Senior Sales Engineer, Enterprise - French Speaking

Fivetran; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech firm specializing in data solutions is seeking a French-speaking Senior Sales Engineer. The role involves understanding complex business needs, showcasing data replication solutions, and managing the proof-of-value process. Candidates should have technical expertise, experience in sales engineering, and strong communication skills. This position is remote-friendly, with preference for Dublin, London, or Paris.

Benefits

100% employer-paid medical insurance

Generous paid time-off policy

RSU stock grants

Professional development opportunities

Monthly cell phone stipend

Access to mental health support

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in data replication or sales engineering.
• Strong communication skills to explain complex technical concepts.
• Hands on experience with data replication tools.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer business and data replication needs.
• Present technical solutions to clients.
• Manage proof-of-value processes.

Skills

Native/Professional Proficiency in French

5+ years in data replication

Strong technical background covering database replication

Experience with modern data analytics technologies

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Experience with Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, MySQL

Hands on networking experience

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Snowflake

Databricks

Docker/Podman/Kubernetes

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 French speaking Senior Sales Engineer to join our Sales Engineering team. As a Sales Engineer, you will work closely with our sales team to understand our 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, remote position based remotely in Ireland, UK or France with strong preference for Dublin, London or Paris.

Technologies You’ll Use

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

What You’ll Do

• Work with customers to understand their business, their use cases, and their data replication requirements
• Develop and deliver technical presentations to Enterprise and Commercial audiences
• Ensure the technical win by running an organized proof-of-value process
• Work closely with multiple cross-functional 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

• Native/Professional Proficiency in French
• 5+ 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
• Docker/Podman/Kubernetes experience

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 for all covered employees and their covered dependents

May vary by country and worker type - please reach out to your recruiter for more information

We’re honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, and we’re proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.

Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.

To learn more about Fivetran’s culture and what it’s like to be part of the team, read our statement here. To learn more about our candidate privacy policy, you can read our statement here. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to participate in our interview process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the process due to a disability, medical condition, or any other circumstance, please submit your request by filling out this form. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation and ensure a fair and accessible interview experience. Your request and any information provided will be kept confidential and will not impact your candidacy. We look forward to hearing from you and accommodating your needs to the best of our ability.