Sales Engineer (Pre-sales) - Hybride NYC

We’re building an AI-powered code-to-cloud security platform covering Attack Surface Management, automated pentesting, and DAST. With 25+ people , offices in NYC & Paris, and a recent $18M Series A , we’re scaling our team and looking for mid–senior Sales Engineers to join our pre-sales efforts.

As a Sales Engineer at Escape, you’ll be the technical bridge between our customers, AEs, and engineering team , helping close commercial deals by showcasing how our platform solves real-world security challenges. You’ll play a key role in shaping customer success, delivering demos, running POCs, and providing technical expertise.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with Account Executives and Engineering to drive commercial wins in pre-sales engagements.

• Configure, demo, and guide customers through the platform, ensuring a smooth technical experience.

• Gather customer feedback, educate on best practices, and advise on optimal use of the product.

• Identify opportunities for product improvement and provide insights to our Product & Engineering teams.

• Occasionally support on-site visits, workshops, and POCs at customer offices or conferences.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience: 3+ years in a deep tech environment; consulting experience is a plus.

• Technical Skills: Strong understanding of SaaS/software products; Python required, back-end engineering a plus.

• Customer Focus: Passion for helping clients succeed, with excellent communication skills.

• Proactive Problem-Solver: Able to independently troubleshoot technical challenges.

• Team Player: Collaborates seamlessly with sales, product, and engineering teams.

• Startup Enthusiast: Excited to contribute in a fast-growing, high-impact AI security startup.

• If you’re a technically strong, client-facing engineer who loves pre-sales strategy and commercial impact , we’d love to meet you!

• 🤓 1 profiling meeting with the Hiring Manager – 30 minutes

• 🤔 1 Technical Challenge at home

• 👋 1 Meeting the CSM team - 1 hour

• 👋 Panel Interview with CEO and CTO – 1 hour

• 💌 Formal hiring proposal