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Sales EngineerJethro • Bay Area, CA
Sales Engineer

Sales Engineer

Jethro • Bay Area, CA
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Summary

The Sales Engineer is responsible for all technical aspects of the sales cycle, including customer satisfaction and understanding all technical aspects of the product. Typical responsibilities will include: architectural presentations, in depth technical demonstrations, on site and remote software installations, POCs (proof of concepts), and troubleshooting client’s technical issues.

The sales cycle is approximately 120+ days from start to finish. The majority of sales and sales support will be done via phone and web meetings. This role includes approximately 30% travel to prospects/customers, marketing events and attending various functions.

Role Description

Collaborate with sales team to provide sales support

  • Understand customer requirements and explain how Jethro addresses them
  • Prepare and deliver technical presentations describing Jethro’s solutions and positioning against alternatives
  • Help secure sales

Manage customer POCs

  • Work with customers to plan POC requirements, resources, timeline and success criteria
  • Manage POC progress, ensuring successful completion

Provide technical assistance

  • Solve technical problems customers encounter during POC and after purchase
  • Troubleshoot, provide workarounds, pinpoint issues for R&D

Become an expert on the market and Jethro’s products

  • Help improve the product by collecting customer requirements
  • Produce technical marketing materials through blog posts, tutorials, white papers, etc.

Other

  • Record activity, POC progress, maintain data quality in our customer relationship management system (SFDC) and our marketing automation system (Hubspot) as applicable

Requirements

Experience

  • At least 4 years as a software SE selling enterprise data warehouse (EDW)/Hadoop/database solutions
  • Experience giving presentations and hands on demonstrations
  • Sales commission based comp plan

Technical knowledge

  • Deep knowledge of SQL and query optimization Experience with analytical DBMS such as Teradata, Netezza, Vertica, Greenplum, Exadata, etc. Experience with Hadoop SQL engines such as Hive, Impala, Presto
  • Working knowledge of Hadoop ecosystem
  • Working knowledge of BI tools such as Tableau
  • Hands on experience with Linux admin, scripting, etc.
  • BA/BS Education – business / computer science related degree preferred

Skills

  • Ability to present to high level executives, as well as highly technical content
  • Strong sales skills –identify opportunities and potential threats to the sales cycle
  • Juggle multiple accounts and tasks in parallel
  • Responsive and organized
  • Strong presentation skills
  • Strong phone skills
  • Enthusiastic, outgoing, challenge driven, able to put in long hours as required and to produce results and new business; passionate about being successful in the role

Location

  • Pleasanton, CA (walking distance from the BART train) potentially moving to San Francisco later in the year

Compensation

  • Compensation is a combination of base salary plus commissions related to components such as: closed revenue, number of new customers, and number of POCs
  • Competitive compensation and equity relative to industry and previous earnings history; candidate will provide last 3 years of earnings history
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