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An Introduction to Hiring for the Modern Sales Engineer

How to Hire the Right Sales Engineer for Your Team
Your Sales Engineers are the technical gurus bringing sharp product expertise to your demos. When hiring sales reps, don’t sleep on this crucial position. Get our ultimate hiring guide for sales engineers.
Key takeaways:
  • A comprehensive overview of the SE role, and when you need to hire one.
  • Region- and experience-specific sales engineer salary benchmarks.
  • A step-by-step guide to an efficient yet comprehensive interview process.

The Sales Engineer role has only become necessary since the technology boom, but the need for this position is rapidly increasing. Specialized and strategic roles are keystone positions for companies adapting to today’s changing processes and scaling their sales teams.

As SaaS products become more popular and increasingly complicated, companies require technically savvy brand ambassadors. An expanding company’s sales team needs additional resources for communicating the benefits, processes, and updates of their company’s intangible product.

That need is where the Sales Engineer comes in. A Sales Engineer communicates to your customers everything they need to understand to successfully implement and utilize your product.

In this eBook, we offer an in-depth look into the role, covering Sales Engineer salary and more, and provide insights into how this role is key to scaling a sales team.

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