Pre-Sales Eng - Time-Series DB (Flexible Hours, Equity)

QuestDB; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous equity options package

Flexible working hours

Freedom of choice for your technical装备

International team

Job summary

QuestDB is seeking a pre-sales engineer for North America to own the technical side of every sales cycle. You will validate architectures, run PoCs, and articulate how QuestDB’s columnar time-series database excels on customer data, with strong collaboration with executives and engineers.

You will engage with banks, fintechs and enterprises, run technical sessions, and ensure successful deployments from discovery to production readiness, while traveling to meet customers in NY and beyond.

Qualifications

• Experience running or supporting technical evaluations with enterprise buyers.
• Hands-on background in databases, streaming, or data infrastructure.
• Based in New York City, or on the US East Coast with ability to visit New York regularly.
• Strong SQL and understanding of database internals: storage layout, partitioning, indexing, query planning, and columnar storage importance.
• A precise communicator who can explain trade-offs to engineers and writes clearly.
• Comfortable in front of customers, on calls and in person, running technical sessions solo.

Responsibilities

• Run technical discovery with engineers, architects and quants to assess data, scale and current infrastructure.
• Design and run proofs of concept with clear success criteria and timelines.
• Own deployment discussions: sizing, replication, HA, backup, BYOC on AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, TLS/SSO.
• Deliver demos and deep dives tailored to audience from small teams to board reviews.
• Position QuestDB against incumbents with precise value demonstrations and migration considerations.
• Respond to security questionnaires and RFIs, conducting vendor due-diligence with customer teams.
• Hand over closed deals with implemented configurations and open items for support.
• Turn field work into reusable assets: reference architectures, benchmarks and migration guides.
• Provide product feedback to CTO and core engineers with documented evidence.
• Represent QuestDB at meetups and events in North America.

Skills

Strong SQL

Database internals

Precise communicator

Customer-facing

Python programming

Java

C++

Rust

Go

Tools

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Grafana

Parquet tooling

Job description

QuestDB is seeking a pre-sales engineer for North America to own the technical side of every sales cycle. You will validate architectures, run PoCs, and articulate how QuestDB’s columnar time-series database excels on customer data, with strong collaboration with executives and engineers.

You will engage with banks, fintechs and enterprises, run technical sessions, and ensure successful deployments from discovery to production readiness, while traveling to meet customers in NY and beyond.