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In this role, you will partner closely with Enterprise Account Executives to lead the technical side of complex sales cycles, from discovery and solution design through solution presentations, evaluations, and technical validation.\nYou will work with some of the world’s largest and fastest-growing digital businesses to understand their fraud, risk, and trust challenges, translate those challenges into solution strategies, and show how Sift can deliver measurable business value. You will engage both technical buyers and executive stakeholders, helping prospects move from technical interest to buying confidence.\nThis is a high-impact role for someone who enjoys combining technical depth, customer-facing communication, and commercial thinking.\nAbout the team\nOur Sales Engineering team is made up of creative, technical problem solvers who partner with prospects to understand complex digital trust challenges and design practical, high-value solutions. We work cross-functionally across Sales, Product, Marketing, and Customer teams, and we play an important role in shaping how Sift goes to market.\nSenior Sales Engineers at Sift are trusted advisors internally and externally. They bring the voice of the customer into the business, influence product direction through market feedback, and help raise the bar for how we sell, position, and deliver value.\nWhat you'll do\nPartner with Enterprise Account Executives to drive complex technical sales cycles with strategic accounts\n\nLead technical discovery and workshops to understand a prospect’s architecture, workflows, fraud challenges, and business goals\n\nDesign and deliver compelling solution presentations and solution narratives tailored to both technical and business audiences\n\nGuide prospects through technical validation, integrations, and proof of value engagements\n\nTranslate complex product capabilities into clear customer outcomes and measurable business value\n\nBuild credibility with engineers, fraud leaders, operations teams, and executive stakeholders\n\nSurface market feedback and customer requirements to help influence Sift’s product roadmap\n\nImprove internal tooling, knowledge sharing, and repeatable presales processes that make the broader go-to-market team more effective\n\nWhat success looks like\nIn this role, you will:\nEarn trust quickly with both technical teams and executive buyers\n\nTurn ambiguous customer problems into clear technical solution strategies\n\nHelp prospects move faster through evaluation by making Sift easy to understand, validate, and buy\n\nRaise the quality and consistency of technical selling across the team\n\nBring actionable market insight back into the business to improve product and positioning\n\nWhat we're looking for\nMust-haves\n5+ years of experience in a Sales Engineer customer-facing technical role\n\nExperience supporting complex enterprise SaaS sales cycles\n\nStrong technical foundation, ideally including APIs, integrations, and data-driven or analytics-oriented platforms\n\nExcellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex technical and business concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences\n\nAbility to work effectively across multiple stakeholders and concurrent opportunities\n\nComfortable using Python or a similar language for demonstrating API usage\n\nSelf-starter mindset with strong judgment, curiosity, and a bias toward action\n\nNice-to-haves\nExperience in fraud, payments, risk, trust & safety, or adjacent problem spaces\n\nExperience running POVs, pilots, or technical evaluations for AI/ML-driven products\n\nFamiliarity with applied machine learning concepts and an interest in emerging AI trends\n\nExperience building internal automations, tools, or workflows using AI tools or agents\n\nYou may be a strong fit if you are\nConsultative in how you engage customers whilst still being a natural seller at heart, commercially driven, motivated by winning deals and comfortable owning the outcome with the Account Executive, not just the technical evaluation\n\nComfortable moving between technical depth and executive value conversations\n\nCurious, collaborative, and resourceful in ambiguous situations\n\nMotivated by helping customers solve meaningful, high-stakes problems\n\nEnergized by building, not just supporting, a strong go-to-market motion\n\nWhy join Sift\nWork on high-impact problems at the intersection of fraud prevention, digital trust, and machine learning\n\nPartner with leading enterprise brands across a wide range of industries\n\nInfluence not just deals, but also product direction, technical strategy, and how Sift scales its presales motion\n\nJoin a team that values technical rigor, customer empathy, and practical execution\n\nLet’s build it together:\nAt Sift, we are intentionally building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We believe that diversity drives innovation, equity is a fundamental right, and inclusion is a basic human need. We envision a place where all Sifties feel secure sharing their authentic selves and diverse experiences with their teams, their customers, and their community - ultimately using this empowerment and authenticity to build trust and create a safer Internet.\nThis document provides transparency around how Sift handles the personal data of job applicants: https://sift.com/recruitment-privacy\nA little about us:\nSift is the AI-powered fraud platform securing digital trust for leading global businesses. Our deep investments in machine learning and user identity, a data network scoring 1 trillion events per year, and a commitment to long-term customer success empower more than 700 customers to grow fearlessly. Global brands rely on Sift to unlock growth and deliver seamless consumer experiences. 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