Sales Engineer (Pre-Sales)

Adaptive•Boston, MA

2d•$140,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

Adaptive is the AI-native financial automation platform for the construction industry. As a Sales Engineer, you own the technical side of the sales cycle. You partner with Account Executives on every serious opportunity: running discovery, designing the solution, building and delivering demos, and handling technical objections from finance buyers who have seen a lot of software and believe very little of it.

Requirements

4+ years in pre-sales solutions engineering, sales engineering, or a similar technical customer-facing role at a B2B SaaS company
Strong demo craft: you can build an environment, tell a story with data, and adjust live when the room shifts
Comfort with data and systems: expert Excel, ability to read API docs, understanding of how integrations work
Working fluency with AI tools and the ability to speak credibly about AI capabilities and limits to a skeptical buyer
Executive presence and clear communication with finance and operations audiences
Strong written output: SOWs, technical responses, follow-up documentation

Nice To Haves

Construction or ERP experience is a plus, not a requirement. We will teach the domain to the right person

Responsibilities

Partner with AEs to own the technical thread of the deal: discovery, solution design, demos, proof-of-concept environments, and objection handling
Run discovery that gets underneath the surface ask, mapping the prospect's systems, workflows, and reporting needs
Build tailored demo environments seeded with realistic data so buyers see their own operation, not a sandbox
Deliver demos to executive and operational audiences, from CFOs to project accountants
Scope technical requirements and integrations, and translate them into SOWs and deal documentation
Support RFPs, security reviews, and technical evaluation processes
Feed field learnings back to product and marketing