Technical Sales Engineer

Digital Asset•New York, NY

5d•$150,000 - $170,000•Onsite

About The Position

Digital Asset builds the technologies that are reshaping the foundations of financial markets. Our mission is to create the world’s most trusted, privacy-enabled, and interoperable digital infrastructure for global finance. At the heart of this mission is the Canton Network - the blockchain purpose-built for institutional finance. Uniquely combining privacy, compliance, and scalability, Canton enables real-time, secure settlement across multiple asset classes. Governed by the Canton Foundation with participation from leading financial institutions, it is the proven link between the promise of blockchain and the power of global finance. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York City, with offices in London, Zurich, Budapest, Hong Kong, and Sydney— we are on a mission to transform finance— and that transformation is now playing out rapidly on the Canton Network. If you’re interested in playing a crucial role at the intersection of traditional and crypto-capital markets and want to help bring the next trillion dollars of finance on-chain, join us. About the role: Technical Sales Engineer (TSE) is a highly valued member of the Go-to-Market team who works directly with large, systemically important financial institutions to solve real-world problems. Working with the Business Development Managers, the Technical Sales Engineer helps to identify use cases ideal for the Canton Network and manage all technical pre-sales aspects of the customer engagement from discovery through the PoC phase. They are immersed in the latest Distributed Ledger technologies, including our domain specific contract language, Daml, but also develop sample applications, documentation, and training alongside the engineering teams to augment the Canton Network development experience.

Requirements

Experienced as a hands-on software engineer on a large-scale project
Proficient in one or more functional programming languages, ideally in a production setting
Excellent communications skills, comfortable presenting complex concepts in front of large client audiences
Able to develop proof-of-concepts for customer environments
Good understanding of infrastructure and how to deploy and run server based software packages in restricted client environments as well as public / private cloud environments
Is knowledge about large scale enterprise software architectures
Experienced working in a startup
Has domain expertise with regard to capital markets and financial market infrastructure
Experienced in developing and delivering technical training material
Experienced in developing front end/UI code using Typescript
Leverages development experience with Python, Java, or Scala
A degree in Computer Science or the equivalent

Responsibilities

Serves as an expert in Daml and Canton to build full stack Distributed Ledger solutions on Canton Network. Be able to provide assistance on frontend development, backend integrations, and the creation of Daml models
Leads customer/developer learning sessions for Canton Network solution development: creates course material, leads sessions, interacts with participants
Presents Digital Asset products, technical concepts and design to potential and existing clients through customer-facing demonstrations
Supports Business Development Managers on sales/pre-sales meetings and calls to comprehensively answer any technical questions
Supports clients through regular upgrades, including the preparation of materials and communications, e.g., release notes
Works closely with the Marketing and Product teams on the development of technical materials, prototypes and sales tools, and researches and articulates key differences between other technical products on the market
Colocates with clients and work alongside client teams for extended periods. Serves as the face of Digital Asset in our client’s organization