Rose Rocket 🚀 is a market leader in Transportation Management Software. We’re a startup going after the $700+ billion dollar trucking industry, leading the shift to SaaS while revolutionizing the way trucking companies sell, service, and innovate. We are a “more human, less corporate” culture that is built around doing work that matters, winning as a team, and celebrating success. We’d love to hear from you if you want to build this with us.

We understand that joining a team is one of the most important decisions you make ❤️, and adding a team member is one of the most important decisions we’ll make. Through our process, we want you to get to know us and understand how you approach problems, learn, and what motivates you. 

The Position:

Rose Rocket is hiring an experienced Engineer to be a peer to both the engineering and sales teams. This is a unique opportunity for an engineer to work more closely with our users while making a strong contribution to the sales process. The Sales Engineer will be comfortable with developing demos to showcase the full potential of the Rose Rocket platform.    

This is a newly formed team within Rose Rocket. We are looking for an Engineer with hands-on development skills and an understanding of Node, Typescript, React, and Postgresql. 

Why we’re excited about this role: 

The trucking industry is a vital and important aspect of our economy. The people who make all of this happen deserve a great product that makes their days better and their businesses more efficient. We’re proud to have been serving them for the last 8 years. The industry has historically been underserved with software offerings. We have the opportunity to help our customers enact transformational change that will lead to better operational outcomes for both them and their business.

Job responsibilities:

Reporting to the Engineering Lead on our Platform Builder Team, the Sales Engineer will play a key role in our sales process. This will range from creating and in some cases delivering custom demos of our software platform to preparing technical responses during the proposal process. The Sales Engineer will create and share bespoke solutions based on requirements gathered by our Account Executives & Pre-Sales teams to highlight that our platform and implementation approach can meet our customer’s needs, and fit into their overall architecture.

The Sales Engineer will use our tooling to configure and customize the Rose Rocket Platform to meet customer requirements for demos. The Sales Engineer will have the opportunity to  communicate with non-technical stakeholders to explain how our software works as well as trade-offs around configuration and changes.

Technical Solution Development:

• Collaborate with the Account Executives & Pre-Sales team to understand customer needs and develop customized technical solutions for demo purposes.

• Possess detailed product knowledge of how Rose Rocket’s platform can be leveraged to help customers achieve their desired outcomes.

• Design and propose comprehensive solution architectures that leverage our offerings to meet customer objectives.

Demos and Proof of Concepts builds:

• Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to develop compelling proof-of-concepts (POCs) to showcase the functionality, and scalability of our solutions to address specific customer requirements.

Technical Expertise and Thought Leadership:

• Develop a deep understanding of the Transportation Management Software (TMS) industry to create differentiation between us and our competitors.  

• Provide guidance and thought leadership to customers on technical implementations, integrations, and optimization strategies.

• Lead by Example: Be active within your team and the company; escalate questions or issues to leadership; seek feedback; engage the wider team or other leadership for support when needed

What you’ll need to be successful:

• 3+ years of experience in a Software Engineering or Technology Consulting capacity

• Proven ability to work alongside Account Executives and Pre-Sales team members

• Hands-on technology development skills and experience: Node, Typescript, React, SQL, Postgresql

• Familiarity with enterprise SaaS software: SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Dynamics, Hubspot, Identity Platforms (ADFS, Okta etc), integration platforms (Mulesoft etc), data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks) etc. 

• Familiarity with major cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP

• Familiarity with directly responding to customer needs

Don’t sweat it if you don’t have everything listed above. We believe in growth and curiosity. If you have some of these qualities and are excited about this opportunity, then we want to hear from you!

Perks & Benefits at Rose Rocket

🏥 A comprehensive benefits program + health care spending account

🐣 Parental leave top-up

💰 Stock option plan

💻 A Macbook and a sweet tech equipment combo to get you started

🏝 Start with three weeks of vacation (with an option to purchase an additional week every year) + winter holidays office closure and 3 personal days!

💼 Downtown Toronto office complete with an in-house coffee shop, music room, library and a few other lifestyle perks that keep our days fun

Equal Employment Opportunity

Rose Rocket does not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, ancestry, colour, place of origin, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, family status or marital status, or any other protected category recognized by provincial or federal laws.

Should you require any accommodation, please inform us and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any accessibility-related assistance, requests for information in accessible alternative formats or to report any accessibility problems, please share in your application or email [email protected].