Senior Sales Engineer, Commercial

Fivetran; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid medical insurance

Generous paid time-off policy

RSU stock grants

Professional development opportunities

Company virtual happy hours

Monthly cell phone stipend

Mental health support platform

Job summary

A leading data integration company is seeking a Sales Engineer to support the Commercial sales team in understanding customer data needs. This full-time position in London involves developing technical solutions and delivering presentations. The ideal candidate has over 4 years of experience in data replication or sales engineering, strong communication skills, and familiarity with cloud technologies. The company offers competitive benefits including paid medical insurance and stock grants.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in data replication, sales engineering, or a related technical field.
• Strong technical background covering database replication and cloud infrastructure.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with Commercial customers to understand their data replication requirements.
• Develop and deliver technical presentations to Commercial audiences.
• Ensure successful proof-of-value throughout the sales cycle.

Skills

Data replication

Sales engineering

Database replication

Cloud infrastructure

AWS

GCP

Azure

Communication

Problem-solving

Networking

Tools

Snowflake

BigQuery

Databricks

Docker

Kubernetes

Oracle

SQL Server

Postgres

MySQL

NoSQL databases

Job description

From Fivetran’s founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. We’re proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

About the Role

Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies.

We’re looking for a talented Sales Engineer to join our Commercial sales team. As a Commercial Sales Engineer, you will work closely with our sales team to understand our Commercial customers’ complex business needs and showcase how Fivetran’s data replication solutions can help them achieve their desired business outcomes. You will be responsible for providing technical expertise, identifying technical requirements, and ensuring a successful proof-of-value throughout the sales cycle.

This is a full-time position based out of London.

Technologies You’ll Use

AWS, GCP, Azure, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, Grafana, Linux, Windows, Python, Java

What You’ll Do

• Work with Commercial customers to understand their business, their use cases, and their data replication requirements
• Develop and deliver technical presentations to Commercial audiences
• Ensure the technical win by running an organized proof-of-value process
• Work closely with multiple cross‑fuctional organizations driving change and improvements to Fivetran as a whole.
• Work closely with multiple Sales representatives, while maintaining a high level of customer focus and technical excellence
• Stay up-to-date on the latest technologies and trends in our industry
• Assist team members in advanced technical or business roadblocks

Skills We’re Looking For

• 4+ years in data replication, sales engineering, or related technical field
• Strong technical background covering database replication, cloud infrastructure, and data replication technologies with some form of hands on experience
• Experience with modern data analytics technologies, including cloud data warehouses, transformation tooling, data catalogs, and BI tools
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with a keen ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Experience with Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL, and NoSQL databases
• Hands on experience with other data replication or ETL tools
• Experience with self-hosted software applications and supporting infrastructure
• Hands on networking experience both in the cloud and on‑premise

Bonus Skills

• Experience developing partner relationships
• Specialized expertise in security posture
• Experience with self-hosted and SaaS software applications
• Hands on experience with DBT

Perks and Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical insurance
• Generous paid time‑off policy (PTO), plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave policy, holidays, and volunteer days off
• RSU stock grants
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team‑building activities
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching, and self‑guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.

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