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Sales Engineer, Eastern Canada (Strategic)

Cribl · Remote · Canada

Base
C$175K–C$210K
OTE
Not disclosed
Posted
1mo ago

Still open · checked 2h agoon Cribl's careers page

What Cribl sells

Manages machine data for IT and security teams

Big companies' IT and security teams generate huge amounts of telemetry, which is the data machines send about what they are doing. This product gives them choice, control, and flexibility to manage and analyze that data, whether it comes from people or AI agents. With it, they can build what comes next.

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The Braun Read

Ask hard questions

Too much is left unsaid. Make them answer before you invest.

Pay
Base is listed but not OTE. Ask what the variable is and how many people hit it.
Transparency
Shares 1 of 5: quota, attainment, deal size, territory, sales cycle.
Pipeline
Doesn't say where pipeline comes from. Ask.
Time on market
Open 35 days. Normal, but not fresh.
Company hiring
Ramping up: posted 15 sales roles in the last 30 days. That many open roles can also mean churn. Ask how many reps are still there from last year.

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. 1.

    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.

  2. 2.

    What's the OTE, and what did the median rep earn last year?

    Base is what you're guaranteed. OTE and the median show the upside.

  3. 3.

    What's the annual quota, and how was it set?

    A quota built from real data is a target. Otherwise it's a hope.

  4. 4.

    Where does pipeline come from: inbound, SDRs, or me?

    Tells you how much of your week is prospecting versus selling.

  5. 5.

    How long is ramp, and what's the quota during it?

    Full quota on day one means you start behind.

  6. 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. 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. 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. 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

Pre-sales Solutions Engineer for Cribl's strategic enterprise accounts in Eastern Canada. You lead technical discovery, run POVs/POCs with security teams, and support the Regional Sales Manager on technical wins. Up to 30% travel.

Strategic

Selling motion

Not stated in the posting.

Who you're selling to

Buyer:
IT and security teams, including SOC and detection engineersIn their words: “we partner with IT and Security teams at many of the world’s biggest enterprises”
Company size:
Enterprise

Pipeline expectations

Not stated in the posting.

Compensation

C$175K–C$210K base

What is not disclosed

This posting doesn't tell you:

  • OTE
  • Quota size
  • Quota attainment
  • Average deal size
  • Sales cycle length

The questions above cover the big ones.

Full posting
Join the company that’s building the telemetry infrastructure for the AI era. At Cribl, we partner with IT and Security teams at many of the world’s biggest enterprises, including half of the Fortune 100, to bridge the gap between AI ambition and infrastructure reality. As the AI Platform for Telemetry, we give customers the choice, control, and flexibility to manage and analyze telemetry for both humans and agents, so they can build what’s next. We’re one of the fastest‑growing private companies and a leading player in a massive, fast‑moving market. With a global workforce, we’re remote‑first and grounded in a simple idea: software is a people business. Cribl is the place where curious, collaborative people can do their best work, grow fast, and bring their full selves to the herd. Location: Toronto or Ottawa Why You'll Love This Role As a Solutions Engineer, you'll help customers solve hard data problems in complex environments, with real depth in how security teams work. You will help customers understand their environment, define the right success criteria, and build confidence in an approach that works in practice rather than on a slide. That takes both sides of the job: leading discovery and connecting technical capability to business value, and bringing genuine depth in data architecture, integrations, and environment design. As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will… - Lead technical discovery to understand a customer's environment, requirements, constraints, and success criteria. - Design customer-specific solutions that combine parts of the platform to fit real architectures and business outcomes. - Own POV and POC execution end to end, keeping the evaluation tied to agreed success criteria. - Build credibility directly with security practitioners, including analysts, detection engineers, and security operations leaders, in conversations about their workflow and not just their data pipeline. - Handle most technical questions and objections yourself, pulling in specialists for edge cases and the hardest evaluations. - Partner with your Regional Sales Manager on account strategy, opportunity planning, and technical win strategy. - Build technical champions inside accounts, and expand relationships beyond the first champion when the decision requires it. - Run the technical sales process with discipline, including CRM hygiene, MEDDPICC alignment, milestones, and follow-through. - Contribute your expertise to other teammates on your regional SE team.Up to 30% Travel - We are a remote-first company and work happens across many time-zones – you may be required to occasionally perform duties outside your standard working hours If You’ve Got It - We Want It - Security depth - For this opening, we are prioritizing security analyst workflow depth. (If you feel like you are a strong candidate with Observability or Telemetry Engineering depth, we'd still like to speak with you.) - Hands-on experience in or experience working with a security analytics workflow, such as a SOC, detection engineering, threat hunting, or incident response, or experience supporting those teams as a technical resource. - Working knowledge of SIEM and security analytics platforms and how security teams use them day to day, including where those workflows break down. - Credibility you can point to: specific practitioner examples and an industry point of view. - Consultative and solution skills - Experience leading technical discovery and translating requirements into solution designs. - Ability to design a well-architected system without being the expert in every part of it. - Ability to learn the basics of unfamiliar technology quickly. - Clear explanation of technical tradeoffs to practitioners and decision-makers alike, including handling objections. - Good judgment under ambiguity. - Leverages AI to maximize effectiveness in role - Is Customer First Always-- thats our #1 value here and we live by it - Foundational technical fluency: - - Senior-level experience in Sales Engineering, Solutions Architecture, or a similar customer-facing technical role. - A working foundation in data movement, telemetry pipelines, logging, networking, or data architecture. Depth is welcome, but it is not what we optimize for and it can be built here. - Experience running hands-on evaluations, POVs, or POCs in cloud, hybrid, and enterprise environments. #LI-JK1 #LI-Remote The salary for this role is dependent on geographic location and will be based on the individual candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to base salary, for sales and some sales-adjacent roles, employees are eligible to earn incentive compensation (commission). For all other roles, employees are eligible to participate in the Cribl Corporate Bonus Program. In addition to a competitive salary, Cribl also offers a generous benefits package which includes health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and paid time off, a fertility treatment benefit, 401(k), and equity. Base Salary Range $175,000-$210,000 CAD Bring Your Whole Self Diversity drives innovation, enables better decisions to support our customers, and inspires change for the better. We’re building a culture where differences are valued and welcomed, and we work together to bring out the best in each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying. Interested in joining the Cribl herd? Learn more about the smartest, funniest, most passionate goats you’ll ever meet at cribl.io/about-us.
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