Sales Engineer

Shield; New York (NY); On-site; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Shield, a global startup with offices in New York, is hiring a Sales Engineer to join its North America Sales team. You will be the technical backbone of deals, partnering with Account Executives to map requirements and design compliant solutions for financial services customers.

You will lead technical discovery, run POCs, respond to RFPs, and coordinate with Product, Security and Legal to ensure robust evaluations. Expect travel up to 30% and a base salary in the $145k–$160k range.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a hands-on technical field with customer-facing presales or solutions
• Experience selling into financial institutions or regulated industries is a plus
• Knowledge of messaging, collaboration platforms, and security/infrastructure basics
• Strong SaaS, cloud, APIs, and data integration understanding
• Ability to connect technical choices to business outcomes
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead from discovery through solution design and hand-off
• Partner with Account Executives to map Shield capabilities to customer requirements and pricing
• Lead technical discovery sessions, workshops, and product demonstrations
• Own technical scoping, data sources, integrations, and deployment model
• Respond to RFPs, RFIs, and security questionnaires with cross-functional input
• Design and run POCs to validate solutions and produce clear recommendations
• Build credibility with stakeholders across Compliance, IT, and Security
• Gather feedback to influence products, messaging, and sales assets
• Present at industry events and share learnings with the field

Skills

Enterprise sales

Presales experience

Financial services

Solution design

RFP/RFIs

Cloud/SaaS

Public speaking

Travel readiness

Job description

Shield is a global startup with offices in Tel Aviv, New York, London and Lisbon. We're growing and looking for the next important piece of the puzzle. Is it you?

We're hiring a Sales Engineer to join our North America Sales team, reporting to the SVP of Sales. You'll be a core member of the GTM team and the technical backbone of a successful sale: partnering with Account Executives to advance deals by uncovering requirements, designing solutions around Shield's Communications Compliance suite, overcoming technical objections and proving value through evaluations. You'll be working with compliance, surveillance, IT and information security leaders across financial services, and you'll be expected to earn their trust.

The sales engineer at Shield supports the sale and shapes it. The best people here don't wait to be asked for a demo; they see what a deal needs and go get it.

What you will do:

• Serve as the technical lead on enterprise accounts from discovery through solution design, evaluation and hand-off to Professional Services and Customer Success
• Partner with Account Executives to map Shield's capabilities to each prospect's compliance requirements, communication landscape and surveillance priorities, and to proactively push deals past technical objections
• Lead technical discovery, client workshops and remote and in-person product demonstrations that are built around the prospect's use cases rather than a script
• Own technical scoping: data sources, capture and archiving requirements, integrations, deployment model, security posture and the assumptions that feed pricing
• Own responses to RFPs, RFIs and information security questionnaires, working with Product, Security and Legal to produce answers that hold up under scrutiny
• Design and run POCs and other solution validation exercises: define success criteria up front, diagnose gaps, guide trade-offs and turn results into a clear recommendation
• Build relationships and technical credibility with stakeholders across Compliance, Surveillance, IT, InfoSec and Sourcing in customer, prospect and partner accounts
• Bring structured field feedback to Product Management, Solution Management and Marketing, and help shape the messaging, sales assets and technical playbooks that come back to the field
• Prepare for, attend and present at industry trade events and webinars
• Share what you learn with the wider team and raise the bar

Experience and skills:

• 5+ years in a hands-on technical field, including 3+ years in a customer-facing presales, consulting or solutions role
• Experience selling into or working with financial institutions is valued; experience in compliance, communications surveillance, archiving or a related regulated industry is a strong plus
• Knowledge of messaging and collaboration platforms and other communication technologies, and the networking, security and identity infrastructure they rely on
• Strong background in SaaS infrastructure and cloud technologies, including APIs, data ingestion and integration patterns
• Comfort operating where technical, regulatory and commercial considerations meet, and the ability to connect technical choices to business outcomes
• Demonstrated strong written, verbal and presentation abilities
• Proven ability to manage customers and their expectations, and to work independently and deliver without being micromanaged
• An energetic, positive, "get it done" attitude
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% of the time

** This position is based in New York - The base salary for this role is between $145,000 USD - $160,000 USD .This role includes variable compensation and equity. The salary will be dependent upon many factors, including your experience level, skill set, and market knowledge. This range is based on Shield's good faith estimate as of the date of the job posting and may be modified in the future.

More information about Shield:

Shield is the industry's most comprehensive digital communications governance and archiving solution, purpose-built for financial institutions. Named a Visionary by Gartner, Shield's platform blends AI innovation with deep regulatory expertise to simplify compliance, strengthen security, and unlock efficiency.

Trusted by leading global financial institutions, Shield works closely with its partners to help compliance teams uncover hidden risks, prevent financial crimes, and protect both people and markets. . With operations across key financial hubs worldwide, we support customers wherever they operate, navigating complex regulatory environments with confidence. At our core, we're focused on building trust: protecting market integrity and creating a world where communication is understood and accountable.

Our work has been recognized by industry leaders and analysts, including Deloitte Fast 500, Dun & Bradstreet's Top 20 Companies, Regulation Asia Awards, and RegTech Insight Awards Europe-reflecting our impact, growth, and commitment to excellence.

If you're ready to make a real impact at a fast-growing, mission-driven company working with the world's leading banks to redefine communication governance and compliance - this is the place for you.