Senior Sales Engineer

Deploy Reusable Tools: Utilise and adapt existing technical accelerators, API templates, and middleware components to quickly deliver complex architectures for prospects.

Advocate for the Field: Collect real-world product feedback and feature requests from customer engagements, partnering with internal teams to flag product gaps and help shape future platform enhancements.

Experience: 4–6 years of hands-on experience in technical presales, solution engineering, technical consulting, or an application developer role.

AI Expertise: Practical understanding of AI applications, including utilising LLM-powered features, prompt engineering , and automated workflows.

Travel Commitment: Ability and willingness to travel up to 30% annually for on-site customer discovery and presentation sessions.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Analytics, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.

Active engagement in the technical or developer community (e.g., open-source contributions, technical blogging, or community mentorship).

Proven track record of designing reusable implementation guides, integration playbooks, or localization toolkits for global delivery partners and systems integrators.

Experience flattening complex technical narratives into high-impact presentations tailored for executive, economic buyers and C-level stakeholders.

Customer obsessed: You are dedicated to understanding customer needs and crafting solutions that deliver real value and delight.

A Builder First: You enjoy writing code, configuring complex systems, and prototyping modern software solutions.

Strategically Minded: You naturally tie advanced technical mechanisms directly to strategic business metrics, ROI, and organizational transformation.

Resilient & Collaborative: You thrive in dynamic environments, working cross-functionally across global teams to drive success.

Zendesk software was built to bring a sense of calm to the chaotic world of customer service. Today we power billions of conversations with brands you know and love.

Zendesk believes in offering our people a fulfilling and inclusive experience. Our hybrid way of working, enables us to purposefully come together in person, at one of our many Zendesk offices around the world, to connect, collaborate and learn whilst also giving our people the flexibility to work remotely for part of the week.

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