Commercial Sales Engineer - Boston

WinsAbove; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best-in-breed onboarding

Generous global benefits

Professional development and training

New hire stock equity (RSUs)

Inclusive company culture

Job summary

Datadog seeks a skilled Sales Engineer to support sales efforts through technical expertise. The role includes delivering product presentations, partnering with the sales team, and addressing customer challenges. Ideal candidates will have experience with DevOps monitoring tools and comfortable presenting.

Datadog promotes a hybrid work culture with a focus on personal and professional development. Benefits include generous healthcare, stock options, and a commitment to inclusivity.

Qualifications

• Experience in DevOps monitoring or architecture tools.
• Able to deliver technical presentations confidently.
• Comfortable with challenges and learning new technologies.
• Prior experience in systems administration, either Windows or Linux.

Responsibilities

• Partner with sales to articulate Datadog's value proposition.
• Continuously learn and build technical skills.
• Deliver product and technical presentations.
• Collaborate with the product team on feature requests.
• Assist clients in onboarding and resolving roadblocks.

Skills

DevOps monitoring or architecture tools

Technical presentations/demos

Creative problem-solving

Systems administration (Windows or Linux)

Job description

Datadog Sales Engineers help qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners. You will provide technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, and supporting technical evaluations (POCs). Sales Engineers have a voice with the product team to help prioritize features based on input from customers, competitors, and partners. Additionally, you will work with various teams to resolve customer concerns, elevate bug issues, and serve as an ambassador for our brand. If you want to join a friendly, passionate team with limitless potential, we’d love to meet you.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture – the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work‑life harmony that best fits them.

What You’ll Do:

• Partner with the sales team to articulate the overall Datadog value proposition, vision and strategy to customers
• Continuously learn new technology to build competitive knowledge, technical skill, and credibility
• Deliver product and technical presentations with potential clients
• Have a direct line of communication with the product team to collaborate on feature requests
• Help clients onboard the product and assist when they run into roadblocks.
• Think creatively about a wide variety of technical challenges during the pre‑sales life cycle

Who You Are:

• Knowledgeable and experienced with DevOps monitoring or architecture tools.
• Comfortable and confident in delivering technical presentations/demos to either external customers or internal teams
• Able to think creatively about a wide variety of challenges. You're going to find new things everyday
• Previously experienced in systems administrations: Windows or Linux
• Able to sit up to 4 hours, traveling to and from client sites
• Able to travel via auto, train or air up to 25% of the time

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

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
• Inclusive company culture, community guilds and inclusion talks

Compensation: The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is $80,000—$122,000 USD, with additional equity and variable compensation based on skill, qualification and experience. Additional benefits include health, dental, parental planning, mental health benefits, 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, discounted employee stock purchase plan.

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.