EMEA Sales Engineering Team Lead

Dolby Laboratories; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global entertainment technology company in Greater London is searching for a Head of Sales Engineering - EMEA. The role involves managing a team of Solution Architects and acting as a technical advisor to customers. Candidates should have at least 5 years of experience, a degree, and proficiency in programming languages such as JavaScript or Java. This position offers flexible work arrangements and an innovative work culture.

Benefits

Excellent compensation

Flexible work approach

Challenging projects

Collegial culture

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Solutions Engineering or similar role.
• Proficient in at least one programming language.
• Strong technical skills and ability to learn quickly.

Responsibilities

• Hiring, mentoring, and managing a team of Solution Architects.
• Operating as both a manager and Solutions Architect.
• Create and showcase demos for prospects.
• Understand and document customer needs.

Skills

JavaScript

React

Swift

Objective-C

Java

Video streaming knowledge

Cloud architectures

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree

Job description

Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future. At Dolby, science meets art, and high tech means more than computer code. As a member of the Dolby team, you’ll see and hear the results of your work everywhere, from movie theaters to smartphones. We continue to revolutionize how people create, deliver, and enjoy entertainment worldwide. To do that, we need the absolute best talent. We’re big enough to give you all the resources you need, and small enough so you can make a real difference and earn recognition for your work. We offer a collegial culture, challenging projects, and excellent compensation and benefits, not to mention a Flex Work approach that is truly flexible to support where, when, and how you do your best work.

The Head of Sales Engineering - EMEA will be a highly technical live-streaming domain expert who can represent our products to customers, understand their needs, and propose solutions that work. They will be skilled at building customer relationships and becoming their trusted technical advisor. They will be responsible for hiring, mentoring, and managing a small but growing team of Solutions engineers in Europe. This role will contribute to the direction of the product by gathering information from customers to make the product more developer-friendly and meet the needs of their business. The role will be part of the Dolby Cloud Business group GTM team.

Responsibilities

• Hiring, mentoring and managing a team of Solution Architects
• Operating as both a manager and as a Solutions Architect directly with our top customers
• Representing our product capabilities to our customer prospects
• Create and showcase demos to prospective customers
• Understanding and documenting customer needs
• Developing solutions with our customers
• Working with customers to build proof of concepts of solutions and then working with them when they deploy those solutions
• Collect requirements for new features and champion them internally throughout the design and implementation process.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree.
• 5+ Years of Experience.
• Experience running a Solutions Engineering team
• Proficient in at least one of the following programming languages: JavaScript, React, Swift, Objective-C, or Java
• Video streaming knowledge (streaming technologies, codecs, networking)
• Knowledge and experience in cloud architectures. Demonstrable understanding of how people build services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong technical skills and ability to learn new technologies quickly.
• Strong presentation, communication, organization, and time management skills.

Highly desirable

• WebRTC and / or Media Over QUIC experience