Senior Sales Engineer (AI Search)

TL;DR

Senior Sales Engineer (AI Search): Driving technical pre-sales and customer adoption for a market-leading AI search and discovery SaaS platform with an accent on consultative solution design and technical validation. Focus on building prototypes, delivering POCs, and translating complex technical capabilities into business value for CTOs and product leaders.

Location: Must be based in London, England (Hybrid)

Salary: £97,000 - £135,000 GBP

Company

hirify.global is a pioneer and market leader in AI Search, empowering over 17,000 businesses to deliver fast, predictive search and browse experiences at internet scale.

What you will do

• Own the technical pre-sales relationship, partnering with Account Executives to drive revenue and customer adoption.
• Manage the technical sales process, including discovery, product demos, Proofs of Concept (POC), and RFP responses.
• Develop custom search applications leveraging hirify.global’s APIs and ecosystem tools.
• Act as a deep technical expert and trusted advisor for CTOs, product managers, and customer engineers.
• Advocate for customer needs internally by providing product feedback to Product and Engineering teams.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects and Customer Success to ensure a seamless post-sales onboarding process.

Requirements

• Fluency in Italian and English.
• Must be based in London, England.
• 4+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role (SE, SA, consultant, PM), preferably in SaaS.
• Proficiency in software development: Frontend (JavaScript, TypeScript, React) or Backend (Java, Ruby, Go, Node, Python, Swift).
• Experience with data formats, data transformation, and working with APIs.
• Strong organizational and communication skills for managing multiple competing customer demands.

Nice to have

• Additional European languages, such as Spanish.
• Background in e-commerce or the search industry.
• Knowledge of frameworks like Magento, Shopify, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, or commercetools.
• Familiarity with agentic AI systems, autonomous reasoning, or multi-agent orchestration.
• Expertise in SEO and Analytics.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible workplace model emphasizing impact and output over physical presence.
• High-trust environment with autonomy over when and where you work within the hybrid framework.
• Culture driven by core values: Grit, Trust, Candor, Care, and Humility.
• Inclusive workplace valuing diversity, collaboration, and continuous learning.