Lead Sales Engineer

Black Duck Software•Burlington, MA

About The Position

Black Duck Software, Inc. helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck, a recognized pioneer in application security, provides SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle. Lead Sales Engineer – Application Security Own the Room. Architect the Deal. Redefine AppSec. Black Duck Software isn’t here to play small. We help the world’s top enterprises ship secure, high‑quality software without slowing down . As pioneers in SAST, SCA, and DAST , we’ve spent years setting the standard for AppSec — and we’re not done. Now we’re looking for a Senior Staff Sales Engineer who can bring technical gravity, stage presence, and a bit of swagger. Someone who can walk into a room full of architects, CISOs, or developers and immediately take control of the conversation. Someone who sees complex customer problems and thinks: let’s go . If you’re the SE who thrives on pressure, loves the chase, and delivers the technical knockout punch that makes deals close, keep reading.

Requirements

8+ years of sales engineering / pre-sales in AppSec or something damn close
Real understanding of application security, vulnerabilities, and testing methodologies
Strong SAST, SCA, or DAST experience (bonus points if you’ve used multiple)
Software development or security engineering chops — you’re not afraid of code
Elite communication skills (you can explain anything to anyone)
Curiosity, creativity, and a comfort with ambiguity — you don’t need a script

Nice To Haves

Consulting or enterprise architecture background
Experience with DevOps tools, CI/CD systems, and modern SDLC workflows
Ability to juggle multiple high‑stakes engagements without breaking a sweat
A strategic mindset — you solve the problem and shape the deal
Passion for AppSec and a desire to help customers level up their security posture

Responsibilities

Be the technical closer.
Drive strategy with your AE partners and unlock enterprise deals others can’t.
Run killer demos and POCs.
Turn complex requirements into “wow, we need this” moments.
Diagnose customer pain fast.
Architect solutions across SAST, SCA, DAST, SDLC, and DevSecOps pipelines.
Win competitive battles.
Own the narrative.
Deliver high-impact presentations that land with engineers and executives.
Embed in their stack. CI/CD, cloud, containers, you name it — you’ll show them how it all fits.
Be the expert customers trust.