Socket

Technology

SalesEngineer,Enterprise

$190–240k United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“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.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

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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