Commercial Sales Engineer 2 (AMER - West)

<p>Datadog Sales Engineers help qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners by providing technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, and supporting technical evaluations (POCs). As a Commercial Sales Engineer 2, you will independently own technical engagements throughout the sales cycle, partnering closely with Account Executives to align customer business objectives with Datadog's platform.&nbsp; You will also collaborate across Engineering, Support, Product, and Customer Success to resolve customer concerns, advocate for customer needs, and serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout the evaluation process.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>If you want to join a friendly, passionate team with limitless potential, we'd love to meet you!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>At Datadog, we place value in our office culture—the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>What You'll Do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Partner with the sales team to articulate Datadog's value proposition, vision, and technical strategy throughout the sales cycle.</li> <li>Deliver tailored product demonstrations and technical presentations that map customer challenges to Datadog solutions.</li> <li>Assist with technical discovery by identifying customer business objectives, technical challenges, and success criteria.</li> <li>Own technical evaluations (POCs) from kickoff through successful completion, proactively driving customer engagement and removing technical blockers.</li> <li>Continually expand your expertise across Datadog's platform while building competitive knowledge and technical credibility.</li> <li>Develop trusted relationships with customer technical stakeholders while effectively communicating business value to broader buying teams.</li> <li>Contribute to team success by sharing best practices, mentoring newer Sales Engineers, and supporting enablement initiatives.</li> <li>Think creatively to solve a wide variety of technical challenges throughout the pre-sales lifecycle.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Who You Are:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Ideally 1.5 years or greater as a Sales Engineer or in a comparable customer-facing technical role.</li> <li>Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, modern application architectures, observability, and/or DevOps technologies.</li> <li>Comfortable independently leading technical presentations, product demonstrations, and evaluations.</li> <li>Able to translate technical capabilitie