
Sales Engineer
SOCKET
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇪🇺 Anywhere in Europe
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
GoJavaScriptPython
About the role
- Lead technical discussions and product demonstrations tailored to prospect needs
- Design and execute proofs of concept (POCs) that enable prospects to evaluate Socket effectively
- Address technical objections, troubleshoot issues, and build customer confidence
- Translate Socket's capabilities into business value for security and engineering teams
- Own the success and growth of assigned European enterprise accounts
- Create and execute success plans aligned to customer goals with clear KPIs
- Drive feature adoption and expansion opportunities across the customer base
- Conduct quarterly business reviews and renewal discussions
- Escalate customer feedback to product and engineering teams
- Collaborate with Sales, Product, Engineering, and CS teams to understand customer needs
- Contribute to scalable processes and playbooks for European enterprise accounts
- Provide strategic feedback on market needs and feature requests
- Support the creation of technical documentation and integration guides
Requirements
- 5+ years in pre-sales technical roles (Sales Engineer, Solutions Engineer, Solutions Architect, TAM) with enterprise customers
- 2+ years of experience in customer success, account management, or post-sale technical roles
- Prior experience in security, developer tools, or SaaS environments
- Hands-on technical background: prior software engineering, data science, or equivalent role
- Deep familiarity with package managers (at least one of npm or PyPI) and programming ecosystems (at least one of JavaScript or Python)
- Understanding of software supply chain security and vulnerability management concepts
- Ability to read/write basic scripts in Python, JS, or Go
- Knowledge of source control systems (Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
- RESTful API and integration experience
Benefits
- Pursue Excellence: We set ourselves apart by consistently delivering work of exceptional quality and distinction.
- Move with urgency and focus: We prioritize swift, decisive action.
- Think rigorously: We care about being right and it often takes reasoning from first principles to get there. We value alternative perspectives and have constructive discussions.
- Trust and amplify: We overtrust, always assume good intent, and give specific feedback to help each other improve.
- Feel a strong sense of ownership: We wear many hats and feel a strong sense of overall ownership of the company and we're non-territorial regarding our nominal domains.
- Are customer obsessed: We relentlessly prioritize the needs of our customers, striving to exceed their expectations and delight them at every interaction.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
pre-sales technical rolescustomer successaccount managementsoftware engineeringdata sciencepackage managersJavaScriptPythonscriptingRESTful API
Soft skills
technical discussionsproduct demonstrationstroubleshootingcustomer confidencestrategic feedbackcollaborationprocess improvementcommunicationcustomer relationship managementbusiness reviews