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We're growing and looking for the next important piece of the puzzle. Is it you?\nWe're hiring a Sales Engineer to join our North America Sales team, reporting to the SVP of Sales. You'll be a core member of the GTM team and the technical backbone of a successful sale: partnering with Account Executives to advance deals by uncovering requirements, designing solutions around Shield's Communications Compliance suite, overcoming technical objections and proving value through evaluations. You'll be working with compliance, surveillance, IT and information security leaders across financial services, and you'll be expected to earn their trust.\nThe sales engineer at Shield supports the sale and shapes it. The best people here don't wait to be asked for a demo; they see what a deal needs and go get it.\nWhat you will do:\nServe as the technical lead on enterprise accounts from discovery through solution design, evaluation and hand-off to Professional Services and Customer Success\nPartner with Account Executives to map Shield's capabilities to each prospect's compliance requirements, communication landscape and surveillance priorities, and to proactively push deals past technical objections\nLead technical discovery, client workshops and remote and in-person product demonstrations that are built around the prospect's use cases rather than a script\nOwn technical scoping: data sources, capture and archiving requirements, integrations, deployment model, security posture and the assumptions that feed pricing\nOwn responses to RFPs, RFIs and information security questionnaires, working with Product, Security and Legal to produce answers that hold up under scrutiny\nDesign and run POCs and other solution validation exercises: define success criteria up front, diagnose gaps, guide trade-offs and turn results into a clear recommendation\nBuild relationships and technical credibility with stakeholders across Compliance, Surveillance, IT, InfoSec and Sourcing in customer, prospect and partner accounts\nBring structured field feedback to Product Management, Solution Management and Marketing, and help shape the messaging, sales assets and technical playbooks that come back to the field\nPrepare for, attend and present at industry trade events and webinars\nShare what you learn with the wider team and raise the bar\nRequirements\nExperience and skills:\n5+ years in a hands-on technical field, including 3+ years in a customer-facing presales, consulting or solutions role\nExperience selling into or working with financial institutions is valued; experience in compliance, communications surveillance, archiving or a related regulated industry is a strong plus\nKnowledge of messaging and collaboration platforms and other communication technologies, and the networking, security and identity infrastructure they rely on\nStrong background in SaaS infrastructure and cloud technologies, including APIs, data ingestion and integration patterns\nComfort operating where technical, regulatory and commercial considerations meet, and the ability to connect technical choices to business outcomes\nDemonstrated strong written, verbal and presentation abilities\nProven ability to manage customers and their expectations, and to work independently and deliver without being micromanaged\nAn energetic, positive, \"get it done\" attitude\nWillingness and ability to travel up to 30% of the time\n** This position is based in New York - The base salary for this role is between $145,000 USD - $160,000 USD .This role includes variable compensation and equity. The salary will be dependent upon many factors, including your experience level, skill set, and market knowledge. This range is based on Shield’s good faith estimate as of the date of the job posting and may be modified in the future.\nMore information about Shield:\nShield is the industry’s most comprehensive digital communications governance and archiving solution, purpose-built for financial institutions. Named a Visionary by Gartner, Shield’s platform blends AI innovation with deep regulatory expertise to simplify compliance, strengthen security, and unlock efficiency.\nTrusted by leading global financial institutions, Shield works closely with its partners to help compliance teams uncover hidden risks, prevent financial crimes, and protect both people and markets. . With operations across key financial hubs worldwide, we support customers wherever they operate, navigating complex regulatory environments with confidence. At our core, we’re focused on building trust: protecting market integrity and creating a world where communication is understood and accountable.\nOur work has been recognized by industry leaders and analysts, including Deloitte Fast 500, Dun & Bradstreet’s Top 20 Companies, Regulation Asia Awards, and RegTech Insight Awards Europe-reflecting our impact, growth, and commitment to excellence.\nIf you’re ready to make a real impact at a fast-growing, mission-driven company working with the world’s leading banks to redefine communication governance and compliance - this is the place for you.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5172,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Artificial Intelligence","Financial Services","LLM & Generative AI","Legal AI"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-14T05:30:39Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":73,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.808,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":17,"expected_fill_days":27,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":160000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/shield-fc-sales-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/shield-fc-sales-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-22T19:39:37Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3077,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2063608},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2063608"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fshield-fc-sales-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fshield-fc-sales-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fshield-fc-sales-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/shield-fc-sales-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fshield-fc-sales-engineer"}]}