Senior Sales Engineer - Brazil

Harness
São Paulo, Brazil
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for technically proficient candidates who articulate value propositions and work with customers directly, with a background in cloud and DevOps, and who can manage travel commitments in Brazil.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in cloud infrastructure and DevOps who can translate business needs into technical solutions
    — “You either actively develop software, have a prior background as a developer, or worked with developers in a DevOps role”
  • Individuals skilled in demonstrating complex software platforms and engaging with customers at executive and technical levels
    — “World class presentation skills in delivering presentations/demos of our platform”
  • Professionals experienced in debugging and resolving customer issues during technical evaluations
    — “Able to work with customers directly to debug common errors”

Things to consider

  • Travel is expected throughout Brazil, including on short notice
    — “You are able to travel throughout a sales territory with minimal restrictions and occasionally on short notice”
  • The role requires staying current with evolving technologies and product changes
    — “You will remain knowledgeable and up-to-date on changes and developments on our technologies”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in translating customer pain points into technical solutions during interviews
    — “Ability to tie business problems to technical solutions”
  • Emphasize your experience with infrastructure automation tools like Terraform in your resume
    — “Strong cloud knowledge, you worked with infrastructure automation such as Terraform”
  • Demonstrate your ability to represent the product at events and to customers in your application materials
    — “You will be responsible for representing the product to customers and at field events such as conferences, seminars, etc.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Drive complex technical engagements with customers
  • Represent the product to customers and at field events
Typical background
5+ years of experience in technical sales or engineering roles

Skills & requirements

Required

Cloud KnowledgeInfrastructure AutomationTechnical Sales Support

Preferred

Presentation SkillsCustomer Engagement

Stack & domain

AIDevOpsCloud KnowledgeInfrastructure AutomationPresentation SkillsProblem-solving SkillsCommunication SkillsSoftware Delivery

About the role

Original posting from Harness

Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal (founder of AppDynamics, acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). Harness has raised approximately $570M in funding and is valued at $5.5B, backed by leading investors including Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, Citi Ventures, and more. As AI accelerates code creation, the real bottleneck has shifted to everything after the code – testing, deployments, application security, reliability, compliance, and cost optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this “outer loop,” helping teams ship software faster while maintaining security and governance throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle.

Powered by Harness AI and the Software Delivery Knowledge Graph, the Harness Platform applies deep context and intelligent automation across the software delivery lifecycle with governance and policy-driven controls embedded throughout the platform. 

Over the past year, Harness powered over 185M deployments, 82M builds, 18T flag evaluations, 8M security scans, 9.1B optimized tests, 3T protected API calls, and helped manage $2.8B in cloud spend — enabling customers like United Airlines, Morningstar, and Choice Hotels to accelerate releases by up to 75%, reduce cloud costs by up to 60%, and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency. 

With a global team across 26 offices and 27 countries, Harness is shaping the future of AI software delivery — and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Sales Engineer lives and works in 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. Senior Sales Engineers are the primary technical support for the 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 Harness customers and strategize with their sales counterparts to steer customers to a commercial relationship.

ABOUT THE ROLE

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

Drive complex technical engagements with customers to prove the value of Harness solutions 

ABOUT YOU

You will be responsible for delivering 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.

You will remain knowledgeable and up-to-date on changes and developments on our technologies

You either actively develop software, have a prior background as a developer, or worked with developers in a DevOps role  

Strong cloud knowledge, you worked with infrastructure automation such as Terraform

You are able to respond to functional and technical elements of RFIs/RFPs

You are able to convey customer requirements to Engineering teams

You are able to travel throughout a sales territory with minimal restrictions and occasionally on short notice

You have previous experience in pre-sales and value selling, covering enterprise accounts

You are fluent in Portuguese and have full working proficiency in English. Spanish is a differentiator.

AppSec experience is a plus

WORK LOCATION

Remote in Brazil

WHAT YOU WILL HAVE AT HARNESS

Experience a company building a transformative product

Ownership of your projects

Competitive salary

Flexible work schedule

Quarterly Harness TGIF-Off / 4 days

Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events

Harness in the news:

Accelerating Our Mission to Bring AI to Everything After Code

Goldman Sachs leads investment in software delivery startup Harness at $5.5 billion valuation

How Harness runs 16 “startups within a startup” at scale | Jyoti Bansal

Harness Research Shows AI Visibility Crisis Fueling Security Nightmare

Harness has been named to the Inc. Power Partner list for software delivery success

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

At Harness, we care about your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. For additional information on this topic, you can visit our privacy Portal: https://harness-privacy.relyance.ai/

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.

Source: Harness careers

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