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Sales Engineer, Enterprise

AI summary of the role

Socket seeks a Sales Engineer to support enterprise customers in a pre-sales capacity, bridging customers with engineering, product, and design teams.

What you’ll do

  • Lead product demonstrations and handle technical objections for enterprise customers.
  • Craft technical content to guide customers on use cases and solution extensions.
  • Support Proof of Concepts (POCs) with technical expertise and troubleshooting.
  • Collaborate with account teams to translate customer requirements into Socket capabilities.

What you’ll bring

  • 7+ years of pre-sales experience in Sales Engineering or Solutions Engineering.
  • Hands-on experience with enterprise customers in security or technical SaaS.
  • Ability to read/write basic scripts in Python, JS, or Golang.
  • Experience with open source, vulnerability management / SCA.

Technologies

Python · JavaScript · Golang · GitLab · Bitbucket · SCA · vulnerability management · open source · SDKs · web APIs

About Socket

Developer-first software supply chain security platform that helps engineering and AppSec teams detect malicious packages, triage dependency risk, and manage open source exposure with less noise.

Series B · 50–100 people

Source and classification

Technical pre-sales · Evidence for this classification:

About Us Socket helps devs and security teams ship faster by cutting out security busywork. Thousands of orgs use Socket to safely find, audit, and manage open source code. Our customers - from Anthropic to xAI, and Figma to Vercel - love Socket (just check out their tweets to see for yourself!) Founded by Feross Aboukhadijeh, a long-time open source maintainer with software downloaded over a billion times a month, Socket has raised $125M in funding from top angels, operators, and security leaders. About the Role Socket is looking for a Sales Engineer to support our enterprise customers. In this role you will be at the nexus between our customers and our engineering, product, and design teams. You'll work cross-functionally in order to provide technical education, guidance, and support in a pre-sales capacity. What You'll Do Lead discussions and product demonstrations to showcase
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About Us Socket helps devs and security teams ship faster by cutting out security busywork. Thousands of orgs use Socket to safely find, audit, and manage open source code. Our customers - from Anthropic to xAI, and Figma to Vercel - love Socket (just check out their tweets to see for yourself!) Founded by Feross Aboukhadijeh, a long-time open source maintainer with software downloaded over a billion times a month, Socket has raised $125M in funding from top angels, operators, and security leaders. About the Role Socket is looking for a Sales Engineer to support our enterprise customers. In this role you will be at the nexus between our customers and our engineering, product, and design teams. You'll work cross-functionally in order to provide technical education, guidance, and support in a pre-sales capacity. What You'll Do Lead discussions and product demonstrations to showcase capabilities; address customer challenges, respond to questions, and handle objections. Craft technical content to guide customers in implementing specific use cases or extending our solution. Collaborate with account teams to understand customer requirements and translate them to Socket capabilities, emphasizing business value. Support Proof of Concepts (POCs) that align with customer requirements; provide technical expertise, troubleshooting, and guidance throughout the evaluation process. [... source excerpt omitted ...] to the customer's existing infrastructure. Distill and communicate customer needs and product feedback to Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, and Sales. Collaborate with Customer Success to drive post-sales revenue, ensure retention, and contribute to growth. Execute cross-functional projects involving teams such as Engineering, Sales, and Marketing. What You'll Bring Required: 7 plus years of pre-sales experience in a Sales Engineering or Solutions Engineering role. Hands-on experience working with enterprise customers in the security or technical SaaS space. Ability to multitask and efficiently handle multiple competing priorities, delegating when necessary whil [... source excerpt omitted ...] nowledge of common source control managers such as gitlab or bitbucket. Preferred: CS degree or equivalent industry experience. Hands on experience working with medium to large customers up to 1000 employees. Relevant security domain experience and familiarity with vulnerability management SCA tools. Experience with AI and Large Language Models (LLM) Our Interview Process Phone Screen with our Talent Team Virtual f2f with the Hiring Manager Virtual f2f with a few members of the team Presentation Final call with our Founder Debrief References Offer Hiring is a big decision on both sides. Read more about our Hiring Philosophy and how we approach the process at Socket

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