Sales Engineer, Austin

Aerospike; United States; Remote; USD 190,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Sales Engineer, where you'll leverage your technical expertise to drive the adoption of a leading real-time data platform. In this pivotal role, you'll collaborate closely with sales teams, translating complex technical capabilities into compelling value for customers. You'll be the go-to expert throughout the sales process, from discovery to deployment, ensuring customers realize the full potential of the platform. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Strong technical background in real-time data platforms.
• Experience in pre-sales and customer engagement.

Responsibilities

• Prepare technical presentations to explain products to customers.
• Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements.
• Generate high-quality sales leads and secure orders.

Skills

Excellent presentation skills

Excellent communication skills

Linux experience

Databases (NoSQL, Relational, Distributed, MPP)

Problem solving and troubleshooting skills

Strong coding skills (Java, C/C++, Python, Go)

Customer-facing skills

Ability to work well under pressure

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

HBase

HDFS

Hive

Impala

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud (AWS, Microsoft, Google)

Job description

At Aerospike, we dream big and deliver even bigger. Our mission is to unleash the power of the world’s real-time data with a database built for infinite scale, speed, and sustainability.

We empower companies to tackle seemingly insurmountable challenges and achieve what’s never been done before. That’s why we developed the world’s leading real-time database—powering mission-critical applications for the most innovative, category-disrupting organizations.

Aerospike enables extreme-scale, real-time applications that:

• Fight fraud in microseconds.
• Drive dramatic increases in shopping cart size.
• Deliver hyper-personalized user experiences to tens of millions.

Industry leaders like Airtel, Experian, Nielsen, PayPal, Snap, Verizon Media, and Wayfair trust Aerospike as the foundation for their future. They rely on us to act in the moments that matter.

Headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in London, Bangalore, and Tel Aviv, Aerospike is the uncontested leader in next-generation, always-on, hyperscale data solutions. Unlike legacy NoSQL systems, our patented Hybrid Memory Architecture unlocks today’s hardware to deliver unimaginable performance and value for the most demanding data workloads—from the edge, to the core, to the cloud.

If you're ready to shape the future of data, join us.

Sales Engineer, West Coast

Job Summary

Aerospike is looking for a technically sharp, customer-focused Sales Engineer to help drive adoption of our blazing-fast real-time data platform. In this high-impact role, you’ll partner closely with our sales team to win business by translating complex technical capabilities into clear, compelling value for our customers.

You’ll serve as the technical expert and strategic advisor throughout the sales process — from discovery to demo to deployment. Whether it’s architecting a high-scale solution, answering in-depth questions, or running a proof of concept, your expertise will be key to helping customers realize the power of Aerospike.

This is a pre-sales position.

Responsibilities:

Preparing and developing technical presentations to explain our company's products or services to customers.

• Discussing equipment needs and system requirements with customers and engineers.
• Collaborating with sales teams to understand customer requirements and provide sales support.
• Generating high-quality sales leads, following up after initial contact, and securing and renewing orders.
• Researching, developing, and identifying modifying products to meet customers' technical requirements and needs.
• Helping customers who have problems with installed products and recommending best practices for upgrades and.
• Soliciting and logging client feedback and evaluating the data to create new sales and marketing strategies to target customers.
• Identifying areas for improvement and communicating these issues as well as possible solutions to upper management, including product managers.
• Setting and achieving sales goals and quotas.
• Training other members of the sales team on the technical aspects of the company's products and services.

Prerequisites

• Excellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent customer-facing skills directed toward C-Level and Developers
• Linux experience is a must
• Databases; NoSQL, Relational, Distributed, MPP
• Self-starter: must be able to assess, prioritize and complete work with minimal supervision
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Hadoop; Spark, HBase, HDFS, Hive, Impala
• Independent problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Understand the complexities of mission critical applications
• Feedback field requirements to product management and engineering
• Enable customers and partners through Meetups, ‘Beer and Curry’, Training sessions and Hack-a-Thons
• Knowledge Graph, Timeseries, and Feature Stores
• Language: Strong coding skills in at least one language: Java, C/C++, Python, Go,etc

Preferred

• Cloud; AWS, Microsoft, Google
• Docker and Kubernetes
• The ability to travel up to 30% of the time.
• Previous experience working for a small to medium business

Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer.We are committed to providing an environment free from discrimination on the basis ofrace, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

Salary Range for California Based Applicants: [$190,000 - $208,000] (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law)

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