Sales Engineer
Assembled · New York City, NY
- Base
- Not disclosed
- OTE
- $150K–$200K
- Posted
- 4mo ago
Still open · checked 2h agoon Assembled's careers page
What Assembled sells
Scheduling and AI agents for support teams
A support team can have thousands of people and AI agents spread across teams, time zones, and products, and keeping them all in order is hard. Assembled gives support leaders software that forecasts how many customers will reach out, builds the schedules, and makes changes during the day. Its AI agents can also resolve customer issues, so more problems get solved.
In plain English, from their own job posts. Something wrong? Tell us
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Proceed with cautionA few things here deserve a hard look before you spend time on it.
- Pay
- OTE is listed. Ask what the base is.
- Transparency
- Says nothing about quota, attainment, deal size, territory or sales cycle.
- Pipeline
- Doesn't say where pipeline comes from. Ask.
- Time on market
- Open 143 days. Ask why it's been hard to fill.
- Company hiring
- 5 sales roles open, hiring at a steady pace.
Red flags
- "Wear many hats". Often code for an under-resourced team where sales also does marketing, CS, and ops.
Worth asking about
- Open 90+ days. This role has been posted for three months or more. Ask why it's been hard to fill, and whether anyone left it.
Green flags
- Publishes OTE. It tells you the on-target earnings up front. Most postings don't.
Based only on what the posting says. Flags are a starting point for your first call, not a final judgment.
Questions to ask on the first call
Built from what this posting leaves out. How they answer tells you as much as what they say.
- 1.
What does a typical week look like? How much of it is selling?
"Many hats" can mean half your week isn't selling.
- 2.
This role has been open a while. What's made it hard to fill?
The answer tells you what candidates saw that made them walk.
- 3.
What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?
OTE is what you could earn. This is how likely you are to earn it.
- 4.
What's the base, and how is the rest paid out?
OTE without a base doesn't tell you what you can count on.
- 5.
What's the annual quota, and how was it set?
A quota built from real data is a target. Otherwise it's a hope.
- 6.
Why is this role open? Did someone leave, or is it new?
New headcount is growth. A replacement means someone left. Ask why.
When the offer comes
Save these for later. They land better once they've said yes to you.
- 1.
Can I see the full comp plan in writing, including clawbacks and accelerators?
What's in writing is what gets paid. Read it before you sign.
- 2.
Can I see the actual comp distribution for the team last year, not just the OTE?
The spread shows what most reps really take home. OTE is just the target.
- 3.
I'd be walking away from earned commission to join. Is there room for a sign-on bonus to help cover that?
Leaving money behind is a fair reason to ask. The worst answer is no.
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The role
Sell Assembled's workforce management and AI agent platform for support teams. You'll run technical discovery, POCs, demos, and RFP responses alongside AEs, with a quarterly sales target.
Selling motion
Who you're selling to
- Buyer:
- Support leadersIn their words: “Assembled gives support leaders the tools to manage that complexity”
Pipeline expectations
Compensation
What is not disclosed
This posting doesn't tell you:
- Base salary
- Quota size
- Quota attainment
- Average deal size
- Territory
- Sales cycle length
The questions above cover the big ones.