About Emerald
Emerald’s talented and experienced teams grow our customers’ businesses 365 days a year with products that create connections, deliver content, and drive commerce. We produce over 140 annual events, create and deliver content through print and digital channels, and power commerce through our seamlessly integrated in-person and digital platforms and channels. For more information, please visit http://www.emeraldx.com.
Elastic is seeking a highly skilled Sales Engineer with deep technical acumen and strong commercial awareness to support the sales organization in scoping prospective opportunities, accelerating deal closure, and ensuring successful integration for every client. This role will own mastery of the Elastic solution architecture, translate complex technical capabilities into clear business value, and creatively design scalable solutions that drive velocity and improve win rates.
The ideal candidate combines systems-level thinking, creative project scoping, and strong customer-facing communication to scope technically sound solutions that align with customer objectives while enabling revenue growth across all segments.
Travel requirement: approximately 30–40%.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Mastery & Solution Architecture
Develop deep expertise across the full Elastic platform, including architecture, integrations, data flows, and scalability
Serve as the technical authority throughout the sales cycle, guiding solution feasibility and design
Translate business requirements into clear technical solution frameworks
Design secure, scalable, and commercially viable implementations
Identify and mitigate technical risks that could impact deal success
Deal Scoping & Revenue Enablement
Lead technical discovery to uncover functional, integration, security, and operational requirements
Scope solutions accurately to align with customer outcomes, timelines, and budgets
Provide technical input to support pricing, packaging, and deployment strategies
Ensure solution clarity to reduce friction and accelerate buying decisions
Improve close rates through precise scoping and technical confidence
Creative Solutioning & Problem Solving
Adapt the Elastic solution to complex or non-standard environments
Design phased approaches, integrations, and workarounds to unblock deals
Support with demos, proofs of concept, and technical narratives
Turn customer constraints into executable technical strategies
Customer-Facing Technical Leadership
Deliver compelling product demonstrations aligned to real-world use cases
Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and executive audiences
Act as the trusted technical advisor during evaluations and procurement
Address architecture, security, and compliance concerns with authority
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with Product, Engineering, Implementation, and Customer Success teams
Feed structured market and customer insights into roadmap prioritization
Ensure clean handoff from sales to delivery for successful implementations
Required Experience & Qualifications
5–10 years of Sales Engineering, Solutions Consulting, or Technical Pre-Sales experience in SaaS or enterprise software
Strong understanding of cloud platforms, APIs, integrations, and enterprise architectures
Experience supporting complex sales cycles across multiple customer segments
Proven ability to scope and design technically sound solutions
Executive-level communication and presentation skills
Comfortable operating in fast-moving, high-growth environments
Preferred Background
Experience with digital commerce platforms, ERP, CRM, or enterprise SaaS ecosystems
Familiarity with systems such as NetSuite, SAP, Adobe, Oracle, Shopify, or similar platforms
Experience influencing high-ACV deals and technical buying decisions
Core Competencies
Technical Excellence & Architecture Thinking
Deep platform knowledge
Integration and scalability design
Risk identification and mitigation
Revenue Enablement & Deal Acceleration
Accurate scoping
Technical validation
Buying friction reduction
Creative Problem Solving
Flexible solution design
Innovation within constraints
Deal unblocking
Customer-Facing Technical Leadership
Trusted advisor presence
Clear, value-driven technical communication
Operational Discipline
Structured discovery
Seamless sales-to-delivery transition
About Emerald
At Emerald, we strive to foster a diverse and inclusive community. We actively recruit and champion candidates who bring new perspectives from varied professional backgrounds and experiences, and we are intentional about ensuring a positive hiring experience for everyone. Our job postings don’t contain experience inflation, and most don’t require college degrees. Instead, they’re crafted to focus on outcomes and transferable experiences that are assessed in a structured interview process carried out by trained hiring teams.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Target Compensation: $130,000-150,000 (sales incentive eligible)
Please note that this range reflects a reasonable estimate of the target compensation for this position. This range may ultimately vary based on a candidate’s qualifications and may be higher where required by applicable law.
We offer a competitive benefits package designed to strengthen our employees’ physical and mental health, including unlimited vacation for exempt employees, flexible working locations, 401(k) plan with a company match, medical/dental/vision coverage with inclusive provisions including transgender services and fertility benefits, parental and caregiver leave, dependent, commuter and FSA benefits, professional development programs like Toastmasters, and mental wellness tools.
If you need accommodation in our application process or have questions about our posted salary range, please email our Talent Acquisition team at Careers@EmeraldX.com.