Pre-Sales Engineer

Company Description

Denodo is the leader in data virtualization - providing unmatched performance,
unified access to the broadest range of enterprise, Big Data, cloud and
unstructured sources, and the agilest data services provisioning and
governance - at less than half the cost of traditional data integration.
Denodo's customers have gained significant business agility and ROI by
creating a unified virtual data layer that serves strategic enterprise-wide
information needs for agile BI, big data analytics, web and cloud integration,
single-view applications, and SOA data services across every major industry.
Founded in ‎1999, Denodo is privately held.

Job Description

The Opportunity
As a Pre-Sales Engineer, you will be responsible for technical account
leadership and management for the Denodo Sales Cycle across multiple strategic
accounts, including relationships with technical counterparts within those
organizations. The selected candidate will be working closely with experienced
Sales, Marketing and Product Management personnel and will be supported by a
strong technical team in an ideal, fast paced, rapidly growing startup
environment to grow professionally and go beyond expectations.

Your career with us will combine cutting edge technology, exposure to
worldwide clients across all industries (Financial Services, Automotive,
Insurance, Pharma, etc.) and an exciting growth path as part of a global team.
Duties & Responsibilities

As a Sales Engineer you will successfully employ a combination of high
technical expertise, client communication and coordination skills between
clients and internal Denodo teams to achieve your mission.

Product and Technical Knowledge:
* Obtain and maintain strong knowledge of the Denodo Platform, be able to deliver a superb demo and technical pitch, including overview of our key and advanced features and benefits, services offerings, differentiation, and competitive positioning
* Be able to address a majority of technical questions concerning customization, integration, enterprise architecture and general feature / functionality of our platform
* Capable of building and/or leading the development of custom demos and PoCs based and beyond customer requirements
* Provide timely, prioritized and complete customer-based feedback to Product Management, Sales, Support and/or Development regarding customer requirements and issues.
Presentation and organizational skills:
* Train and engage customers in the product architecture, configuration, and use of the Denodo Platform
* Know where to escalate within the Denodo technical organization, and make effective use of those resources.
Customer engagement:
* Enthusiastically present software solutions to prospective customers, from IT managers and technicians to C-level executives
* Lead the completion of RFI and RFP
* Manage client expectations, establish credibility at all levels within the client and build problem-solving partnerships with the client and colleagues
* Along with Marketing, Sales, Sales Engineering and Product Management, and based on market or customer feedback, lead the definition, development and presentation of product and solution demos and PoCs for prospects and partners
* Provide technical support to entire sales team as appropriate (e.g. handle technical questions and escalate them when required, conduct training and/or briefings)
* Document and track all activity through CRM and an internal wiki, including lead/prospect data entry, detailed activity reports, setting tasks for follow-up, architectures, challenges, etc.

Qualifications

Desired Skills & Experience
* BS or higher degree in Computer Science
* ‎5+ years as a Sales/Solution Engineer, Consultant or Enterprise Architect
* Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills to be able to interact with technical and business counterparts
* Knowledge and experience on Enterprise Architecture Best Practices and Frameworks will be a plus
* A "can do" attitude
* Willingness to travel
Hands-on working experience in any of the following areas:
* Solid understanding of SQL and a good grasp of relational and analytical database management theory and practice. Understanding and optimization of complex queries.
* Understanding of Data Integration flavors (ETL/Data Warehousing, ESB/Messaging, DV).
* Understanding of BigData, NoSQL, in-memory, MPP environments is welcome.
* Technical skills include JDBC/ODBC, XML, JSON, REST APIs, Java development and version control systems. Good knowledge of software development and architectural patterns.

Additional Information

Employment Practices
* We are committed to equal employment opportunity.
* We respect, value and welcome diversity in our workforce.
* We do not accept resumes from headhunters or suppliers that have not signed a formal fee agreement. Therefore, any resume received from an unapproved supplier will be considered unsolicited, and we will not be obligated to pay a referral fee.