Socket
Technology
SalesEngineer,Enterprise
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“Sales Engineer, Enterprise at Socket. Skills: Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Technical SaaS, Security. Lead discussions. Product demonstrations”
What You'll Achieve.
Drive post-sales revenue; Ensure retention; Contribute to growth
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
7 plus years of pre-sales experience, Hands-on experience with enterprise customers, Ability to multitask, Highly organized, Detail oriented, Excellent time management skills, Empathetic mindset for the customer, Ability to work cross-functionally, Ability and desire to learn new tools, Experience with open source, Experience with vulnerability management, Experience with SCA, Read/write basic scripts in Python, Read/write basic scripts in JS, Read/write basic scripts in Golang, Knowledge of common source control managers
Nice to Have
CS degree or equivalent industry experience, Hands on experience with medium to large customers, Relevant security domain experience, Familiarity with vulnerability management SEA tools, Experience with AI, Experience with Large Language Models (LLM)
What You'll Do.
Product demonstrations
Showcase address customer challenges
Craft technical content
Guide customers in implementing use cases
Collaborate with account teams
Understand customer requirements
Translate requirements to Socket capabilities
Emphasize business value
Support Proof of Concepts (POCs)
Provide technical expertise
Guidance throughout evaluation process
Provide guidance on integrating solutions
Distill customer needs
Communicate customer needs
Distill product feedback
Communicate product feedback
Collaborate with Customer Success
Drive post-sales revenue
Execute cross-functional projects
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Engineering teams; Product teams; Design teams; Account teams; Customer Success; Sales teams; Marketing teams
Communication Scope
Technical content; Customer needs; Product feedback
Full Job Description
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 https://socket.dev/love to see for yourself!) Founded by Feross Aboukhadijeh https://www.linkedin.com/in/feross/, a long-time open source maintainer with software downloaded over a billion times a month, Socket has raised $ https://socket.dev/blog/series-b125M in funding https://socket.dev/blog/series-c 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. - Provide guidance on integrating solutions into 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 experie
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