Senior Pre-Sales Engineer — Hybrid NY, AI/Data Focus

KX; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tailored training

Healthcare & EAP

Maternity/paternity package

Job summary

KX is seeking a Senior Pre-Sales Engineer to join our technical sales team in New York. You’ll spend time with customers and prospects, understanding environments and use cases, providing technical skills to explain KX and OneTick, and identifying opportunities to expand sales.

Responsibilities include demonstrations, product training, and ongoing technical guidance. Ideal candidates have 3+ years in a kdb+ role within capital markets and are proficient in q, Python and SQL.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 3+ years’ proven experience in a kdb+ role within capital markets.
• Proficient with q, python and SQL.
• Knowledge of financial market data, data structures and asset classes.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for sales reps, customers and prospects developing strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Perform regular demonstrations that address pain points, identify value, and assess opportunities.
• Provide product training to prospects to ensure they can utilize our software.
• Provide ongoing technical guidance to prospects and raise issues to leadership, product, and R&D.
• Identify opportunities for new use cases and present them internally and externally.
• Define solution architecture for new use cases and expansion opportunities.
• Provide demos, workshops, and proofs of concepts to advance opportunities.
• Maintain accurate records of customer interactions, issues, use cases, performance metrics, etc.

Skills

Kdb+ experience

Q

Python

SQL

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Vector databases

LLMs

Generative AI

Job description

KX is seeking a Senior Pre-Sales Engineer to join our technical sales team in New York. You’ll spend time with customers and prospects, understanding environments and use cases, providing technical skills to explain KX and OneTick, and identifying opportunities to expand sales.

Responsibilities include demonstrations, product training, and ongoing technical guidance. Ideal candidates have 3+ years in a kdb+ role within capital markets and are proficient in q, Python and SQL.