Principal Sales Engineer (UK)

Ping Identity; Denver (CO); On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule

Parental Leave

Progressive Healthcare Options

Retirement Programs

Education Reimbursement

Commuter Offset (Specific locations)

Job summary

Ping Identity seeks a Principal Sales Engineer to partner with the sales team, delivering engaging customer-focused meetings, demonstrations, and PoCs that articulate business and technical value.

You will apply deep technical and consultative skills, working with customers from C-level to developers, to understand needs and craft innovative solutions that align with business initiatives. The role requires travel and cross-region collaboration.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in a solution pre-sales role.
• Experience with IAM in enterprise organizations.
• Knowledge of IAM protocols and formats (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, LDAP, XML).
• Ability to lead pre-sales engagements and PoCs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver pre-sales activities, including demonstrations and PoCs.
• Provide technical guidance to customers, partners, and teams.
• Lead demos and build out solution showcases.
• Collaborate across teams to provide deep technical expertise.
• Ensure smooth handover between pre- and post-sales phases.
• Lead opportunities with Ping teams and Account Executives to close deals.
• Travel 20–30%, primarily in the UK with occasional EMEA travel.

Skills

IAM expertise

Presales leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Technical storytelling

Cloud platforms

Tools

Node.js

Vue.js

REST APIs

JavaScript

OAuth/OIDC/SAML

Job description

About Ping Identity:

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it.

About Ping Identity:

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it.

Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear.

While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work.

We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management.

The Role:

As a Principal Sales Engineer, you will work side by side with our sales team on engaging and interactive customer focused meetings, demonstrations, and proof of concepts that articulate the business and technical value a customer will receive from our solutions.

You will have the opportunity to exercise deep technical and consultative skills while leveraging your soft skills to engage with customers throughout all pre-sales phases of customer engagement.

You will work with customer teams, from C-level executives to developers, rapidly understanding a customer’s technical needs, how it enables their business initiatives, and deliver back an insightful and innovative solution that targets those needs.

Responsibilities:

• Business and technology delivery of various pre-sales activities including; planning/developing/delivering conceptual solution demonstrations and presentations, providing technical/product guidance to customers/partners/team, hands on delivery of proof of concepts, and responding to RfXs.
• Work together with other team members, Product Management and Product/Platform Engineering and Support in providing the right deep technical expertise for our prospects and customers
• Lead or assist team members in building out demos of our solutions and platform capabilities
• Embrace the collaborative culture in Ping by helping out other team members no matter which region they are in, ensuring we succeed as a company
• Guarantee a continuous handover between the teams when navigating between pre- and post-sales phases
• Act as pre-sales lead for prospect opportunities working with other Ping teams and partners and Account Executive to convert the prospect into a customer
• The travel volume is 20-30%. This will mostly in the UK but may also involve EMEA wide travel occasionally

Skills & Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in a solution pre-sales role
• Expertise of working with Identity & Access Management (IAM) solutions in or with enterprise organizations
• Working knowledge of IAM related protocols and formats such as: OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, LDAP, JSON, XML, SQL, etc.
• Experience with installation and configuration of one or more IAM technologies from: Ping Identity, Ping, CA, Oracle, IBM, Novell/NetIQ/Microfocus, or similar.
• Experience acting as a recognized leader, providing guidance and support for the extended Sales Engineering team, and handling the most complex and difficult sales opportunities.
• Commercial consultative skills, ability to interface with various levels including architects, developers, managers, CTO and engineering
• Ability to work with a high level of self-direction and/or collaboratively with other teams within Ping Identity
• Ability to relate proposed solution technical capabilities back to customer needs in a narrative style
• Competency with scripting languages (JavaScript, Groovy, etc.), RESTful Web Services and web development frameworks such as Node.JS and Vue.js.
• Deep product and technical expertise, with the ability to independently run a Proof of Concept to successful completion.
• Ability to lead a meeting across all different personas e.g. C-Level, Business owners, Architects, and Developers.
• Developing and delivering technical presentations, workshops, customized demonstrations, and proof of concepts
• General networking concepts and technologies such as: TCP/IP, HTTP/S, routing, load balancers, proxies, etc.
• Cloud Platforms - AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Eligibility to work in the UK

Life at Ping:

We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day.

Here are just a few of the things that make Ping special:

• A company culture that empowers you to do your best work.
• Employee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.
• Regular company and team bonding events.
• Competitive benefits and perks.
• Global volunteering and community initiatives

Our Benefits:

• Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule
• Parental Leave
• Progressive Healthcare Options
• Retirement Programs
• Opportunity for Education Reimbursement
• Commuter Offset (Specific locations)

Ping is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.