London, United Kingdom On-site

Fivetran is hiring a Senior Sales Engineer

About the Role

Role OverviewWe’re seeking a Senior Sales Engineer to join our Commercial sales team in London. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with sales representatives to assess customer needs, design technical solutions, and lead proof-of-value initiatives for our data replication platform. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving technical validation and ensuring successful customer outcomes throughout the sales lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

  • Engage with commercial clients to understand their business objectives, data workflows, and technical requirements
  • Deliver clear, tailored technical demonstrations and presentations to diverse audiences
  • Orchestrate and manage structured proof-of-value engagements to showcase platform capabilities
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to influence product improvements and drive technical alignment
  • Support sales representatives with technical depth while maintaining a strong customer-centric focus
  • Maintain current knowledge of industry trends, cloud infrastructure, and data technologies
  • Assist colleagues in resolving complex technical or strategic challenges

Required Qualifications

  • Minimum of four years in sales engineering, data replication, or a comparable technical role
  • Proven experience with database replication, cloud environments, and data integration technologies
  • Familiarity with cloud data warehouses, ETL tools, data catalogs, and analytics platforms
  • Strong ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Problem-solving aptitude with analytical reasoning skills
  • Hands-on experience with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and NoSQL databases
  • Background working with ETL or data replication tools
  • Experience supporting self-hosted software and infrastructure
  • Networking knowledge across cloud and on-premise environments

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience building relationships with technology partners
  • Knowledge of security frameworks and best practices
  • Background supporting both SaaS and self-hosted applications
  • Practical experience with DBT

Technology Environment

  • Cloud platforms: AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure
  • Data platforms: Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks
  • Containerization: Kubernetes, Docker, Podman
  • Monitoring: Grafana
  • Operating systems: Linux, Windows
  • Programming languages: Python, Java

Work Environment

This is an onsite role based in London. The position requires in-person collaboration with sales and engineering teams to ensure alignment and responsiveness during customer engagements.

Benefits

  • Full employer-covered medical insurance
  • Generous paid time off, sick leave, parental leave, holidays, and volunteer days
  • Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) grants
  • Access to professional development and training programs
  • Monthly stipend for mobile phone expenses
  • Mental health support platform offering therapy, coaching, and mindfulness resources for employees and dependents
  • Virtual team events and collaborative activities

Compensation

Compensation includes competitive base salary and RSU stock grants. Specific salary details are available during the interview process.

Company Values

  • Get Stuck In – Take initiative and dive into challenges
  • Do the Right Thing – Act with integrity and accountability
  • One Team, One Dream – Collaborate across functions toward shared goals

Equal Opportunity

We are dedicated to creating an inclusive hiring process. If you need accommodations due to a disability or other condition, we will work with you to ensure full and fair participation at every stage.

Required Skills
AWSGCPAzureSnowflakeBigQueryDatabricksKubernetesDockerData ReplicationCloud Data WarehousesBI ToolsData CatalogsDatabase ReplicationTechnical Presentations AWSGCPAzureSnowflakeBigQueryDatabricksKubernetesDockerData ReplicationCloud Data WarehousesBI ToolsData CatalogsDatabase ReplicationTechnical Presentations
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Fivetran
Makes access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. Provides data pipelines to power the modern data stack, with customer data arriving in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required.
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Posted 2 months ago