Senior Sales Engineer - Majors (UK/Nordics/Netherlands)

Datadog; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

New hire stock equity (RSUs)

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Datadog is seeking an Enterprise Sales Engineer to provide technical expertise through sales presentations, demos, and POVs. You will qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners and relay feedback to the product team to prioritize features.

The role involves travel and close collaboration with sales, engineering, and customers to showcase the Datadog value proposition. You will own the technical engagement during trials, deliver briefings, and work with customers to address

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a Sales Engineering or DevOps Engineering role.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Experience in programming/scripting with Java, Python, Ruby, Go, Node.js, PHP, and .NET.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Sales team to articulate Datadog's value proposition, vision and strategy to customers.
• Own technical engagement with customers during the trial phase and communicate value to resolve issues.
• Technically close complex opportunities through competitive knowledge and credibility.
• Deliver product and technical briefings / presentations to potential clients.
• Maintain accurate notes and feedback in CRM regarding customer input, wins and losses.
• Proactively engage with customers and Datadog teams regarding product feedback and competitive landscape.

Skills

Java

Python

Ruby

Go

Node.js

PHP

.NET

Sales Engineering experience

Job description

As an Enterprise Sales Engineer, you will provide technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, and supporting technical evaluations (POVs). Sales Engineers help qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners and have a voice with the product team to help prioritize features based on input from customers, competitors, and partners.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with the Sales team to articulate the overall Datadog value proposition, vision and strategy to customers
• Own technical engagement with customers during the trial phase. Communicate Datadog’s value based on activities and work with customers on any identified issues or concerns to successful conclusion
• Technically close complex opportunities through advanced competitive knowledge, technical skill, and credibility
• Deliver product and technical briefings / presentations to potential clients
• Maintain accurate notes and feedback in CRM regarding customer input both wins and losses
• Proactively engage and communicate with customers and Datadog business/technical teams regarding product feedback and competitive landscape

Who You Are

• Passionate about educating customers on observability risks that are meaningful to their business, and able to build and execute an evaluation plan with a customer
• Someone with strong written and oral communication skills. This role requires an ability to understand and articulate both the business benefits (value proposition) and technical advantages of our offering
• Experienced in programming/scripting with any of the following: Java, Python, Ruby, Go, Node.JS, PHP, and .NET etc.
• Someone with a minimum of 3+ years in a Sales Engineering or DevOps Engineering role
• Able to sit up to 4 hours, traveling to and from client sites
• Able to travel via auto, train or air up to 45% of the time

Benefits and Growth

• Best-in-breed onboarding
• Generous global benefits
• Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks
• Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog

Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.