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Technical Sales Engineer / Business Development Executive Location: Ahmedabad Experience : 4–5 years Role Overview We are looking for an engineer who is excited to transition into a customer-facing technical sales role. This position sits at the intersection of engineering, consulting, and sales, and is ideal for someone who enjoys solving customer problems, presenting solutions, and influencing buying decisions using strong technical depth. You will work closely with Sales, Engineering, and Delivery teams to support pre-sales engagements, solution design, demos, and technical discussions with customers. Key Responsibilities Act as a technical advisor during the sales cycle, supporting discovery calls, solution and technical validations Understand customer requirements and map them to appropriate technical solutions and services Deliver technical presentations, demos, workshops, and proof-of-concepts to customers Collaborate with sales teams to create proposals, solution architectures, and effort estimates Build credibility with customer engineering, security, and operations teams Support RFP/RFI responses with strong technical inputs Stay up to date with industry trends, technologies, and competitive offerings Provide feedback from the field to internal product and delivery teams Required Qualifications 4–5 years of experience in an engineering, consulting, SRE, DevOps, security, or platform-focused role Strong fundamentals in at least one of the following domains: Security (SIEM, SOAR, SOC, Cloud Security, etc.) Observability / Monitoring Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineering Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences Strong presentation and storytelling skills Comfortable interacting with customers, including senior technical stakeholders Willingness and motivation to move into a technical sales / pre-sales role Good to Have Prior experience in customer-facing roles (consulting, support, solutions engineering, pre-sales) Exposure to SaaS products and enterprise customers Experience working with tools like Splunk, Datadog, Dynatrace, Elastic, cloud-native tools, or security platforms Certifications in cloud or security technologies Basic understanding of sales cycles, deal qualification, and value-based selling
Here's how to pick the right one and stand out in your application.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.