Senior Sales Engineer, Enterprise - German Speaking

Fivetran; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Paid time off

RSU stock grants

Professional development

Team events

Cell phone stipend

Mental health resources

Job summary

Fivetran is seeking a German-speaking Senior Sales Engineer to join our Enterprise sales team. This full-time remote role is based out of the United Kingdom and focuses on understanding complex customer needs and demonstrating how our data replication solutions deliver measurable business value.

You will deliver technical presentations, drive proofs-of-value, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to win technical engagements while maintaining strong customer focus.

Qualifications

• Native/Professional proficiency in German.
• 5+ years in data replication, sales engineering, or a related technical field.
• Strong background in database replication, cloud infrastructure and data replication technologies.
• Experience with cloud data warehouses and BI tools.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Understand enterprise customer needs and data replication requirements.
• Develop and deliver technical presentations to enterprise audiences.
• Drive technical win through proof-of-value in sales cycle.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and sales reps.
• Stay updated on new technologies and trends.

Skills

German proficiency

Sales engineering

Data replication

Cloud data warehouses

BI tools

Excellent communication

Problem solving

Database experience (Oracle/SQL/Postg​

Education

Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Tools

DBT Docker/Podman/Kubernetes

Oracle

SQL Server

Postgres

MySQL

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 Us

Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data.Together, we’re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data — from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on.Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights. Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions.As we bring our teams and technology together, we’re building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. It’s an exciting time to join us: we’re creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact.During this transition period, you may see references to both Fivetran and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.

About the Role

Fivetran is building data pipelines to power the modern data stack for thousands of companies. We’re looking for a talented German speaking Senior Sales Engineer to join our Enterprise sales team. As an Enterprise Sales Engineer, you will work closely with our sales team to understand our Enterprise 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 out of United Kingdom.

Technologies

You’ll Use AWS, GCP, Azure, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, New Relic, Linux, Windows, Python, Java

What You’ll Do

• Work with Enterprise customers to understand their business, their use cases, and their data replication requirements
• Develop and deliver technical presentations to Enterprise 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

• Native/Professional Proficiency in German
• 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

Perks and Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical insurance\*
• Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid holidays, including a year-end Global Week of Rest, 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.
• \*May vary by country and…