Sales Engineer

EngFlow GmbH; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Annual team meetups

Competitive compensation

Job summary

EngFlow is seeking a Sales Engineer to bridge sales and engineering, providing technical expertise on Build and Remote Execution to prospects and customers, enabling them to solve complex challenges with EngFlow’s cutting-edge tools.

This high-impact, client-facing role requires a deep understanding of Bazel, cloud platforms, and modern development workflows, plus strong communication to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Bazel experience.

Responsibilities

• Technical leadership as the sales team’s domain expert on Build Solutions.

Skills

Bazel experience

Sales engineering

Software development

Presentation skills

Business-technical alignment

Build technologies

Caching/Remote execution

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)

Enterprise experience

Team player

Travel

Tools

Bazel

Job description

Remote - based in the US.

About EngFlow

At EngFlow, we help developers save time by accelerating software builds and tests. Our cloud-based, distributed service optimizes developer workflows through remote execution and caching, improving efficiency, productivity, and product quality.

Backed by top investors, EngFlow is redefining how companies build software and ship well-tested products. Our solutions speed up builds by a factor of 10 or more, while our observability platform provides actionable insights for optimization. Founded by key contributors to Bazel, we build tools that empower engineering teams—from startups to Fortune 500 companies—to enhance developer velocity and improve build performance.

Learn more about our mission, culture, and team: EngFlow | Video

As a Sales Engineer at EngFlow, you’ll play a pivotal role at the intersection of sales and engineering, helping to drive business development and sales growth. You’ll provide technical expertise on Build and Remote Execution to our prospects and customers, enabling them to solve complex challenges with EngFlow’s cutting-edge tools. This is a high-impact, client-facing role that requires a deep understanding of build systems, cloud technologies, and development processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Serve as the technical domain expert on Build Solutions (e.g., Bazel, Chromium) for the sales team and key client relationships.

• Customer Success: Configure, install, and support EngFlow products, troubleshoot technical issues, and ensure our solutions meet client needs.

• Articulate Technology: Clearly communicate EngFlow’s technology and value proposition to both technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels (executive, business, engineering).

• Pre-Sales Support: Lead technical discovery, provide architectural guidance, and support sales campaigns by building strong client relationships.

• Expert Guidance: Offer expertise in Bazel, Build Systems, distributed systems, cloud (AWS/GCP), DevOps, and IT operations to support clients and prospects.

• Customer Success: Foster an environment focused on strategic customer success and feedback to shape product development.

• Sales Outreach: Engage with potential customers via LinkedIn, Bazel Slack, GitHub, emails, etc., to generate new sales opportunities.

• Prototyping & Tools: Develop prototypes and tools to assist in lead generation and broaden the addressable market.

You will have the opportunity to..

• Learn from the Experts: Work alongside the engineers who created Bazel and contribute to open-source development.

• Build Relationships: Engage with large enterprise customers and build relationships with engineers working with Bazel.

• Contribute to the Community: Contribute to Bazel and other open-source projects, advancing EngFlow’s platform, which powers hundreds of companies like Snap, Fivetran, and Brave.

Requirements

• Hands-on Bazel Experience: Practical experience working with Bazel.

• Sales Engineering Experience: 4+ years in technical pre-sales or sales engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience (practitioners are welcome).

• Software Development Proficiency: Strong development skills and understanding of programming concepts.

• Presentation Skills: Excellent presentation and communication abilities, especially in technical environments.

• Business & Technical Alignment: Ability to link business value to technical solutions.

• Technical Expertise: Proficiency in Bazel, Build Technologies, Caching, Remote Execution, DevOps, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), and scheduling platforms.

• Enterprise Experience: Experience implementing software solutions for large, dynamic enterprises.

• Collaborative Team Player: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, focusing on providing an exceptional customer experience.

• Travel: Willingness to travel domestically and occasionally internationally.

Benefits

Package includes base+salary. We offer comprehensive medical, dental, vision benefits, 401k/pension, parental leave and generous vacation. The team is fully remote but we enjoy meeting together several times a year at exciting destinations throughout the world. We value getting the work done and having fun while doing it, and have done numerous fun team events such as chocolate, whisky, and tea tastings, monthly team games, escape the room, and other fun events.