Senior Sales Engineer, Stack Overflow

Teams, Strategic

$140-165k

Elasticsearch
Redis
Windows
Senior level
Remote in US
Stack Overflow

Public Q&A platform for developers

Job no longer available

Stack Overflow

Public Q&A platform for developers

501-1000 employees

B2BRecruitmentProductivityLearningSaaSCommunity

Job no longer available

$140-165k

Elasticsearch
Redis
Windows
Senior level
Remote in US

501-1000 employees

B2BRecruitmentProductivityLearningSaaSCommunity

Company mission

To help coders help each other become better coders by sharing their knowledge with one another.

Role

Who you are

  • At least 5 years of experience in selling software solutions for Enterprise customers in a pre-sales technical role
  • Demonstrated strong written, oral and presentation skills with the ability to discuss highly technical concepts to all audiences
  • Strong prospecting, qualifying, and negotiating skills
  • Ability to work well under pressure and in a team environment
  • Self-starter with the ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  • High-energy levels paired with curiosity, an agile mindset, and a strong desire to learn business in a dynamic company

Desirable

  • Technical writing experience.
  • Familiarity with our stack: Windows 2016 Server+, IIS, Elasticsearch, Redis
  • Preference for candidates residing in Pacific timezone

What the job involves

  • Serve as an expert on our product for both external and internal sales questions
  • Support Account Executives by taking a consultative role in sales presentations,, including addressing all technical questions and development/configuration issues
  • Collaborate on and present product demonstrations to support the sales cycle, including helping customers see us as a differentiated company in the market
  • Research and understand our capabilities to provide support at key moments in deal cycles
  • Train members of the sales team on the technical nuances of our approach—and how to demonstrate our product differentiators

Otta's take

Theo Margolius headshot

Theo Margolius

COO of Otta

Stack Overflow is one of the 50 most popular websites worldwide: a Q&A style forum for developers, gamified with upvotes, downvotes, and badges, with over 14 million registered users and upwards of 21 million questions. It's grown to become a go-to resource in the community.

The site has proven a good springboard into providing other knowledge sharing services too - most notable among which is the company’s teams platform. This, along with advertising and jobs listings make for a strong revenue model that saw the company valued at well over $1B when it was acquired back in 2021.

This pricey acquisition means Stack Overflow has a secure buffer it can use to expand. This seems likely to take the form of growing its global product audience so it can boost revenue - as things stand, its teams platform is used mainly in the US. If Stack Overflow can get a foothold in developing countries like India and Brazil, it could continue its strong history of impressive growth.

Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

38% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)

Jul 2020

$85m

SERIES E

Sep 2015

$40m

SERIES D

Total funding: $209.1m

Company benefits

  • We provide full health coverage for you and your family. That means that Stack Overflow pays 100% of your premiums. Additionally, we provide supplemental benefits such as telemedicine options
  • We have a remote-friendly culture. Before the pandemic we were 40% remote. Today, we’re over 80% permanently remote and won’t require employees to return to an office if they don’t want to. We believe people do their best work when they love where they work
  • While we’re fully remote, we’re supporting all employees with home office reimbursements and internet stipends. We also encourage employees to set their working hours on their calendar and in Slack to encourage flexibility
  • We offer paid parental leave, a meal stipend, and the primary caregiver has the option to come back to work part time for up to one year. We also have a special caregiver policy due to the pandemic
  • Access to a personal and professional coach on a 1:1 basis to help develop your career. Additionally, all employees have annual tuition reimbursement up to $5,250, professional development budget of up to $2,500 for continuing education, conferences, and memberships, in order to advance their skills and knowledge
  • We provide employees monthly fitness reimbursements as well as host regular yoga and meditation classes during the work day. That’s in addition to regular virtual cooking classes, “bev bashes” (what we call happy hours), and more
  • We care deeply for our employees and provide paid time off to encourage their voluntary involvement in and support of programs that positively impact the quality of life within the communities in which we live

Company values

  • Adopt a customer-first mindset
  • Be flexible and inclusive
  • Be transparent
  • Empower people to deliver outstanding results
  • Keep community at our center
  • Learn, share, grow

Company HQ

Financial District, New York, NY

Founders

Prasanth Chandrasekar

(CEO & Board Member, not founder)

Previously a VP of Barclay's Investment Bank, then worked his way through various senior level positions at Rackspace Technology, ultimately serving as SVP & GM of cloud and infrastructure services.

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