Senior Sales Engineer - MENA
Sardine
Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Sardine is open worldwide, so South Africans can apply. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
Who we are:
Sardine is the leading agentic risk platform for fighting financial crime. Our integrated solution unifies data across risk teams to help organizations stop fraud in real time, prevent AI-driven attacks, and automate fraud and AML operations. Sardine’s platform is strengthened by one of the fastest-growing fraud consortiums in the market, spanning more than 6 billion profiled devices, 800 million consumers, and 3 million businesses worldwide. Leading companies including FIS, GoDaddy, Intuit, Edward Jones, ZoomInfo, and Checkout.com rely on Sardine to secure and grow trust in their products.
Our culture:
* We hire talented, self-motivated individuals with extreme ownership and high growth orientation.
We hire talented, self-motivated individuals with extreme ownership and high growth orientation.
* We value performance and not hours worked. We believe you shouldn't have to miss your family dinner, your kid's school play, friends get-together, or doctor's appointments for the sake of adhering to an arbitrary work schedule.
We value performance and not hours worked. We believe you shouldn't have to miss your family dinner, your kid's school play, friends get-together, or doctor's appointments for the sake of adhering to an arbitrary work schedule.
* We're a remote-first team spread across time zones, so no office to report to - work from wherever helps you do your best work. Just a couple of things to keep in mind: pay is based on where you're located, and you'll need to keep a home base in the country you're hired in. So while we love the "coffee shop today, mountains tomorrow" life, this isn't a passport-optional, work-from-anywhere-on-Earth kind of remote - think flexiblewithinyour country, not borderless.
We're a remote-first team spread across time zones, so no office to report to - work from wherever helps you do your best work. Just a couple of things to keep in mind: pay is based on where you're located, and you'll need to keep a home base in the country you're hired in. So while we love the "coffee shop today, mountains tomorrow" life, this isn't a passport-optional, work-from-anywhere-on-Earth kind of remote - think flexiblewithinyour country, not borderless.
Location:
* Remote MENA - Preference for Dubai
Remote MENA - Preference for Dubai
* Please note:This role will require up to50% travel.
Please note:This role will require up to50% travel.
About the role:
Sales Engineering is a team of subject matter experts who serve as the trusted technical advisor to prospective customers. You will lead prospects through the sales process by connecting their needs to Sardine’s value to win new customers and drive revenue growth. You will deliver best in class product demonstrations, fill out RFPs, and win over our prospective customer’s technical teams with your thought leadership and consultative approach. Internally, your insights from the field will help shape our product roadmap and will pave the way for future customers. You will play a key role in our commitment to customer excellence and allow Sardine to stay ahead of market trends.
The SE team is a high visibility and high impact team. At the intersection of our Go-To-Market and Product and Engineering teams, we serve as the link between our customer’s needs and the Sardine’s capabilities, ensuring our platform is always adding value to our customer’s Fraud and Compliance stack. It's a great role for someone who enjoys learning the intricacies of a product to drive value to prospects, and leading through innovative problem-solving to convert prospects into customers. Variety, ambiguity, innovation, and ownership of complex problems are all big components of this role.
What you'll be doing:
* Support Account Executives in identifying a prospect’s fraud and compliance needs.
Support Account Executives in identifying a prospect’s fraud and compliance needs.
* Prepare and deliver customized demos that showcase the impact of Sardine’s platform.
Prepare and deliver customized demos that showcase the impact of Sardine’s platform.
* Interface with Security teams to articulate our security posture and successfully complete security reviews.
Interface with Security teams to articulate our security posture and successfully complete security reviews.
* Complete RFPs for competitive opportunities.
Complete RFPs for competitive opportunities.
* Create comprehensive Solution Designs that address our prospect’s needs.
Create comprehensive Solution Designs that address our prospect’s needs.
* Collaborate with peers to improve all processes within the Sales Engineering team.
Collaborate with peers to improve all processes within the Sales Engineering team.
* Work together with our product and engineering teams to identify areas for improvement in our product suite and help prioritize and design solutions.
Work together with our product and engineering teams to identify areas for improvement in our product suite and help prioritize and design solutio
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
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About Sardine
Sardine is a company in the Sales industry that hires remote workers from South Africa.