As a Senior Sales Engineer, you will support sales efforts by demonstrating Kasada's bot management platform and guiding customers from demo to deployment, ensuring they gain maximum value from the service.
About Kasada
Join us in stopping bad bots, for good! Kasada protects millions of online users everyday. Founded to stop automated bot attacks, we believe the internet should be a safe place for everyone. Bad bots are highly destructive. They take over accounts, steal content, overload systems and infrastructure and cause billions of dollars in damages every year. Seeking to restore trust in the internet, Kasada stops bots at the very first request including those that have never been seen before.
We’ve grown from a few friends working out of a shipping container under the Sydney Harbour Bridge to now operating globally, we’re spread across the world protecting some of the most well-known brands on the face of the earth.
We’re an innately curious team that’s not afraid to bring bold ideas to create better ways of solving problems. We’re looking for people who are passionate about solving some of the most difficult and pressing cybersecurity issues, while having fun doing it!
The Role
Kasada is on a mission to make the internet a safer place and we’re growing. We’re looking for a Senior Sales Engineer to join our world-class team and help bring our industry-leading bot management platform to life for customers across the globe. You’ll be the technical powerhouse behind our sales efforts, showing large organizations how Kasada stops malicious automation before it starts.
As a trusted technical advisor, you’ll guide customers from their first demo to full deployment, helping them unlock the full value of Kasada. You’ll collaborate closely with Sales, Product, Security Operations, and Customer Success teams ensuring every customer has a seamless and impactful experience. If you’re passionate about cutting-edge web security, love working directly with customers, and want to join a company defining the future of bot management, Kasada is where you’ll thrive.
What You’ll Do
- Be the go-to technical expert for Kasada’s platform from bot detection to web application integration.
- Deliver compelling, story-driven demos that bring the technology to life.
- Own proof-of-concept (PoC) engagements from scoping and setup through to successful validation.
- Translate complex security concepts into clear business value for a diverse customer base.
- Empower customers and internal teams through technical training and enablement.
About You
- You’re endlessly curious, technically sharp, and always looking for better ways to solve problems.
- Expert-level understanding of HTTP and the technologies powering modern web applications.
- Strong debugging skills with browser developer tools and network analyzers.
- Solid grasp of layer 4 and 7 networking (load balancing, reverse proxies).
- Comfortable working with CDN platforms such as CloudFront, Cloudflare, or Akamai.
- Deep understanding of web application architecture and development.
- You thrive on connecting with customers, delivering exceptional experiences, and helping them succeed.
The Benefits of being a Kasadian
We want to ensure Kasada remains a great place to work and a place to do great work. It's important to us to build an inclusive environment where you can realize your full potential. We are a highly collaborative team regardless of location, placing a strong emphasis on our core values; and we have designed our benefits package so you can thrive, both inside and outside of work:
- A stake in Kasada’s global success with equity/stock options
- Flexible working hours and arrangements - Create a schedule that suits you
- Support for growing families - Generous parental leave allowances and resources to help in the lead up, during and after parental leave.
- Resources for well-being to support your growth including our EAP - confidential counselling for you and your loved ones
- Birthday leave
- Wellness leave
- An action packed calendar of fun in-person and virtual events
Sound interesting? What’s next?
Hit the apply button and one of our team will set up an exploratory, confidential discussion. We have designed our hiring process to be streamlined and thorough so everyone can make the right call on whether it is the right move for you. We are an inclusive team and this extends to all candidates that interview with us. Interviews are conducted virtually however if you want to come onsite - just ask! When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any adjustments you may need during the interview process, we want to ensure you are set up for success in every conversation.
Still with us? Just a little bit more…
Research shows that women and other marginalized individuals tend to only apply when they check every box. We’re always keen to broaden our perspective, so if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point above, please still get in touch, we'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great addition to the team!
Please note: Kasada is an e-verify employer (US based applicants only)
Top Skills
Akamai)
Browser Developer Tools
Cdn Platforms (Cloudfront
Cloudflare
HTTP
Layer 4 And 7 Networking
Network Analyzers
Web Application Architecture And Development
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