Senior Sales Engineer

Posted 3 Days Ago
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Chicago, IL
In-Office
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Computer Vision • Security • Software
The Role
In this pre-sales role, you will partner with Sales Managers, lead technical pilots, conduct product demos, and build relationships with customers, translating technical capabilities into business value.
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Build a safer world with us, one incident at a time.
Ambient.ai is a unified, AI-powered physical security platform helping the world’s leading enterprises reduce risk, improve operational efficiency, and gain critical insights. Seven of the top 10 U.S. technology companies, along with multiple Fortune 500 organizations, rely on Ambient.ai to modernize their physical security infrastructure.

Our platform uses advanced AI and computer vision to seamlessly integrate with existing camera and sensor systems, enabling real-time monitoring and proactive threat detection. By reducing false alarms by over 95%, Ambient.ai allows security teams to focus on real threats and prevent incidents before they occur.

Founded in 2017 and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and Allegion Ventures, Ambient.ai is a Series B company on a mission to make every security incident preventable.

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About the role:

We’re looking for top-tier Sales Engineers who thrive on winning Fortune 500 logos. You’re a driven, high-energy professional passionate about impactful technology and a knack for demonstrating its real-world business impact. In this pre-sales role, you’ll showcase Ambient.ai through compelling demos, lead business-value-driven pilots, craft value-driven proposals, and help cast a vision of how Ambient delivers measurable business outcomes. Your ability to translate technical capabilities into strategic advantages will be key to closing deals and driving customer success.

What you'll do:

  • Partner with Regional Sales Managers to navigate complex, multi-stakeholder deals.

  • Lead successful technical Pilots (proof of concepts/proof of values) with customers.

  • Ability to work cross-functionally with Product, Customer Success, and Engineering teams to influence the roadmap, stay connected to the internal teams, and act as a voice of the customer.

  • Execute Business Value Assessments to anchor business value across stakeholders.

  • Conduct engaging product demos and presentations to technical and non-technical audiences, effectively communicating the differentiated value proposition.

  • You will win deals through world-class preparation and execution by bringing a consultative approach to solving meaningful business problems.

  • Build strong customer relationships, acting as a trusted advisor by providing technical expertise, answering technical inquiries, and proposing solutions.

What you'll bring:

  • 5+ years of proven success selling enterprise technology, with a focus on SaaS and/or innovative hardware-based solutions

  • Clear examples of partnering with Sales to run complex technical deals with Enterprise customers

  • Solid understanding of L2 switching (VLANs, limitations of L2 vs. L3, physical vs. logical network isolation)

  • Basic Linux networking skills (assigning IP/mask/gateway to NICs, configuring MLAG/failover redundancy

  • Familiarity with any cloud environment (GCP, AWS, Azure)

  • Excellent written, verbal communication, and presentation skills

  • Bachelor's degree in CS or a related field

  • Highly motivated, driven, and self-starting individual

  • Technical knowledge, consultative approach, and cross-functional collaboration skills

  • A customer-first attitude, belief in teamwork, and a competitive spirit to win

  • Bonus: Familiarity with security cameras, physical access control systems (PACS)

Why join us:

  • We are creating an entirely new category within a $120+ billion physical security industry and looking for team members who are also passionate about our mission to prevent every security incident possible

  • We partner with an incredible customer roster of F500 companies, including Adobe, TikTok, Gap and SentinelOne

  • Regular Full-time employees receive stock options for the opportunity to share ownership in the success of our company

  • Comprehensive health + welfare package (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, EAP, Legal Services, 401k plan)

  • We offer flexible time off to rest and recharge, including Winter Break (time off between Christmas and New Year’s for most roles, depending on customer demand)

  • The latest tech and awesome swag will be delivered to your door

  • Enjoy a full range of opportunities to connect with your awesome co-workers

  • We love to hike, are foodies, and love music! Check out our most recent Ambient Spotify Playlist

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Ambient.ai is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Ambient does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. Ambient is an E-Verify participant.

Top Skills

AWS
Azure
Cloud Environments
GCP
L2 Switching
Linux
SaaS
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The Company
HQ: Palo Alto, CA
105 Employees
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

Ambient.ai is a computer vision intelligence company transforming enterprise security operations to prevent security incidents before they happen. The Ambient.ai platform applies AI and computer vision intelligence to existing sensor and camera infrastructure to deliver continuous physical security monitoring and automate the immediate dispatch of human resources. Ambient.ai is the first platform that goes beyond basic motion detection and image recognition to achieve near-human perception with automated situational context.

With physical security incidents on the rise and physical security organizations left under-resourced, Ambient.ai’s computer intelligence platform comes at a time of critical need, which is why the company has raised over $50 million from venture capital investors led by a16z. Today, large enterprises, schools and organizations – including many of the largest US tech companies and other Fortune 500 companies – use Ambient.ai to secure property, people, and assets from the most harrowing physical security threats.

The company was founded in 2017 by experts in artificial intelligence from Stanford who previously built iconic products at Apple, Google, Microsoft and Dropbox. We are backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), SV Angel, Y Combinator, and visionary angels like Jyoti Bansal, Mark Leslie and Elad Gil.

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