Enterprise Sales Engineer - Poland
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Enterprise Sales Engineer - Poland at Datadog is a forward deployed observability platform role for engineers who want customer-facing technical work with real deployment ownership.
Reading this role
This Solutions / Sales Engineering role centers on technical discovery, demos, POCs, and helping buyers build internal consensus. Key signals from the listing: Python.
About Datadog
Datadog forward deployed engineers help enterprises adopt monitoring, security, and observability at scale. The role is anchored in Poland, Remote, so expect on-site customer work in that region.
Signals in the listing
Stand out for Enterprise Sales Engineer - Poland
- Lead your application with one paragraph tying Enterprise Sales Engineer - Poland to a specific customer or deployment you owned — Datadog hires for shipped outcomes, not tool lists.
- Bring a tight demo narrative: customer pain, live workflow, and measurable before/after — treat the interview like a compressed POC.
- Show how you qualify opportunities and say no to bad-fit pilots; Datadog values technical judgment in customer-facing roles.
- The posting mentions multiple languages — pick the one most relevant to this team and show production code, not tutorial exercises.
- This role is tied to Poland, Remote — mention willingness to work on-site with customers and any existing ties to that market (clients, partners, or domain knowledge).
Stand out at Datadog
- Demonstrate incident/debug fluency with a concrete example — Datadog will probe for specifics, not buzzwords.
- Demonstrate metrics and tracing literacy with a concrete example — Datadog will probe for specifics, not buzzwords.
- Stand out with war stories where observability data directly changed customer reliability or cost.
- Read recent engineering blog posts, product launches, and customer stories on datadog.com — reference one explicitly in your outreach to show genuine interest.
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Role description
As an Enterprise Sales Engineer, you will provide technical expertise through sales presentations, product demonstrations, and supporting technical evaluations (POVs). Sales Engineers help qualify and close opportunities with customers and partners and have a voice with the product team to help prioritize features based on input from customers, competitors, and partners.
What You’ll Do:
Partner with the Sales team to articulate the overall Datadog value proposition, vision and strategy to customers Own technical engagement with customers during the trial phase. Communicate Datadog’s value based on activities and work with customers on any identified issues or concerns to successful conclusion Technically close complex opportunities through advanced competitive knowledge, technical skill, and credibility Deliver product and technical briefings / presentations to potential clients Maintain accurate notes and feedback in CRM regarding customer input both wins and losses Proactively engage and communicate with customers and Datadog business/technical teams regarding product feedback and competitive landscape
Who You Are:
Passionate about educating customers on observability risks that are meaningful to their business, and able to build and execute an evaluation plan with a customer Someone with strong written and oral communication skills. This role requires an ability to understand and articulate both the business
benefits (value proposition) and technical advantages of our offering
Experienced in programming/scripting with any of the following: Java, Python, Ruby, Go, Node.JS, PHP, and .NET etc. Someone with a minimum of 3+ years in a Sales Engineering or DevOps Engineering role Able to sit up to 4 hours, traveling to and from client sites Able to travel via auto, train or air up to 45% of the time Fluent in written and spoken Polish and English Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.
Benefits and Growth:
Best-in-breed onboarding
Generous global
benefits
Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.
About Datadog:
Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
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