Senior Sales Engineer - Strategic AI

DDN · London, ENG, GB

Full-timePublished Jul 22, 2026

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About the role

As a Sales Engineer, you'll architect high-performance storage solutions that enable customers to achieve their boldest ambitions. Work across finance, pharmaceuticals, education, and physical AI—designing systems that power real-time trading, accelerate drug discovery, enable groundbreaking research, and fuel autonomous systems.


You'll translate complex customer requirements into elegant technical solutions, demonstrate capabilities through POCs and benchmarks, and serve as a trusted advisor throughout the sales cycle.


What You'll Do

Customer Engagement

  • Partner with customers to understand their critical data challenges—high-frequency trading, genomics processing, AI model training, or autonomous vehicle sensor fusion

  • Translate technical requirements into elegant, scalable storage solutions that exceed expectations

  • Act as trusted technical advisor throughout the sales cycle

Solution Design

  • Architect storage for AI/ML training, HPC simulations, data analytics, and GPU-accelerated workloads

  • Design for reliability, resilience, security, and scale—balancing performance with data protection

  • Create BOMs, system architectures, and technical proposals for complex RFPs

  • Conduct live demos, POCs, and performance benchmarking

  • Integrate with GPU clusters, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and AI frameworks

Innovation & Growth

  • Stay current on AI infrastructure and storage technology trends

  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams using field insights

  • Mentor team members and contribute to technical thought leadership

  • Shape product direction based on customer needs

What You Bring

Technical Foundation (All Levels)

  • Strong understanding of storage and data architectures: SAN, NAS, object storage, parallel file systems

  • Knowledge of architectural patterns for reliability, resilience, security, and scale

  • Understanding of storage and data protocols: S3, POSIX, NFS, SMB

  • Familiarity with network protocols: TCP/IP, InfiniBand, RDMA

  • Curiosity about massively parallel technologies (Lustre, GPFS, Exascaler)

  • Aptitude for AI workloads and how storage enables AI innovation

  • Ability to communicate technical concepts to both engineers and executives

Entry Level (0-3 years)

  • Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

  • Exposure to storage/systems through coursework, internships, or projects

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

  • Customer-facing communication skills

Experienced (3+ years)

  • 3-8+ years in pre-sales, solutions architecture, or technical consulting

  • Proven track record designing storage/infrastructure solutions

  • Hands-on experience with enterprise storage systems

  • Experience with AI/ML infrastructure, HPC, or high-performance workloads (preferred)

  • Success managing complex technical sales cycles

What Sets You Apart

  • Genuine curiosity about AI and its impact across industries

  • Ownership mindset—you solve problems until they're solved

  • Ability to translate technical complexity into business value

  • Thrive in fast-evolving technology environments

  • Collaborative team player with integrity and empathy

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