Pre-Sales Deployed Engineer

Posted:
8/16/2026, 3:56:17 AM

Location(s):
California, United States ⋅ San Francisco, California, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
Remote

Pay:
$108k–$140k/yr

About the Role

A fast-growing, seed-stage AI developer tools company is hiring a Pre-Sales Deployed Engineer based in London (German-speaking candidates also considered). This is a rare hybrid role for engineers who can genuinely both code and sell — you'll serve as the technical expert partnering with Account Executives to close enterprise deals, running hands-on technical pilots with development teams at prospective customers.

You'll work 100% on-site five days a week in London. Visa sponsorship is available.

What You'll Do

  • Partner with sales to qualify opportunities and act as the primary technical advisor throughout the pre-sales cycle — from discovery through to a successful close.

  • Run structured multi-week technical pilots with enterprise dev teams: lead kickoff calls, host regular office hours, and pair-program directly with customer engineers to demonstrate real-world value.

  • Present the product's vision, benefits, and differentiators to audiences ranging from individual developers to C-suite executives.

  • Deliver technical training sessions, live demos, and create customer-facing documentation, guides, and enablement resources.

  • Build and maintain technical collateral (demos, blogs, videos, guides) tailored to enterprise use cases.

  • Gather and synthesize customer feedback, feeding actionable insights back to Product and Engineering to influence the roadmap.

  • Travel to customer sites and industry events as needed to support engagements.

What We're Looking For

Must-haves:

  • 1+ years of solutions or pre-sales engineering experience for a technical product; developer tooling experience strongly preferred.

  • Strong CS fundamentals — CS degree from a top programme or equivalent demonstrated experience.

  • Solid programming skills in at least one object-oriented language; comfortable pair-programming live with customer engineers.

  • Fluency in both German and English.

  • Hands-on experience with AI-powered developer tools (code completion, AI chat assistants, or similar LLM-based tools).

  • Proven ability to deliver technical training, live demos, and create customer-facing documentation and enablement content.

  • Willingness to travel to customer sites and events as required.

  • A genuine interest in and aptitude for sales — high EQ, a closing mindset, and executive presence.

Nice-to-haves:

  • Experience engaging and presenting to C-suite and executive stakeholders.

  • Track record of successful enterprise software deployments or driving customer adoption initiatives.

  • Experience gathering customer feedback to inform product roadmap decisions.

This role is not for:

  • Pure software engineers with no interest in sales or customer-facing work.

  • Sales professionals who rely on others for technical depth.

  • Solutions engineers who have historically outsourced technical work to separate support teams.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary: $108,000 – $140,000 USD annually (London-based; EUR-equivalent compensation may apply for Germany-based candidates).

  • Visa sponsorship available.

Location

  • Primary: London, England, UK — 100% on-site, five days per week.

  • Germany-based candidates may also be considered; workplace details and currency may vary.

Clera

Website: https://www.getclera.com/

Headquarter Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Employee Count: 1-10

Year Founded: 2025

IPO Status: Private

Last Funding Type: Pre-Seed

Industries: Artificial Intelligence (AI) ⋅ Career Planning ⋅ Information Technology ⋅ Recruiting