Remote Sales Engineer — AI Security (Northeast)

Torq; New York (NY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Torq is hiring a Sales Engineer to build and lead pre-sales strategy in a hyper-growth, remote role based in the NYC metro area. You will evangelize Torq’s AI SOC platform, assess customers’ technical needs, and help them realize maximum value from our security solution.

You will guide the SE team, collaborate with sales and product, craft compelling demos and POCs, and present to both technical and executive audiences. This role requires travel and strong security domain knowledge.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in pre-sales/solutions engineering for SaaS security.
• Fluency with agentic AI, multi-agent systems, reasoning and planning, tool calling, MCP, prompt engineering.
• Hands-on use of AI tooling to build demo environments, POC assets, integrations, and workflows.
• Ability to address AI trust and governance in enterprise evaluations: explainability, audit trails, gates.
• Familiarity with AI SOC competitive landscape and architectures from autonomous triage to AI-augmented security.
• Fluency in the modern SOC operating model: triage, investigation, case management, Tier 1–3 workflows.
• Deep understanding of pre-sales processes with scoped POCs and measurable criteria.
• Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure) hands-on knowledge.
• Hands-on with Python, PowerShell, or Bash, plus REST APIs and JSON.
• Experience selling cybersecurity solutions (SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, Cloud Security).
• Based in NYC metro area with on-site presence.
• Excellent presentation skills for technical and executive audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and travel frequently.
• Fortune 1000 experience would be a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide outstanding pre-sales technical expertise and sales engineering processes.
• Lead the Sales Engineering team and ensure proper CRM usage.
• Partner with sales leadership to drive targets and operational excellence.
• Deliver compelling presentations to customers and prospects.
• Provide technical guidance and support to the sales team for maximum value.
• Collaborate with product to inform enhancements and roadmap decisions.

Skills

Pre-sales engineering

Security SaaS

AI tooling

AI governance

Public Cloud

Python

PowerShell

REST APIs

Fortune 1000

Presentation skills

Travel

Stakeholder influence

Job description

Torq is hiring a Sales Engineer to build and lead pre-sales strategy in a hyper-growth, remote role based in the NYC metro area. You will evangelize Torq’s AI SOC platform, assess customers’ technical needs, and help them realize maximum value from our security solution.

You will guide the SE team, collaborate with sales and product, craft compelling demos and POCs, and present to both technical and executive audiences. This role requires travel and strong security domain knowledge.