Associate Demo Engineer

Yext Inc.; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 400,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Yext is seeking an Associate Demo Engineer in India to support senior engineers in delivering demo environments and reflect prospect-specific use cases. You will learn the craft from experienced teammates in a fast-paced, collaborative setting, gaining exposure to the Yext platform, Knowledge Graph, and related tools.

Based in Hyderabad, this role offers hands-on experience from day one with clear development pathways into a full Demo Engineer role, including training in HTML, CSS, and AI tools

Qualifications

• Entry-level opportunity for someone enthusiastic about technology.
• Based in India with interest in AI, digital search, and sales enablement.
• Willingness to learn and grow in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Support Senior Demo Engineers with delivering Demo Engineering requests by building and maintaining standard demo environments.
• Help customize demo accounts to reflect prospect-specific use cases and industry contexts.
• Support updates to Knowledge Graph data, basic connector and crawler configurations, and front-end elements.
• Help keep demo environments current with the latest product features and configurations.
• Shadow Senior Demo Engineers to learn how demos are scoped, built, and used in the sales cycle.
• Prepare and support reports and materials for pre-sales discussions under guidance.

Skills

Learning mindset

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

Jira

Job description

Yext (NYSE: YEXT) is the enterprise agentic marketing platform. Built on the world's most comprehensive structured data platform for local businesses, Yext gives brands and their partners the visibility intelligence to win every moment of discovery – across AI and traditional search. Yext's API-first architecture connects structured data to APIs, MCP servers, and generative interfaces, so partners and developers can build purpose-built experiences on the same infrastructure powering Yext's own products. Thousands of brands and digital marketing partners in financial services, healthcare, retail, hospitality, and food rely on Yext to manage, measure, and optimize visibility at scale. For more information, visit yext.com .

Yext is looking for a curious, technology-minded individual to join the Demo Engineering team as an Associate Demo Engineer.

This is a brilliant entry-level opportunity for someone who is enthusiastic about technology, excited to learn, and keen to build a career at the intersection of AI, digital search, and sales enablement.The Demo Engineering team supports a wide range of internal partners — including Revenue (Sales and Solutions Engineering), Client Services, Marketing, and Product — by creating everything from polished standard demo environments to visionary "art of the possible" solutions that showcase what the Yext platform can do.

As an Associate, you'll learn the craft of demo engineering from the ground up, working alongside experienced engineers and solutions professionals in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

This role is based in India and is designed to give you real, hands‑on experience from day one — with clear development pathways into a full Demo Engineer role.

What You’ll Do

• Support Senior Demo Engineers with delivering Demo Engineering requests. This will include assisting in building and maintaining standard demo environments using the Yext platform.
• Help customise demo accounts to reflect prospect‑specific use cases and industry contexts, guided by senior team members.
• Support updates to Knowledge Graph data, basic connector and crawler configurations, and front‑end elements.
• Help keep demo environments current with the latest Yext product features and configurations.

Continuous Platform Learning & Assistance of Deliverables

• Continuously learn the Yext platform including Hearsay. Build a strong foundational understanding of the Yext platform, covering Listings, Search, Pages, and Knowledge Graph.
• Shadow Senior Demo Engineers and Solutions Engineers to learn how demos are scoped, built, and used throughout the sales cycle.
• Complete recommended certifications and participate in product enablement programmes.
• Learn SEO best practices and assist in assessing prospects' digital presence using these best practices, beginning to identify areas for improvement.
• Learn to understand the common data structures required to successfully support the generation of Yext Scout Reports.
• Learn to interpret Yext Analytics including Yext Scout.
• Learn to understand Yext Knowledge Scans; to evaluate a prospect's presence across digital Listings, user Reviews, and optimised web Pages.
• With guidance from Senior Demo Engineers, learn to prepare and support reports and materials to enable pre‑sales discussions led by Yext Global Solutions Engineers.
• Begin developing basic skills in HTML, CSS, and using AI tools (such as LLMs) to assist with front‑end customisation tasks.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Support the deal cycle by managing and responding to inbound requests from Solutions Engineers and Account Executives via Jira.
• Participate in scoping calls and team stand‑ups to develop an understanding of how work is prioritised.
• Stay close to product updates — including pre‑GA features — through internal channels and product communications.
• Share learnings and observations with the team via Slack and team meetings.
• Contribute to the SE Confluence knowledge hub by documenting what you've learnt, edge case handling, and useful guides for others.

Operational Excellence

• Keep your assigned Jira Tickets Demo up to date.
• Maintain and take responsibility for your allocated areas of the Demo Library.
• Follow team administration hygiene and ticketing standards so requests are tracked, prioritised, and delivered consistently.
• Be curious: ask questions proactively and surface blockers early — no one is expected to figure