Solution Engineer (Pre-Sales) - All Levels (Canada)

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts. Job Category Sales Job Details About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce. Our Sales Organization is made up of the business segments below. Within these business segments, the teams sell across multiple verticals and there are teams that sell specifically into one industry or vertical. Verticals include: Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Retail & Consumer Goods, Communications Media & Technology, Consumer Business Services, Public Sector, Professional Services, Slack, Mulesoft, Tableau, Specialization Cloud, Enterprise Corporate Sales and .ORG (Non Profit & Education). In addition, we have Core Teams that sell the entire Salesforce Platform and our Co Prime teams specialize in a specific cloud solution including but not limited to Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Commerce Cloud, Heroku or Quip. Solution Engineers typically align with the below business units. Overview The Solution Engineer is a role that we often hire at Salesforce. If you are interested in any type of Solution Engineering role, you’ve come to the right place. We look forward to reviewing your application and finding the right role for you! By applying to the Solution Engineer role, recruiters and hiring managers who support multiple cloud offerings and verticals across the organization will review your resume. Our goal is for you to apply once and have your resume reviewed by multiple hiring teams. Please note some of these positions may be office-based, office-flexible or remote depending on the team. Do you want to be part of an outstanding team that is selling into the worlds top organizations? Come join us at Salesforce Solution Engineering team. Through collaboration with the customer, the Products team, and Professional Services the Solutions Engineers develop thoughtful solutions that help our customers connect with their customers in new ways. This unique perspective creates an opportunity for the SE to interact with the entire customer lifecycle. If you enjoy a fast-paced environment full of exciting challenges and opportunities to build compelling Solutions then the Solution Engineering Team is the department for you. The SE world is a dynamic, constantly evolving environment where expertise in design, business consulting and technology is used every day to drive innovation. The Solution Engineer must have a strong desire to demonstrate their technical and/or sales skills, including the ability to solicit business requirements, develop a technical sales strategy, configure and successfully demonstrate the solutions that address these requirements and provide business value. What roles are we looking to fill in Solutions Engineering? The SE team is organized into several smaller teams based on the products they are selling, or the industry/vertical they are selling into aligning with the sales teams, as outlined above. The Solution Engineer role typically aligns with our Enterprise, Commercial or SMB segments. We are regularly looking for Solution Engineers within these segments on both product & industry teams. Whether you are at the Associate level or beyond, we hire based on skills/experience and are open to hiring at all levels for the right candidate.Responsibilities
Business Problem Solving: Take ambiguous and sophisticated business problems and using research and business assessment capabilities, define the problem, drive innovative ideas, define the opportunity set, and recommend practical next steps.Innovation Management: Bring focus to a client's decision making process by communicating and evaluating solution options, and driving consensus among key collaborators.Connect Experiences: Demonstrate through software demos and rapid prototyping how connected experiences come to life with The Salesforce Solutions."Solutioning" is fundamental to the SE role. It is important to realize that a component of the responsibilities will include assisting the customer, Account Executive and Professional Services team with the discovery, analysis and ultimately the recommendation of strategic solutions for the customer by delivering transformational pitches based in live product demonstrations to validate.These Solutions will use all of the Salesforce technologies to address the core challenges and objectives that are uniquely identified for each customer.Discover the customer's business needs, and position the best Salesforce solution to achieve those business objectivesBuild and present customized solutions and demonstrations focused on Salesforce products to multiple customer personas showing how Salesforce will accelerate their business strategies and a path to value.Convey a deep understanding of the customer's architecture as it pertains to Salesforce's solutionsOrchestrate and lead cross-functional solutions guides, and align them to the opportunity strategyDevelop and deliver the story of the customer experience aided by Salesforce technologiesParticipate in all appropriate product, sales, and procedural training and certifications to acquire and maintain the knowledge vital to be effective in the positionAbility to travel based on territory alignment and regionRequired Qualifications
B.S. Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS or equivalent relevant experience required.Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.G. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)Knowledge of related applications, relational database and web technologySolid oral, written, presentation, collaboration and interpersonal communication skillsAbility to work as part of a team to solve technical problems in varied political environmentsMinimum of 2 years of professional experiencePreferred Qualifications
Salesforce CertificationsPrevious experience as a solution/sales engineer for a CRM company or similar technologyBasic programming experience in HTML and other web based technologiesUnleash Your Potential
When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love.Accommodations
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Posting Statement Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education. At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. For Ontario-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is CAD 95,130 to CAD 145,130 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable. This posting is to fill a vacancy on our team, unless otherwise noted. We're Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI + Data + CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good — you've come to the right place.
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