Sales / Pre-Sales Engineer - Data Platform

1 month ago
Full-time
Senior
Sales and Business Development
Formativ Group

Formativ Group

We are focused on enabling dynamic workflows, implementing the right application solutions, and ensuring your data is available when and where it’s needed.

Internet Software & Services

Description

  • Run technical discovery with data and platform leaders at regulated enterprises.
  • Lead platform assessments by mapping customer estates, scoring complexity, and showing migration blast radius.
  • Own demos and proof-of-concepts end to end as the primary technical proof in the sales cycle.
  • Translate customer migration risk into concrete technical analysis and recommendations.
  • Handle technical objections around perimeter security, cross-platform lineage, and build-versus-buy decisions.
  • Scope engagements and hand off cleanly to FormativGroup delivery while staying close through implementation.
  • Feed field learnings back into product priorities and roadmap decisions.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of technical pre-sales or solutions engineering experience, ideally selling data or platform software into enterprise or regulated buyers.
  • 5+ years of fluency across modern and legacy data stacks, including ETL/ELT tools such as Talend, Informatica, and DataStage.
  • Experience with warehouses and lakehouses such as Snowflake, Databricks, and Teradata, plus dbt, BI, lineage, and governance.
  • Ability to run a POC that builds trust and proves value on the customer's real problem.
  • Comfort presenting to both technical teams and senior business stakeholders.
  • Clear, structured communication with the ability to lead with the conclusion.
  • Experience working in a startup or 0-1 environment, helping build a motion, function, or product from scratch.
  • Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to define the path when one does not already exist.
  • AI fluency is required, including proficiency with AI tools, AI-first workflows, and examples of AI used in real work.
  • Strongly preferred: experience selling into regulated industries such as financial services, insurance, or healthcare.
  • Nice to have: background in data migration or modernization projects.
  • Nice to have: familiarity with regulatory drivers such as BCBS 239, DORA, and the EU AI Act, plus perimeter and sovereignty constraints.
  • Nice to have: hands-on cloud deployment experience with Azure or AWS in customer-controlled environments.
  • Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. and unable to require visa sponsorship now or in the future.
  • Must reside in one of the eligible U.S. states or Washington, DC, and be based in or near Austin, TX is preferred.

Benefits

  • Estimated base salary range of $150,000 to $185,000 USD.
  • Eligibility for discretionary bonuses, commissions, or other incentive programs.
  • Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Paid time off.
  • Remote work with approximately 25% travel.

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