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Sales Engineer / Solutions Engineer, Central (Strategic Accounts) - Yubico

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Job Title
Sales Engineer / Solutions Engineer, Central (Strategic Accounts)
Job Location
Chicago
Job Description
Meet Yubico: the inventor of the YubiKey––the world's first and leading security key. Our company’s mission is to make secure login easy and available for everyone. Yubico was founded in 2007 by Stina and Jakob Ehrensvard, and recently went public on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Stockholm: YUBICO. Our customers include Fortune 500 companies, hundreds of government agencies and millions of individuals in over 160 countries that rely on Yubico technology to secure access to computers, online services and mobile apps. We are a global company with a strong company culture and employees located in over 14 countries. Yubico’s headquarters are based in Stockholm, Sweden and Santa Clara, CA. Aligned with our mission to make the internet more secure for everyone, Yubico donates YubiKeys to organizations helping at-risk individuals through our philanthropic initiative, Secure it Forward.


At Yubico, we offer:

Freedom and Flexibility: At Yubico, we want you to be your most productive selves whether you decide to work 100% from home or choose to work hybrid/onsite. The way we balance the fast-paced demands of a high-growth company and sustainability is making rest a priority.

Yubico Values: We work to ensure that our employees have an open space to have their voices amplified to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels like they belong. Aligned with this, our employees have created some pretty cool Employee Resource Groups: YubiPride, YubiBIPOC, YubiSustainability and YubiWomen. Additionally, Yubico donates YubiKeys to organizations in need all over the world (you can read more about our work here).

Social Connection: Relationships and connectedness matter, and we love spending time with our team! Our virtual workspace keeps us connected day-to-day whether it's through Yubico celebrating wins or our buzzing Slack communities. We host an all-team event in a new location every year where we plan for upcoming quarters, set goals, and most importantly, host fun events to encourage team building outside of the workplace. Check out our Life at Yubico Page on LinkedIn and our awards here.

The Role:

Yubico’s mission is to create a safer internet for everyone. Our core invention, the YubiKey, secures logins for 9 of the top 10 internet brands, including Google and Facebook, and for millions of users in 160 countries. Collaboration and innovation are at the core of our culture, as we expand to more advanced software and services for encryption and Internet of Things (IoT). We are a multinational, fast-growing company, offering an opportunity to bring your ideas to life with our global team.

We are looking for a talented Solutions Engineer to join the security revolution! In this role you will play a critical role in establishing technical credibility and confidence with our prospective clients leveraging your experience and drive to envision, position and sell Yubico’s products. You will work closely with sales reps and channel partners to define and communicate how we can best achieve our customers goals with Yubico solutions.

Tasks & Responsibilities:
  • Establish yourself as a resident subject matter expert on Yubico’s products and ecosystem
  • Strategize with sales reps to help achieve target sales quotas
  • Build strong relationships with prospects and establish technical credibility to help advance deals
  • Maintain relationships with existing customers and look for opportunities to expand their product usage and improve their security posture where relevant
  • Build and deliver successful Proofs of Concept (PoCs)
  • Actively communicate with engineering and marketing with respect to evolving customer requirements in the marketplace
  • Continually assist with solutions development to expand to new target markets and industries
  • Improve the customer’s experience through conferences, workshops, and written documentation
  • Care about contributing to an amazing work culture and environment
  • Support and be comfortable with the rapid, unpredictable nature of a young innovative company
  • Work with customers remotely and in person
  • Travel: Expected to be 20-40%

  • Skills & Experience:
  • 4 or more years of experience in roles that require direct technical customer interaction, such as Solutions/Sales Engineering or a Pre-sales background
  • Able to configure and install enterprise technologies including network infrastructure, virtualization, web applications, Windows, Mac, and Linux
  • Knowledge of commonly used security technologies and protocols including two-factor authentication, IAM, Single Sign-On, VPN, various authentication protocols (OATH, SAML, OpenID, PIV, FIDO)
  • Excellent written and oral business communication skills
  • Excellent project management skills
  • Ability to collaborate across geographically dispersed functions

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    Yubico Headquarters Location

    Palo Alto, CA

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    Yubico Company Size

    Between 200 - 500 employees

    Yubico Founded Year

    2007

    Yubico Funding Rounds

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    • Post Ipo Equity

      $204,318,095 USD

    • IPO

      $0

    • Series Unknown

      $32,879,819 EUR

    • Series Unknown

      $25,000,000 USD

    • Series Unknown

      $30,000,000 USD