Senior Sales Engineer - Netherlands

Datadog
Amsterdam +1 more

Who this role is best for

Enterprise technical professionals with public cloud and observability expertise will find this role in the Netherlands offers a consultative approach to sales and technical engagement.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years in enterprise sales engineering and public cloud experience
    — “5+ years of experience in Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or a technical customer-facing role within an enterprise environment”
  • Professionals adept at managing technical evaluations and project planning
    — “Project manage technical evaluations (POVs) end-to-end: scoping use cases and requirements, defining success criteria, building a project plan with clear timelines”

Things to consider

  • Travel is expected as part of the role to support customer engagements
    — “Willingness to travel as needed to support customer engagements”
  • The role demands cross-functional collaboration across multiple teams
    — “Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Support, and GTM teams to address customer needs and resolve technical blockers”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in translating technical challenges into customer outcomes
    — “bridge business goals with technical solutions”
  • Showcase your ability to lead technical evaluations and project management
    — “Project manage technical evaluations (POVs) end-to-end: scoping use cases and requirements”
  • Emphasize your background in Kubernetes, APM/tracing, and observability
    — “Proficient background in public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, APM/tracing, security, developer experience, observability”
  • Demonstrate your ability to engage with technical and executive stakeholders
    — “Skilled at navigating multi-stakeholder environments and adapting communication style to technical, business, and executive audiences”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Successfully led technical evaluations and customer discovery
  • Delivered compelling product demos and technical presentations
Typical background
Sales EngineeringTechnical Customer Support

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales EngineeringTechnical PresentationsProduct DemosTechnical EvaluationsCustomer DiscoveryProject ManagementTechnical Feedback

Preferred

AI ToolsCloud ServicesObservability

Stack & domain

Sales EngineeringSolutions EngineeringPublic CloudAWSAzureGCPKubernetesApm/tracingSecurityDeveloper ExperienceObservabilityTechnical EvaluationsProduct DemosTechnical PresentationsWorkshopsProject ManagementTechnical BlockersCustomer NeedsProduct FeedbackCustomer InteractionsActivity DocumentationDeal ProgressCustomer EngagementAICloudLeadershipCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkAttention To DetailCuriosityResourcefulnessStrategic ThinkingExecution

About the role

Original posting from Datadog

As an Enterprise Sales Engineer, you'll partner with Sales to help customers understand the value of Datadog and how it solves their most important technical and business challenges. You'll lead technical evaluations, deliver compelling demos, and guide customers through the journey from discovery to successful adoption.

You'll act as a trusted advisor, bridging business goals with technical solutions, and play a key role in winning new business and expanding existing accounts.

What You’ll Do:

Own the sales process in partnership with Account Executives by leading and shaping the technical strategy across opportunities from PG to Closed Won

Lead customer discovery to uncover technical challenges, business goals, and success criteria, then translate those needs into tailored Datadog solutions

Deliver engaging product demos, technical presentations, and workshops that connect platform capabilities to customer outcomes

Project manage technical evaluations (POVs) end-to-end: scoping use cases and requirements, defining success criteria, building a project plan with clear timelines, and holding all participants accountable to the process

Identify and cultivate technical champions within customer accounts, empowering them to advocate for Datadog adoption and drive consensus internally

Participat e actively in structured product and engineering field feedback sessions, serving as the technical voice of the customer to help shape product direction

Maintain operational excellence by ensuring activity, deal progress, and customer interactions are accurately documented and up to date in related systems 

Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Support, and GTM teams to address customer needs and resolve technical blockers

Who You Are: 

5+ years of experience in Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or a technical customer-facing role within an enterprise environment

Skilled at navigating multi-stakeholder environments and adapting communication style to technical, business, and executive audiences

Proficient background in public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, APM/tracing, security, developer experience, observability

Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to a range of audiences

A consultative approach to problem-solving and customer engagement

Ability to manage multiple opportunities and priorities in a fast-paced environment

Growth mindset by embracing change and AI tools

Willingness to travel as needed to support customer engagements

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

 Benefits and Growth: 

Best-in-breed onboarding

Generous global benefits

Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking

New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing

An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks 

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

About Datadog: 

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference. 

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