Enterprise Sales Engineer

Box; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 193,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

Box is seeking a Solutions Engineer to join our San Francisco team, working with Enterprise clients to expand Box AI and the full suite of Box solutions. You’ll own the technical win, craft customer-focused demonstrations, and coordinate a cross-functional team to deliver compelling, business-driven solutions.

In this role you’ll collaborate with Sales, Product, and Operations, presenting at field events and driving opportunities across accounts.

Qualifications

• 4 year degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of pre-sales, solutions engineering, or technical consulting in SaaS / enterprise software.
• Proven experience with Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems and content lifecycles.
• AI-curious and fluent in discussing LLMs, embeddings, automation, and prompts with diverse audiences.
• Strong presentation skills and ability to demonstrate business value through demos.
• Familiar with APIs, webhooks, REST, OAuth, JSON, Python, JavaScript.
• Experience with low-code/no-code automation tools (Nintex, Zapier, Workato, n8n).

Responsibilities

• Research customer problems and craft tailored solutions for exceptional experiences.
• Own the technical win and drive the technical deal forward.
• Understand product integrations and MCP servers.
• Lead demos showcasing Box AI and breadth of solutions (BoxAI, Web, Mobile, Shield, Relay, Sign, Governance, Canvas, Platform).
• Serve as a technical quarterback coordinating an extended solution team.
• Communicate business value and Box capabilities to customers.
• Support field events as Box SME and presenter.
• Travel up to 50% to engage with customers in territory.

Skills

Pre-sales experience

AI/LLM fluency

Presentations

Business acumen

Technical storytelling

REST/OAuth/Web APIs

Education

4 year degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Nintex

Zapier

Workato

n8n

Job description

WHAT IS BOX?

Box (NYSE:BOX) is the leader in Intelligent Content Management. Our platform enables organizations to fuel collaboration, manage the entire content lifecycle, secure critical content, and transform business workflows with enterprise AI. We help companies thrive in the new AI-first era of business. Founded in 2005, Box simplifies work for leading global organizations, including JLL, Morgan Stanley, and Nationwide. Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU

The Solutions Engineering Team at Box includes solutions engineers, value engineering, platform solution engineering, enterprise architects, and demo engineering. As a Solutions Engineer, you are empowered to sell to business and IT leaders in every space and vertical, and take ownership in crafting customer‑centric solutions. You will work alongside the account team to define and expand revenue opportunities, and ensure the solution is ready for cross company deployments. You also act as a critical liaison between Sales and Product; sharing customer feedback with the Product Management, Operations and Engineering functions at Box. Our highest performers have a natural curiosity, develop deep knowledge of the Box platform, have a strength in delivering value and story based demonstrations, and are capable of leading presentations related to the Box security story, technical architecture and product configuration.

This role is in the San Francisco office, supporting Enterprise clients to expand our footprint and break into new accounts.

What You'll Do

• You research, explore and identify customer business problems; you’ll think like a builder and experiment, iterate, and refine to make every customer experience exceptional


• You own the technical win in your account, and take responsibility for driving the technical deal forward


• Understand product integrations and MCP servers


• You lead demos articulating the value of Box selling the full suite of solutions (BoxAI, Box Web, Mobile, Shield, Relay, Sign, Governance, Canvas, Platform, and more)


• Technical quarterback managing the extended team from a solution standpoint


• Ability to showcase strong business acumen and communicate the value of the Box solution to the customer


• You support field marketing events as a Box SME and presenter


• Travel up to 50% to engage with customers in territory

Who You Are

We are an AI-first company. This means you approach your work with a growth mindset and find ways to leverage AI to help make faster, smarter decisions that will 10X your impact at Box.

• 4 year degree or equivalent work experience required


• 5+ years of pre-sales, solutions engineering, or technical consulting experience within SaaS, enterprise software, AI, or cloud platforms


• Proven experience with Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems, architectures, and content lifecycle workflows


• You’re AI-curious and technically fluent — comfortable discussing LLMs, embeddings, automation, and context and prompt engineering concepts with both technical and business audiences


• Strong presentation skills, with the ability to establish trust across a range of technical and non-technical audiences; passionate about showing, not just telling and designing demos and narratives that make the power of Box AI tangible


• Ability to learn, understand and communicate complex technical concepts and develop skills to create compelling solutions that demonstrate business value


• Displays follow through, stamina and effort in every step of the sales cycle


• Shows creativity when solving a customer's business problem; you experiment, iterate, and refine to make every customer experience exceptional


• Familiarity with APIs, webhooks, languages, and modern architectures (REST, OAuth, JSON, Python, Javascript etc.) is a plus


• Experience working with low‑code, no‑code automation such as Nintex, Zapier, Workato, and n8n

Box lives its values, with community and in‑person collaboration being a core part of our culture. Boxers are expected to work from their assigned office a minimum of 3 days per week.

At Box, we believe unique and diverse experiences benefit our culture, our products, our customers, our company, and our world. We aim to recruit a passionate, high-performing workforce that reflects the world we live in.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, and any other protected ground of discrimination under applicable human rights legislation. Box strives to respect the dignity and independence of people with disabilities and is committed to giving them the same opportunity to succeed as all other employees. Inclusiveness is core to our culture at Box, and we strive to ensure you get the most from your interview experience.

Box makes reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please complete this form. Reasonable accommodations may include scheduling adjustments, document dictation and beyond.

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Box is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual base salary (or OTE if commissionable role) is dependent upon factors such as: knowledge, skill level, experience, and work location. This role is also eligible for equity and benefits. For more information, check out our benefits and perks. In accordance with OFCCP compliance, here is the Pay Transparency Provision.

San Francisco Pay Range: $192,500 USD - $240,500 USD