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Sales Engineer

Sales Engineer

CompanyFastly
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
Salary$162742 – $195291
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • 5+ year experience in a similar role
  • Experience selling to or working in relevant industry
  • Knowledge in cloud and web related technologies is required
  • Customer facing experience is essential
  • Experience performing demos in front of both technical and business focused prospects
  • Comfort with networking/security systems/protocols and Linux systems are essential
  • Impeccable written communication skills are important
  • Comfortable keeping up with technology trends in cloud services
  • Ability to travel domestically

Responsibilities

  • Understand customer needs and assist in developing a technical sales strategy
  • Perform product demonstrations live in the field or via video conference
  • Provide pre-sales support to customers in establishment of configurations and services
  • Participate in product, sales and role-specific trainings so as to remain effective in your role
  • Be able to contribute content for general customer education
  • Assist in responding effectively to RFPs
  • Provide pre and post sales support to Account Executives and Account Managers
  • Research prospects business/technology prior to engaging with the prospect
  • Build and support customer POC/POV solutions (this can include WAF, Delivery, Streaming, Edge Compute, etc)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of video streaming and W3 technologies is a plus
  • Ability to code/learn a web scripting / programming language (Varnish / VCL / JavaScript / Rust / Go) is a plus
  • Willing to mentor junior sales engineers learn and grow
  • Willing to educate Account Executives and Account Managers
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, MIS or a comparable field is preferred