Sales Engineer - Financial Services

InterSystems Corporation, a leading developer of database and integration technologies, is seeking candidates for its North American Financial Services Sales Engineering Group. The role is client-facing, fast-paced, wide-ranging and challenging. It requires a mixture of application development and deployment skills, hands-on coding and problem-solving, presentation skills, sales awareness, and business acumen. Occasional regional travel is a requirement for the role.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinating with InterSystems' Account Representatives and all other departments to ensure a close, long-term relationship with our clients
• Working closely with System Integrators and Project Managers, especially during the early stages of adoption and technically challenging projects, to ensure successful implementations
• Recommending technical architectures, model design, development patterns, migration strategies, upgrade procedures, and operational best practices
• Designing, building, and presenting Proofs of Concept (PoCs) to prospects and partners
• Delivering standard and customized on-site training in a classroom environment
• Supporting our clients during beta test programs or pre-launch activities
• Supporting marketing activities at trade shows, conferences, seminars etc.
• Keeping up-to-date with InterSystems products and contemporary IT industry developments (including competitive products) and undertaking any relevant self-development or training
• Creating prototypes and coordinating with product management to enhance product offerings based on client desires/needs
• Writing competitive proposals, solution overviews, sales collateral, etc. to support pre-sale efforts

Required Skills

Technical Expertise:

• 5+ years of experience as a Sales Engineer, Software Developer or related role(s) in the Financial Services domain
• Ability to handle technical questions and provide solutions during the sales cycle.
• Proficiency in architecture design and technical documentation.
• Demonstrated experience with most/all of the following
  • Object-Oriented Programming and/or Enterprise Application Development, vibe coding, etc.
  • Relational or non-relational databases using SQL or NoSQL
  • Data Engineering skills using Python, GenAI, RAG, MCP, etc.
  • Modern Analytics architectures - Data Lakes /Data fabrics/Data mesh
  • Machine Learning and Generative AI use cases
  • HTML, JavaScript, Angular
  • XML, XSLT, JSON, SOAP, REST
  • Cloud hardware services, containers, kubernetes, etc.
  • Windows, Unix/Linux, MAC OS X
  • API Management

Communication Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with a wide range of stakeholders, including clinicians, C-level executives, and software engineers.
• Ability to deliver compelling presentations and product demonstrations.

Problem-Solving Skills:

• Strong analytical skills to assess technical feasibility and recommend strategies.
• Ability to lead and manage Proof of Concept (POC), Prototype, and Paid Pilot projects.

Project Oversight:

• Experience in leading technical qualification calls and managing RFx processes.
• Ability to oversee implementation teams and ensure successful project delivery.

Customer Focus:

• Commitment to ensuring customer satisfaction and reference-ability.
• Ability to provide technical mentoring and transfer of knowledge to customers.

Collaboration:

• Ability to work closely with Account Managers, Professional Services, Product Management, Support, and other internal teams.
• Experience in logging and communicating customer needs to Product Management and Development.

Educational Background

A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Experience:

• Proven experience in a Sales Engineering or similar technical role.
• Experience with Financial Services-related organizations is a plus.

Technical Certifications:

• Relevant technical certifications related to InterSystems products or similar technologies are advantageous.

Industry Knowledge:

• Familiarity with the Financial Services industry and its technical requirements.

These skills and qualifications will help ensure success in the Sales Engineer role by enabling effective communication, technical problem-solving, and customer satisfaction.

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