About the Role
Soda is seeking a Sales Engineer to join our Brooklyn HQ. This role involves working on enterprise deals with technical buyers, learning the full sales cycle, and growing within a fast-paced startup environment. You will collaborate directly with Account Executives and the CRO on enterprise accounts, owning the technical aspects of deals.
Responsibilities
- Run demos and scope PoCs alongside AEs, from first technical call through to closed-won
- Translate customer problems into Soda solutions and Soda's capabilities into customer language
- Build custom demos, sample pipelines, and PoC environments that show real value
- Own product, technical, and security responses on RFPs and RFIs
- Support customers through evaluation, purchasing, and implementation
- Act as the technical voice in discussions with Data Engineers, Heads of Data Platform, and Chief Data Officers
- Provide feedback to product and engineering on market trends and customer needs
- Travel occasionally to customer sites, team offsites, and conferences
- Contribute across various stages of the sales cycle in a startup environment
Requirements
- 1-3 years as a Sales Engineer, Solutions Engineer, or similar customer-facing technical role at a B2B SaaS company
- Undergraduate degree (or higher) in a technical field such as Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or Engineering
- Fluent in Python, including the ability to read, write, and debug code in front of a customer
- Experience running demos and supporting PoCs in customer environments
- Strong customer communication skills, able to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Builder mentality with a process-oriented approach, capable of optimizing and streamlining processes
- Ability to write documentation without prompting and propose fixes for broken processes
- Experience automating repetitive tasks using workflows
- High horsepower with ruthless prioritization skills, able to context-switch effectively
- Manage multiple projects with expansive ownership and avoid dropping tasks
- Humble attitude with an eagerness to help others and acquire missing knowledge
- Based in NYC or willing to relocate
Skills
- Python
- Customer Communication
- Technical Demonstrations
- Proof of Concepts (PoCs)
- RFP/RFI Response
- Sales Cycle Management
- Problem Translation
- Automation
- Prioritization
- Context Switching
Location
- In-person, Brooklyn HQ
- NYC
Work Type
- In-person
Experience Level
- 1-3 years
Education Level
- Undergraduate degree in a technical field
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000-$140,000
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- 401k
- Medical insurance
- Equity
About the Company
- Soda provides the data quality layer for major companies like Disney, Ralph Lauren, CBRE, HelloFresh, 2K Games, and Nubank.
- The company operates in a rapidly growing market driven by the need for reliable data in AI applications.
