Sales Engineer

Primary Responsibilities

Create, engineer, and maintain solution-based demo environments and bundles using existing collateral and new materials that you create
Serve as technical resource of the sales reps and alliances team during sales calls and demos (online or on-site)
Create and conduct demonstrations to both a business audience and technical audience
Provide any assistance to help potential clients overcome technical questions, barriers, and architectural hurdles
Give technical and development advice to the sales team and to potential clients including product configuration and general guidance
Serve as a Liferay product expert, providing system engineering and system architecture best practices and techniques, both internally and outbound
Complete RFP/RFI documents submitted by potential clients, with particular attention to technical and advanced product questions, under tight deadlines on a regular basis
Assist in the development of proof of concepts starter kits
Participate in official Liferay social media (blog, wiki, message boards, Twitter, Facebook) to disseminate information, product knowledge, and expertise
Create specialized technical/development projects that improve sales collateral, sales team processes, or the Liferay community at large
Assist with technical whitepapers
Participate in road shows, conferences, and different forms of Liferay evangelism
Expected travel up to 30%

Preferred Qualifications

Zeal for learning
Love of open source
Bachelor's degree, education, experience in computer science, software engineering, and/or systems engineering
Experience in technical sales and consulting -- portals, web development, mobile development, web content management, social collaboration, content targeting
Experience with Liferay Portal, MySQL, JBoss, Tomcat, Websphere, Weblogic, other Java containers
Development experience - proficient in Java and Java EE
Web Development - Front-end UI/UX development experience a plus.
Mobile development experience (for Android, iOS) a plus
Demonstrated exceptional engineering, consulting, or software sales skills from previous employment
Fluent Finnish speaker, having Swedish also a bonus.

Liferay is an award-winning open source software company and a recognized leader by analyst firm Gartner. Liferay is now investing in Nordic Region and establishing its Nordic operations in Helsinki. Our new office in Helsinki will be located in Salmisaari close to the city center and with good facilities. You'll have a chance to join a fast growing company in an exciting phase.

Working at Liferay is an opportunity to participate in a motivating, inclusive and thriving international company that offers the possibility of developing a career in line with your capabilities and professional interests. At Liferay, you’ll join us in working hard to make a positive impact in the world.