Sales Engineer - DevOps & Observability Specialist

The Briefed

Denver (CO)

On-site

USD 80,000 - 106,000

Full time

38 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage
Dental & Vision coverage
Parental planning support
Mental health stipend
401(k) with employer match

Job summary

Datadog, the leading observability and security platform, seeks a Sales Engineer to partner with the enterprise sales team and qualify/close technical opportunities. You will deliver compelling demonstrations, own POCs, and troubleshoot during pre-sales, while feeding customer feedback to product and engineering teams.

Responsibilities include delivering tailored technical presentations, collaborating with Account Executives, and staying current on cloud infra and DevOps tools to build market

Qualifications

  • Experience with modern DevOps monitoring tools.
  • Hands-on sysadmin in Windows or Linux environments.
  • Strong ability to present and demo to external clients and internal teams.
  • Able to solve unstructured technical challenges during onboarding and evaluations.
  • Willing to travel up to 25% for client meetings and events.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Account Executives to articulate value proposition and observability strategy.
  • Deliver tailored technical presentations and live product demonstrations.
  • Guide customers through technical evaluations, system configuration, and onboarding of the platform.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers to prioritize feature requests and communicate feedback.
  • Expand knowledge of cloud infra, containers, and DevOps tooling for competitive intelligence.

Skills

DevOps monitoring
Systems administration
Presentation & demos
Creative problem solving
Travel up to 25%

Tools

AWS
Azure
Google Cloud Platform
Docker
Kubernetes
REST APIs
Python
Bash
PowerShell
ITSM integrations

Job description

Datadog, the leading observability and security platform, seeks a Sales Engineer to partner with the enterprise sales team and qualify/close technical opportunities. You will deliver compelling demonstrations, own POCs, and troubleshoot during pre-sales, while feeding customer feedback to product and engineering teams.

Responsibilities include delivering tailored technical presentations, collaborating with Account Executives, and staying current on cloud infra and DevOps tools to build market

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