Senior Sales Engineer - London at Harness

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

03 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 Dec, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Sales Engineering, Cybersecurity Solutions, Cloud Technologies, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Technical Presentations, API Security, Microservices Architecture, Infrastructure, Technical Pitches, Customer Engagement, RFI/RFP Response, Customer Requirements, Technical Support

Industry

Software Development

Description

Harness is a high-growth company that is disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users reliably, efficiently, securely and quickly, increasing customers’ pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build, test, secure, deploy and manage reliability, feature flags and cloud costs. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI, CD, Cloud Cost Management, Feature Flags, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace. Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, who founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7B. We’re backed with $425M in venture financing from top-tier VC and strategic firms, including J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, ServiceNow, Splunk Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Adage Capital Partners, Balyasny Asset Management, Gaingels, Harmonic Growth Partners, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank. Position Summary The Senior Sales Engineer lives and works at the intersection between sales and engineering. The ideal candidate must be able to articulate technology and product positioning at the executive, business and technical levels. Sales Engineers are the primary technical support for the field sales force and are responsible for actively driving and managing the technology evaluation stage of the sales process. They are there to ensure success with all Traceable by Harness prospective customers and strategize with their sales counterparts to steer customers to a commercial relationship. Key Responsibilities: World class presentation skills in delivering presentations/demos of our platform Able to work with customers directly to debug common errors Ability to tie business problems to technical solutions Capable of understanding and articulating technology value propositions Recommend API security best practices, microservices architecture and infrastructure Drive complex technical engagements with customers to prove the value of Traceable by Harness solutions About You Proven experience as a Pre-Sales Engineer, with a focus on cybersecurity solutions Strong knowledge in cloud technologies including (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, etc.) Able to deliver a great product demonstration which tells a story of how our software provides value to our customer You will be responsible for representing the product to customers and at field events such as conferences, seminars, etc. Experience presenting and delivering technical pitches to CISOs, architects, and technical staff Knowledgeable and up-to-date on changes and developments on our technologies Ability to respond to functional and technical elements of RFIs/RFPs Ability to convey customer requirements to Engineering teams Open to travel across the sales territory with flexibility, including short-notice trips when needed. BA/BS degree or equivalent experience required Work Location Must be within commuting distance of London What You Will Have at Harness Competitive salary Comprehensive healthcare benefits Flexible work schedule Paid Time Off and Parental Leave Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events Monthly internet reimbursement Quarterly Harness TGIF-Off / 4 days Harness in the news: Harness AI Tackles Software Development’s Real Bottleneck After 'Vibe Coding' Comes 'Vibe Testing' (Almost) Startup Within a Startup: Empowering Intrapreneurs for Scalable Innovation - Jyoti Bansal (Harness) Jyoti Bansal, Harness | theCUBEd Awards Eight years after selling AppDynamics to Cisco, Jyoti Bansal is pursuing an unusual merger Harness snags Split.io, as it goes all in on feature flags and experiments Exclusive: Jyoti Bansal-led Harness has raised $150 million in debt financing All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Note on Fraudulent Recruiting/Offers We have become aware that there may be fraudulent recruiting attempts being made by people posing as representatives of Harness. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers. Please note, we do not ask for sensitive or financial information via chat, text, or social media, and any email communications will come from the domain @harness.io. Additionally, Harness will never ask for any payment, fee to be paid, or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations. If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Harness, please do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at security@harness.io. You can also find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission’s website (https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams), or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.

Responsibilities

The Senior Sales Engineer is responsible for delivering presentations and demos of the Harness platform, working directly with customers to debug issues, and driving technical engagements to demonstrate the value of the solutions. They also strategize with sales counterparts to foster commercial relationships with prospective customers.