Sales Engineering

Sales Engineer, New York City
Skeletons, lasers, tattoo buses the Torq brand grabs attention like nothing else in cybersecurity. Fueling Torq's momentum is our game-changing AI SOC platform, backed by a team and culture that makes Torq one of Forbes' Best Startup Employers in America, and a Business Insider'startup to bet your career on'.
Life at Torq is all gas, no brakes. We're a team of relentless, collaborative go-getters pushing the boundaries of what's possible for security automation. Every role is an essential driver of Torq's success as the AI-native autonomous SecOps platform of choice for security teams across the Fortune 500.
We are looking for a Sales Engineer to build, implement and manage top standard SE strategy in an outstanding hyper-growth environment. In this role you'll help our sales team to evangelize the power of Torq by assessing and understanding the technical business needs of our customers and prospects to help them achieve maximum value from our solution. This remote position is based in the NYC Metropolitan region.
Provide outstanding and effective pre-sales technical expertise and sales engineering processes.
Lead the Sales Engineering team in following sales methodology and best practices, as well as ensuring proper use of CRM system
Partner with sales leadership and product groups to drive operational excellence and efficiency and meet quarterly and annual sales targets
Provide technical guidance and support to the sales team, ensuring that they have the knowledge and tools needed to be successful
Deliver compelling presentations to customers and prospects to ensure they understand the value of our solution
5+ years in pre-sales/solutions engineering for a SaaS security product SecOps, SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, or AI SOC. Working fluency with agentic AI: multi-agent systems, reasoning and planning, tool calling, MCP, prompt engineering, and the practical limits of LLMs in security

• Hands-on use of AI tooling to build demo environments, POC assets, integrations, and custom workflows
• Ability to address AI trust and governance in enterprise evaluations: explainability, audit trails, approval gates, blast-radius limits, reversibility, and data handling
• Deep understanding of pre-sales engineering and sales stage processes, including scoped POCs with measurable success criteria
• Public Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure) hands-on working knowledge
• Hands-on with Python, PowerShell, or bash, plus REST APIs, JSON, and webhook-based integrations
• SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, Cloud Security, Identity, Email Security
• Based in the NYC Metropolitan area with regular on-site presence
• Proven self-starter able to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines
• Excellent project management skills and ability to influence technical decision makers and executives
• Ability to travel frequently and participate in events

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to a team defined and empowered by diversity. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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