Sales Engineer II: Cloud, Demos & POCs Expert

Socket.dev; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

Datadog is seeking a Sales Engineer in Denver to independently own technical engagements across the sales cycle, collaborating with Customer Success Managers to align customer objectives with Datadog’s platform.

The role emphasizes delivering tailored demonstrations, driving POCs, and expanding technical credibility while supporting cross-functional teams in a hybrid Denver office environment.

Qualifications

• 1.5 years+ as Sales Engineer or similar customer-facing technical role.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, observability, and DevOps technologies.
• Able to translate technical capabilities into business outcomes for customers.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Customer Success to articulate value, vision, and technical strategy throughout the sales cycle.
• Deliver tailored product demonstrations and technical presentations mapping customer challenges to Datadog solutions.
• Assist with technical discovery by identifying customer objectives and success criteria.
• Own technical evaluations (POCs) from kickoff through completion and drive customer engagement.
• Expand expertise across Datadog’s platform and build competitive knowledge and credibility.
• Develop relationships with customer technical stakeholders and communicate business value to buying teams.
• Share best practices, mentor newer Sales Engineers, and support enablement initiatives.
• Think creatively to solve a wide range of technical challenges during the sales cycle.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Observability

DevOps technologies

Product demonstrations

Technical presentations

Stakeholder management

Tools

Kubernetes

Containers

Operating systems

Networking

Job description

Datadog is seeking a Sales Engineer in Denver to independently own technical engagements across the sales cycle, collaborating with Customer Success Managers to align customer objectives with Datadog’s platform.

The role emphasizes delivering tailored demonstrations, driving POCs, and expanding technical credibility while supporting cross-functional teams in a hybrid Denver office environment.