Principal Presale Engineer

About the job:

• This position is needed to enable our customers to build the future of communications.
• The Principal Presales Engineer is a critical part of the sales team focused on our New Business and Strategic segments.
• Twilio’s Principal Presale Engineers are responsible for delivering the Technical Win and best Product Fit to our customers.

Responsibilities:

• Help customers achieve success by leading the technical and product sale, recommending best-practice solutions, and guiding them on how to use Twilio’s APIs.
• Establish yourself as a trusted advisor to our customers, by taking the lead on understanding customer technical pains through discovery in order to design, demonstrate, and present innovative solutions that solve business challenges.
• Build and present highly interactive, complex and engaging customer product demonstrations to help showcase the capabilities of Twilio’s Communications Products, while effectively forming strong customer relationships with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders

Qualifications:

• 8+ years pre-sales experience selling complex, technical products or 10+ years of professional experience supporting technical products coupled with customer facing experience, particularly in delivery or consulting
• Excellent communicator and presenter able to gain audience confidence
• Previous software development experience or working knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Backend (Java, C#, Node.js, Python, PHP) Web development (JavaScript, HTML/CSS, frontend frameworks - React, Vue.js, Angular)