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Staff Sales Engineer, South

Cockroach Labs
Full TimestaffRemote
Remote, United StatesRemotePosted January 14, 2026

Job Description

 

Category-defining tech. Career-defining work.

Lots of tech companies disrupt. But, many fail when they try to scale. We're different. CockroachDB makes it easier for companies to build and scale apps. This is how and why we're helping some of the most innovative companies on the planet. We tackle problems head-on and focus on solutions that create lasting impact. 

Because when our customers win, we all win. 

 


The Role

We are looking to grow our rapidly expanding sales engineering team. As a Sales Engineer, you will help qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners and provide technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, and supporting technical evaluations. While location for this role is flexible, you must be based in the Southern or Mid-Atlantic territory to be eligible for this role. 

You Will

Work alongside the sales team to introduce CockroachDB to our potential customers. As a trusted advisor, you will help educate prospects on the unique capabilities of CockroachDB and design solutions to meet a wide variety of challenges.

  • Lead product and solution briefings, build proof-of-concepts (POC), run live product demos, and prototype CockroachDB integrations.
  • Partner with Cockroach Labs product management, engineering and support teams to solve customer challenges and improve CockroachDB.
  • Identify and address customers' key technical objections and develop the engineering strategies strategy to resolve those blockers to adoption. 

The Expectations

In your first 30 days, you will immerse yourself in CockroachDB and our sales motion. We believe that it's important for you to take this first month to become familiar with our company, technology and message.

During this time you will be an active listener on customer calls and build relationships with various teams at Cockroach Labs. As you gain confidence in the message and technology, you will be called upon to lead meetings with support from the team.

After 90 days, you should be ready to lead customer meetings without support and conduct POCs.  You should be working closely with Account Managers in your territory to build regional go to market strategies and account plans for key prospects. 

You Have

  • 10-12+ years of prior experience collecting requirements, developing solution architectures, leading presentations and teaching prospective users or project teams how to use software similar to CockroachDB.
  • Developed software or infrastructure

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