Commercial Sales Engineer — Pre-Sales & Demos

WinsAbove; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Best-in-breed onboarding

Generous global benefits

Stock equity (RSUs) and ESPP

Continuous professional development

Job summary

Datadog is seeking Sales Engineers to qualify and close opportunities by delivering technical presentations, product demonstrations, and evaluating customer needs. The role is hybrid, requiring regular engagement with clients and cross-functional teams to advocate for feature requests and resolve issues.

You’ll partner with sales, continually learn new technologies, and support customers from onboarding through deployment, while balancing travel and client site visits as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience with DevOps monitoring or architecture tools is required.
• Ability to deliver technical presentations and demos to external customers or internal teams.
• Creative problem solving across a range of technical challenges in pre-sales.
• Background in Windows or Linux systems administration.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% and sit with clients when needed.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the sales team to articulate Datadog's value proposition, vision and strategy to customers.
• Continually learn new technology to build competitive knowledge, technical skill, and credibility.
• Deliver product and technical presentations with potential clients.
• Maintain direct line of communication with the product team to influence feature requests.
• Assist customers in onboarding the product and resolve roadblocks they encounter.
• Think creatively about various technical challenges during the pre-sales life cycle.

Skills

DevOps monitoring

Technical presentations

Pre-sales experience

Windows/Linux administration

Travel up to 25%

Product demonstrations

Tools

Datadog platform knowledge

Job description

Datadog is seeking Sales Engineers to qualify and close opportunities by delivering technical presentations, product demonstrations, and evaluating customer needs. The role is hybrid, requiring regular engagement with clients and cross-functional teams to advocate for feature requests and resolve issues.

You’ll partner with sales, continually learn new technologies, and support customers from onboarding through deployment, while balancing travel and client site visits as needed.