Sales Engineer, Commercial Mid-Market

About the role

Hex is redefining how teams work with data - combining notebooks, apps, BI, and AI-native workflows into a single collaborative analytics platform. Companies like Anthropic, Cursor, and Brex rely on Hex as a core part of how their data teams operate. We’re at an exciting stage of growth. Hex is scaling rapidly, with strong momentum in the mid-market and SMB segments. This is a high-impact moment to join: our go-to-market motion is accelerating, our AI capabilities are fundamentally changing data work, and Sales Engineers play a central role in shaping how we win.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to data teams & leaders (think: Data Scientists, Analysts, Data Platform Leads, etc.) and build strong relationships to help them get the most out of Hex during their evaluations
• Own the technical sales cycle and work with end users throughout the Sales cycle from discovery and product demos through trials, and proofs of concept
• Partner closely with Account Executives to develop opportunity-level strategy, execute evaluations, and share feedback to improve your partnership
• Inform the product roadmap by synthesizing product feedback from prospects to share with internal Engineering & Product teams
• Project manage the architecture, security, and technical reviews that prospects require
• Develop content to support users who are a part of evaluations ie. demo projects, documentation, videos, etc.
• As needed, travel to customer on-sites and marketing events to deliver demos and build strong customer relationships

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional work experience
• 2+ years in a Sales Engineer, Solutions Engineer, or similar customer-facing technical role
• Experience working with Mid Market customers (250-2500 employees)
• Experience with land POC/Technical Sales Motions
• Familiarity with data science tooling and workflows, including SQL, and BI tools (Bonus points if you have spent lots of time in notebooks, SQL IDEs, or app-building frameworks.)

Qualifications

• A strong track record of talking to customers - from IC users to senior stakeholders - and solving their problems
• You're an excellent communicator who builds empathy, shares feedback, and grows successful relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• A generalist technical skillset: you don't need a CS degree, but should have a passion and interest for technology and be a creative problem solver
• Experience or interest in working in an early-stage startup environment

Benefits

In addition to our unique culture, Hex proudly offers a competitive total rewards package, including but not limited to market-benchmarked salary & equity, comprehensive health benefits, and flexible paid time off. The OTE (base + variable) range for this role is: $175,000 - $235,000. The salary range shown may be a reflection of additional factors such as geographical location and skill ranges/levels we’re open to. Placement in the salary range will be decided upon completion of the interview process, taking into account factors like leaving room for growth, internal fairness & parity, your demonstrated skills, and the depth of your experience.