Senior Sales Engineer - UK, London

Astronomer; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A data solutions company in London seeks a Senior Sales Engineer to work closely with clients on deploying powerful data workflows. The role involves designing solutions, providing technical guidance, and gathering insights to influence product development. Candidates should have a strong background in Sales Engineering, familiarity with data tools and excellent communication skills. This position is hybrid, requiring a minimum of 3 days onsite weekly.

Qualifications

• 5 years in Sales Engineering or a similar role within the data space.
• Familiarity with core data engineering concepts like orchestration and ELT.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement proof-of-concept solutions for customers.
• Conduct demos and provide technical guidance to client engineering teams.
• Gather field insights and provide feedback to influence product direction.

Skills

Sales Engineering

Solutions Engineering

Hands-on Python scripting

Verbal and written communication

Customer empathy

Eagerness to learn new tools

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Fivetran

Tableau

Apache Airflow

Job description

Overview

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Astronomer empowers data teams to bring mission-critical software, analytics, and AI to life and is the company behind Astro, the industry-leading unified DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow. Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and powers data-driven applications. Trusted by more than 700 of the world's leading enterprises, Astronomer lets businesses do more with their data. To learn more, visit www.astronomer.io.
About this role:

About this role

As a Senior Sales Engineer at Astronomer, you\'ll be a key partner to our clients, guiding them in deploying powerful data workflows to accelerate their business outcomes. You\'ll have the chance to work with cutting-edge technology, help customers solve complex data challenges, and influence our product\'s evolution through client feedback. This role is ideal for someone who wants to make a visible impact while growing into an expert in workflow orchestration and Apache Airflow.

This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week onsite, and includes up to 40% travel for business and customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Solve Real-World Problems: Design and implement proof-of-concept solutions that help customers tackle real data challenges, from concept to production.
• Be a Trusted Advisor: Conduct demos and provide technical guidance to engineering teams, showing them how our platform can transform their workflows.
• Drive Community Impact: Contribute to the Apache Airflow community by creating technical content and best practices, positioning Astronomer as a thought leader in workflow orchestration.
• Influence Product Direction: Act as a liaison by gathering field insights and providing critical feedback to the Product team to shape the future of our platform.
• Develop and Grow: Become an expert in Airflow, workflow orchestration, and the data engineering landscape as you collaborate across departments and work on impactful projects.

Qualifications

• 5 years in a Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Consulting or similar role within the data space, ideally with experience in modern data tools like Snowflake, Databricks, Fivetran, or Tableau.
• Hands-on Python scripting skills for data pipeline support.
• Familiarity with core data engineering concepts such as orchestration, ELT, Git, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to simplify complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
• A genuine desire to understand customer needs, patience, and empathy to support them through challenges.
• Eagerness to learn and experiment with new technical concepts, tools, and approaches to stay ahead in the data industry.

Bonus points

• Experience with Apache Airflow or other open-source data tools.
• Background in designing data workflows in a production environment.
• Experience working with Command Line Interfaces (CLI).

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At Astronomer, we value diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Astronomer is a remote-first company.