Senior Presales Consultant (Founding Sales Engineer)

• Own the technical side of enterprise opportunities alongside Account Executives — from first discovery to technical decision and commercial close

• Run compelling product demos and architecture sessions tuned to each customer's environment and buying stage

• Lead proofs-of-concept end-to-end — define success criteria, deploy Clastix solutions across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments, and drive the engagement to a clear "yes"

• Build and maintain competitive intelligence on Red Hat OpenShift, SUSE Rancher, VMware Tanzu, vCluster, and adjacent platforms — translate differences into crisp customer-facing arguments

• Articulate economic value — TCO reduction, infrastructure density, operational efficiency — with numbers that build the business case for the buyer

• Discover the customer's real drivers — business goals, political dynamics, budget cycles — and shape the technical conversation to remove friction and accelerate the close

• Partner with Sales leadership on forecasting, qualification, and deal-review, bringing technical judgement into pipeline decisions

• Feed field learnings back into Engineering, Sales, and Marketing, sharpening the roadmap and the sales motion

They strongly encourage the team to leverage generative AI tools for productivity (a Claude Pro subscription is provided, and they expect candidates to use modern AI-assisted workflows for demo preparation, competitive research, and repetitive technical tasks).

Candidate Profile:

• Proven track record in a pre-sales, sales engineering, or solutions consulting role selling complex infrastructure, cloud, or platform software to enterprise buyers

• Demonstrated ability to move deals forward — hitting revenue targets, progressing complex opportunities through technical objections to commercial close

• Strong working knowledge of Kubernetes and the cloud-native ecosystem — enough to run compelling demos, handle deep technical questions credibly, and hold your own in architecture conversations with SREs and platform engineers

• Hands-on comfort with hybrid environments: at least one hyperscaler (AWS, Azure, or GCP) plus exposure to private cloud or bare metal (vSphere, OpenStack, KVM, or direct hardware)

• Familiarity with Terraform, Helm, and GitOps tooling (ArgoCD or Flux) — able to set up demo and PoC environments end-to-end

• Strong discovery and listening skills — able to uncover business drivers behind technical requirements and build the case that connects the two

• Excellent executive presence — comfortable going from a deep technical session with SREs to a value-led conversation with a VP or CEO

• Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Nice to Have 

• Experience positioning or selling against Red Hat OpenShift, SUSE Rancher, VMware Tanzu, or vCluster

• Background with Managed Service Providers, telecoms, sovereign cloud, or AI infrastructure customers

• Familiarity with Cluster API, hosted control plane patterns, or multi-cluster management at scale

• Experience building business cases around TCO, infrastructure density, or platform economics

• Scripting and coding ability to set up custom demo scenarios and integrations

• Remote Work: flexible remote or hybrid work options across Europe.

• Performance-Based: focus on results and outcomes, not set working hours; high autonomy and ownership expected.

• International Environment: enterprise customers and distributed team across Europe, US, and beyond.

• Direct Impact: reporting to the CRO, your field insights directly shape the product roadmap and go-to-market playbook.

• Engineering-first culture: sales conversations grounded in real implementation, not slideware — backed by a team that builds what you're selling.