# Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer - M&E at Qumulo

- Company: Qumulo
- What the company does: Backed by Kleiner Perkins and Madrona.
- Company website: http://qumulo.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Los Angeles (remote)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $175K to $265K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-31
- Apply by: 2026-10-15
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/qumulo/79b413c6-2387-41aa-907f-27ae7887c61a
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/qumulo-senior-pre-sales-systems-engineer-m-and-e/

## About the role

Act as a trusted advisor by building long-term customer relationships, leading deep-dive discussions, articulating value propositions, and confidently handling technical objections. The On-Target Earnings (OTE) for this role is $175,000 - $265,000 with uncapped commission and lucrative accelerator opportunities.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years in pre-sales engineering, including 3–5 years focused on cloud, unstructured data, and file/object storage technologies
- Strong expertise in M&E applications, workflows, and architectures, including high-performance rendering and content preservation
- Solid technical foundation in cloud platforms, end-user compute, and operating systems (Windows, Linux, Unix/BSD), with knowledge of SMB, NFS, and S3 protocols
- Experience designing solutions across edge, datacenter, and cloud environments, including hybrid storage use cases
- Proven ability to manage customer relationships, conduct technical discovery, and deliver compelling, value-based solutions that drive growth
- Familiarity with competitive storage technologies (e.g., NetApp, Dell, PowerScale, VAST Data, Pure Storage, Ceph, Lustre, Scality, Weka)

Tags: Systems Engineering