Sales Engineer

Thought Machine; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech firm in Johannesburg is seeking a candidate with hands-on experience in cloud platforms and excellent communication skills. You will conduct product demos, facilitate client workshops, and build relationships with customers. This role requires a strong background in fintech and a proven ability to lead engagements effectively. The company offers a highly competitive salary, flexible working hours, and a culture of continuous learning.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Paid holidays

Flexible working hours

Talented colleagues

Encouragement of learning and progress

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms.
• Proficiency in component configuration using command lines.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and software applications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to lead client workshops effectively.

Responsibilities

• Conduct product demos to showcase functionalities.
• Facilitate workshops to align solutions with client's objectives.
• Gather market insights through customer interactions.
• Build relationships with prospective customers.
• Respond to RFI and RFP requests.

Skills

Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms

Proficiency in command line consoles

Understanding of cloud infrastructure

Knowledge of technology trends in banking and fintech

Excellent communication skills

Ability to lead client engagements

Background in fintech or consultancy

Familiarity with Enterprise/Solution Architecture

Experience with development teams and solution architecture

Commercial awareness and pricing models

Pre-sales activities experience

Experience in large product implementations

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Apache Kafka

Job description

Description

Thought Machine’s mission is bold - to properly and permanently rid the world’s banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology.We have grown rapidly in the past few years - growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore and Sydney. We have raised more than $500m in funding and are now valued at $2.7bn. Our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more.We have created a culture enabling our team to produce the best work in the industry, ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the most generous employee share package in the industry. Global Finance Magazine named us one of the world’s most innovative fintechs, and the Financial Times recognised us as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies in 2023. Duties

• Conduct Product Demos, including out-of-the-box and customised demonstrations to showcase specific functionalities.
• Deliver Technical and Functional presentations, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of Vault from both technical and business perspectives.
• Facilitate Target State Solution Architecture Workshops to align our solutions with the client's strategic objectives.
• Lead Vault Solution Workshops to define the final solution, identifying product and configuration gaps.
• Gather market insights through interactions with prospective and current customers, contributing to trend spotting and market intelligence.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with individuals from prospective and current customers.
• Respond to Requests for Information (RFI) and Requests for Proposal (RFP).
• Develop tailored proposals for individual prospective clients to address their unique needs
• Demonstrate commercial awareness in enterprise software licensing models and procurement processes implemented by banks.

Requirements

Essential

Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), services, and technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker containers, Apache Kafka, RDBMS).

Proficiency in component configuration and operations using command line consoles (e.g., kubectl, kafkacat) and general UNIX.

Understanding of cloud infrastructure and large-scale distributed software applications, including architectural trade-offs across various deployment environments.

In-depth knowledge of current technology trends in banking and fintech, demonstrating thought leadership in the field.

Excellent communication skills, encompassing verbal, written, and presentation abilities.

Ability to lead client engagements and workshops effectively.

Background in fintech, vendor, or consultancy with extensive experience in client-facing roles.

Familiarity with Enterprise / Solution Architecture, especially in retail banking, core banking, and payments.

Experience with development teams and solution architecture, including knowledge of the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Commercial awareness, understanding pricing models, and commercial aspects of the sales process.

Previous involvement in pre-sales activities, demonstrating experience in a sales environment.

Experience in large mission-critical product implementations in large financial institutions from the vendor side.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Paidholiday and public holidays

Flexible working hours

A talented and experienced team as your colleagues

An environment where we encourage learning and progress