Senior Sales Engineer (Conversational AI for Banking)
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San Francisco, CA · Posted November 1, 2026
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November 2026
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- Best cities for sales pay after cost of living #1 Santa Clara ($175k)
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- Employers with the most sales jobs #1 Charter Communications (389 roles)
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About the job
A profitable, venture-backed Series A company has built an agentic AI platform for community banks and credit unions and is adding pre-sales engineers. The person hired will be the technical partner to account executives on large enterprise deals with financial institutions.
Day to day
Take charge of every technical element of an enterprise opportunity, from technical discovery and integration review through to closing
Build and present demos shaped around each prospect’s pain points and existing systems
Support account executives on competitive comparisons, RFPs and proof-of-concept work
Spot expansion opportunities by learning how customers’ current technology is set up
Travel now and then (around a fifth of the time) for client meetings, demos and industry events
About you
Five or more years in a dedicated solutions engineering or pre-sales role on complex, high-value enterprise deals
Familiarity with contact-center software, CCaaS, conversational AI or similarly intricate products
Solid grasp of AI and NLU architecture and integration patterns; you do not need to write code but must sound credible with technical buyers
Comfort using AI tools to put together demos, RFP answers and technical write-ups
Strong written and verbal communication for non-technical stakeholders
Startup or high-growth experience and the initiative to start quickly
On-site five days a week in the San Francisco Bay Area, so candidates should live nearby or be ready to relocate. Visa transfers and sponsorship are available for exceptional candidates.