-Weekly Meeting Free Days!

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Sovos is building a new sales engineering team in France to support AI-native offerings across financial orchestration, compliance automation, and intelligent invoicing. As a Senior Solutions Engineer, you will own technical opportunities end-to-end, from discovery through close, and configure the platform to a client's real environment.

You will run technical workshops, demonstrate ROI and TCO to executives, collaborate with Account Executives, and help shape qualification and go-to-market

Qualifications

• Experience leading pre-sales and technical demonstrations.
• Proven ability to translate ROI into business value.
• Experience closing complex B2B deals.
• Background in procurement or finance transformation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own technical opportunities end-to-end from discovery through close.
• Configure the platform against a client's real data and workflows.
• Lead technical workshops and proofs of concept.
• Translate technical solutions into ROI, TCO, and operational impact for executives.

Skills

Technical sales

ROI storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Tools

SAP

Ariba

AP automation

Job description

Senior Solutions Engineer – Sovos SOVOS Senior Solutions Engineer

Sales Engineering

• Full-Time
• France

Build Your Future With Us

The digitization of tax compliance is fundamentally changing global commerce and how businesses need to operate and grow. Governments now have real-time visibility into business data, creating new challenges and new opportunities for organizations around the world. At Sovos, we're transforming tax compliance from a business requirement into a driver of growth through AI-powered technology that delivers the accurate, real-time insights businesses need to make smarter decisions.

We're solving more than today's tax compliance challenges. We're helping reshape global economies by enabling organizations to navigate increasingly complex and rapidly changing regulatory environments with confidence – and helping communities thrive.

AI is accelerating what's possible, enabling tax and technology professionals to more effectively drive critical regulatory decisions. That's where Sovos excels, combining intelligent technology with human expertise to help customers stay ahead of change.

Don't worry if you don't check every box. We're focused on hiring great people, not perfect resumes. It's less about what you've done elsewhere and more about what you're capable of doing here.

The Role

At Sovos, we're building a dedicated sales team from the ground up to support our growing portfolio of AI-native offerings, spanning financial orchestration, compliance automation, and intelligent invoicing. You'll be one of the first technical sellers on this team, joining at the foundation as we define the playbook together. This isn't a support role that ends with a good demo. You'll own technical opportunities end-to-end, configuring the platform to a client's real environment and building the technical proof points your Account Executive partner uses to close.

More Specifically, You Will

• Carry a quota tied to technical opportunity progression from discovery through close, owning the technical inputs (POC results, integration effort, system fit) that feed the ROI and TCO business case.
• Lead technical workshops and proofs of concept with clear success criteria, partnering with your AE to navigate objections, build urgency, and drive the opportunity to a decision.
• Configure the platform against a client's real data and workflows ahead of every demo, navigating model routing, APIs, integrations, data governance, and security with Engineering and IT.
• Translate technical solutions into ROI, TCO, and operational impact for Finance and executive stakeholders, moving seamlessly between architecture conversations and business-level discussions.
• Leverage AI tools to improve qualification, demo configuration, and business case development, staying engaged through kickoff and early delivery to maintain technical continuity with the Field Delivery Engineering team.
• Help shape the qualification criteria, demo approach, and business case format this team will use going forwards, bringing customer and market feedback back into how Sovos positions and packages its AI-native offerings.

What You Bring to Sovos

• You've successfully led business process transformation or procurement optimization projects, ideally gained through consulting or working buyer-side, ideally with procurement or AP expertise gained from working buyer-side rather than solely in an advisory capacity.
• You have enough systems fluency to know where a client's data lives (SAP vs. Ariba vs. elsewhere) and how workflows cross systems; familiarity with AI gateways, model routing, or data governance is a strong plus.
• You bring direct quota-carrying or deal-closing ownership of the pre-sale cycle, not only demo or support experience, with a demonstrated ability to close complex B2B deals with clear revenue accountability, moving opportunities from technical discovery through contract signature and clear revenue accountability.
• You're comfortable moving between technical and executive conversations in the same day (sometimes the same meeting), building executive-level business cases that include ROI and TCO analyses.
• Comfort with AI-assisted workflows and automation or workflow platforms is important; experience selling AI infrastructure, applications, agents, workflow automation, or finance technology is preferred.
• Experience helping launch a new product or build an early go-to-market motion is preferred, as is experience at a consulting firm with a finance transformation or automation practice.
• Due to client contractual obligations, the successful candidate will be asked to clear a background check upon hire.

The Process

1. Pre-Employment Assessment

   Regionally specific assessments we use to mitigate bias and give every applicant a fair shot.

2. Video Interview

   A chance to meet as many qualified applicants as possible and get to know you beyond your resume.

3. Meeting with a Recruiter

   A conversation to talk through the role, your experience, and your goals.

4. Live Interviews with the Hiring Team

   Meet the people you'll work with and dig into the day-to-day of the role.

Life at Sovos

• Global Mentoring Programs
• AI Tools and Technology from Day 1
• Continuous Learning and Development
• Language Learning Support
• Global Employee Recognition Platform and Programs
• Global Parental Leave Policy
• An opportunity to work with a global team
• Bi-Weekly Meeting Free Days!
• Mentoring Programs
• Globally recognised Training and Development programmes
• Competitive benefits package

Equal Opportunity Employer

Sovos is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment that celebrates diversity and where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. We do not discriminate against race, colour, religions, national origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic provided by law. At Sovos, all employees are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work.

Company Background

Sovos is transforming tax compliance from a business requirement to a force for growth. Our flagship product, the Sovos Compliance Cloud platform, enables businesses to identify, determine, and report on every tax obligation across the globe. Sovos processes nearly 20 billion transactions per year, helping companies scale their compliance strategy in 150+ countries.

More than 100,000 customers – including half the Fortune 500 – trust Sovos’ tax and regulatory expertise and unparalleled integration with their business applications. Learn more at sovos.com.