--- title: 'Sales Engineer (EMEA) at Constructor' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/sales-engineer-emea-constructor-emea-fjvh3yhd9s8r' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-06' --- # Sales Engineer (EMEA) at Constructor - **Company:** Constructor - **Location:** EMEA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-29 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-06 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/constructor/991b8870-5bbd-4ba9-aa46-e3e45e16dbda ## Job description ## About Us [Constructor.io](http://Constructor.io) powers product search and discovery for some of the largest retailers in the world. We serve billions of requests every week, and you've probably seen our results somewhere and used our product without knowing it. We differentiate ourselves by focusing on metrics over features, and reinventing search and discovery from the ground up as a machine learning challenge with the specific goal of improving metrics like revenue. We're approximately doubling year over year despite the market slow down and have customers in every eCommerce vertical. We're a passionate team of technologists who love solving problems and want to make our customers' and coworkers' lives better. We value empathy, openness, curiosity, continuous improvement, and are excited by metrics that matter. We believe that empowering everyone in a company to do what they think is best can lead to great things. ## Role Overview As a Sales Engineer, you will lead the technical components of the sales process. You will partner closely with Account Executives and prospective customers to design integration approaches, evaluate technical fit, and demonstrate how Constructor’s platform drives measurable business impact. This role combines technical architecture design, consultative discovery, and cross-functional collaboration. You will act as a bridge between customer engineering teams and Constructor’s Product and Engineering teams. This is not a demo-heavy role. Account Executives perform the majority of demonstrations at Constructor. This role requires architectural thinking, integration planning, and consultative problem-solving. ## Key Responsibilities Technical Sales & Solution Design - Lead technical discovery and solution design for prospective customers - Design and document integration architectures (APIs, ecommerce platforms, PIM, CMS, data pipelines) - Develop and support tailored Proof Schedules (lightweight POCs) - Deliver technical presentations to both business and technical stakeholders - Serve as primary technical advisor during evaluation cycles - Troubleshoot and triage APIs, SDKs, and integration patterns - Willingness to tinker and build demo prototypes and tooling - Build and present compelling custom technical demonstrations and integration blueprints tailored to each sales opportunity - Support RFP and RFI responses Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner with Product and Engineering to surface prospective customer feedback to influence product roadmap and integration strategy - Contribute insights to the roadmap and the go-to-market strategy - Support enablement and training for sales teams - Help refine documentation, processes, and best practices within the SE function Market & Industry Engagement - Stay current on ecommerce trends, AI/ML advancements, and the competitive landscape - Represent Constructor in prospect meetings, partner engagements, field events, and other industry engagements - Build strong relationships with prospective customer technical stakeholders (architects, engineers, delivery teams) Required Qualifications & Skills - 3+ years of experience in technical Solutions Engineering, Sales Engineering, Pre-Sales Architect, or Technical Pre-Sales roles - Deep hands-on experience with API-first platforms: comfortable working directly with REST APIs, JSON data structures, webhooks, and SDK integration patterns, and able to troubleshoot them with Postman or similar tools - Working knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or similar languages, enough to read integration code, debug client-side implementations, and build lightweight prototypes or demo tooling - Experience designing and running custom demos or pilots with clear, business-aligned success criteria - Hands-on experience with coding agents to automate workflows, amplify impact, and execute at scale - Ability to read the room, tailor your communication to diverse audiences, and identify detractors, champions, and key decision-makers - Strong written and verbal communication, with a track record of producing clear technical documentation and explaining complex ideas to developers, architects, and C-suite executives alike - Ability to effectively articulate complex ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences - Ability to empathize with prospects’ challenges and goals - Skilled listener with innate curiosity - Passionate about innovative technology, technical sales, and articulating value to prospects - Enjoys working with prospects and is comfortable interacting with C-suite executives from both technical and business perspectives - Professional proficiency in Italian, French,Spanish, German is a plus ## Preferred Qualifications - Experience in enterprise ecommerce or retail technology environments - Hands-on familiarity with at least two major ecommerce platforms, including how each handles catalog structure, extensions, and headless versus templated frontends - Deep understanding of data mapping between backend systems such as PIM, ERP, or legacy search indexes into a new target schema, possibly including product and variant structures, facets, attributes, and pricing logic - Working knowledge of search and discovery concepts - Experience supporting security reviews and procurement requirements, including GDPR, data processing agreements, data residency, and ISO 27001 or SOC 2 questionnaires - Ability to build business value models that connect search improvements to revenue, conversion, or average order value - Exposure to conversational or agentic shopping experiences, or retail media and sponsored product programs - Multilingual: Professional proficiency in languages other than English What Success Looks Like - Prospects clearly understand technical integration paths - Proof Schedules (a lightweight PoC) align tightly with business outcomes - Technical objections are addressed proactively and effectively - Sales cycles are accelerated through a strong technical partnership - Product and Engineering receive actionable, structured market feedback - Qualitative (peer and prospect feedback) and quantitative (sales metrics and customer health scores) feedback will be positive and ideally, excellent Working Style - Comfortable operating in a remote, distributed, and highly cross-functional environment - Able to manage multiple sales engagements and priorities simultaneously - A builder mindset that is proactive in creating structure in ambiguous environments - Highly collaborative with a strong sense of ownership and autonomy - Commercially aware and aligned with revenue and sales growth goals - Resourceful self-starter who can operate autonomously You’ll Thrive Here If… You’re a curious, skilled listener who genuinely enjoys untangling a prospect’s technical challenges. You get energy from tinkering and building, whether that’s a quick prototype, an integration blueprint, or a better internal process. You’re as comfortable whiteboarding with an engineering team as you are presenting to a CTO. And you have a competitive streak—not just to win the technical evaluation, but to show how the right technical decisions drive meaningful business results. ## Benefits - A competitive compensation package including stock options - Fully remote team - choose where you live - Work from home stipend! We want you to have the resources you need to set up your home office - Apple laptops provided for new employees - Training and development budget for every employee, refreshed each year - Parental leave for qualified employees - Work with smart people who will help you grow and make a meaningful impact - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Constructor At [Constructor.io](http://Constructor.io) we are committed to cultivating a work environment that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome individuals of all backgrounds and provide equal opportunities to all applicants regardless of their education, diversity of opinion, race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or affiliation in any other protected group. How we handle your data. By submitting this application, you acknowledge that Constructor will collect and process the personal data you provide for the purpose of evaluating your candidacy for this role. If you are not selected, we will retain your data for a limited period as described in our [Recruitment Privacy Notice](https://constructor.com/recruitment-privacy-notice). After that period your data will be deleted or anonymized. How we handle your data. By submitting this application, you acknowledge that Constructor will collect and process the personal data you provide for the purpose of evaluating your candidacy for this role. If you are not selected, we will retain your data for a limited period as described in our [Recruitment Privacy Notice](https://constructor.com/recruitment-privacy-notice). After that period your data will be deleted or anonymized. ## About Constructor ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: AI-powered ecommerce search and product discovery (SaaS) - **Target customers**: B2B, enterprise ecommerce brands, retailers, distributors, and marketplaces - **Mission/purpose**: To automate the rich complexity required for a modern search experience behind a simple, elegant SaaS solution, helping shoppers find what they want to buy using natural language and AI. ## Products & Services - **AI Shopping Agent**: Natural language conversational agent that helps shoppers discover products and answer questions. - **Search & Browse**: Personalized search and category browsing with reinforcement learning. - **Recommendations**: Product recommendations for onsite, email, SMS, and mobile notifications. - **Retail Media**: Sponsored products and ads that don’t sacrifice customer experience. - **Merchandiser Controls**: Tools for merchants to manage rankings, promotions, and experiments. - **Insights & Automations**: Dashboards, reports, and automated attribute enrichment using GenAI. - **Answer Engine Assistants (Beta)**: Integration with ChatGPT and other answer engines for offsite discovery. - **Merchant Intelligence Agent (Beta)**: Research and fix ranking issues. - **Product Insights Agent**: Generate personalized product questions to help shoppers buy with confidence. - **Collections**: Dynamic, curated product pages. - **In-Store**: Extend online intelligence to physical stores. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private) - **Key Metric**: $40.0M annual revenue (LinkedIn estimate); $86.1M total funding across 4 rounds - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not named in provided sources, but clients include Sephora, Under Armour, Petco, and many others. - **Growth Signals**: - 336 employees (LinkedIn) / 375+ team members (company site), +48% YoY headcount growth - 400+ billion requests powered per year - 98.5% average client retention rate over the last three years - Named a Leader in Forrester Wave (Commerce Search & Product Discovery, Q3 2025), Gartner Magic Quadrant (Search & Product Discovery, 2025), and IDC MarketScape - Top rated on G2 Crowd and Gartner Peer Reviews (4.9 and 4.8 respectively) - 94% team member retention rate ## Competitive Advantages - **AI-native from day one**: Built on clickstream data and advanced AI, not bolted onto legacy keyword search. - **Reinforcement learning across touchpoints**: Every interaction (search, browse, agent) makes the system smarter. - **API-first, headless, composable, platform-agnostic**: Easy integration with any tech stack. - **Ecommerce-specific optimization**: Sole focus on commerce metrics (revenue, conversion, profit), consistently delivering $10M+ revenue lifts for customers. - **Only vendor named a Leader by three independent analyst firms (Forrester, Gartner, IDC)**. ## Strategic Focus - **AI agents and reasoning**: Expanding AI Shopping Agents, Answer Engine Assistants, and Merchant Intelligence Agents. - **Offsite discovery**: Enabling discovery via email, SMS, and answer engines like ChatGPT. - **In-store integration**: Extending online intelligence to physical retail. - **Continued investment in personalization and automation** to reduce setup time (8 weeks or less). ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Remote-first, 100% remote – choose where you live. Collaborative, empathetic, and problem-solving environment. Rated top 5% on RepVue and a Will Reed Top 100 award recipient. - **Benefits**: - Company pays 99% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for US team members. - Unlimited PTO and vacation time (minimum 3 mandatory weeks off per year). - Paid parental leave. - Yearly Remote Work Stipend + one-time $500 New Hire Setup Stipend. - Yearly Learning & Development $500 Stipend. - Stock options for every team member. - Company-issued Apple laptop. - **Growth**: Fast-growing startup with opportunities to work on challenging AI/ML problems used by millions of shoppers. Mentorship, autonomy, and career development. - **Diversity & Inclusion**: Committed to DEI with an internal ERG. - **Team**: 94% retention rate; described as collaborative, brilliant people who enjoy solving hard problems. ## Sources 1. [Constructor Careers Page](https://constructor.com/about/careers) 2. [Constructor Main Website](https://constructor.com/) 3. [Constructor LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/constructor-io) 4. [Constructor About Page](https://constructor.com/about) 5. 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