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Pre- Sales Engineer

DDN ddn.com Open · verified Oct 23, 2026
On-site Tokyo Full-time Mid-level Solutions & Sales Engineering

At a glance

Mid-level Solutions & Sales Engineering role at DDN. Tokyo · full-time.

Pay not stated Solutions & Sales Engineering salary

RoleSolutions & Sales Engineering
SeniorityMid-level
LocationTokyo
WorkplaceOn-site
EmploymentFull-time
PostedJul 16, 2026 · 3mo ago
Role brief

growthroles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Join customer negotiations with sales colleagues and align with sales and development teams
  • Shape storage and data designs around customer needs in AI and HPC settings
  • Run product tests and PoC demonstrations to show how proposed solutions perform
  • Help distributors and end users during rollout, then support them when systems fail
  • Prepare product guides and present at seminars and other events

What you bring

  • You have presales experience at an IT solutions firm and have designed server or storage systems at a high level
  • You understand Linux or UNIX, storage hardware, file systems and networking
  • You have presales experience designing proposals for AI, cloud or virtualization platforms

Who this fits

This mid-level role suits someone combining customer-facing presales work with technical design and implementation support. The position is onsite in Tokyo.

From the employer

Summary:

As a Presales Engineer at DDN, you will be the trusted technical advisor to our customers and partners throughout the sales cycle. You will partner with Account Executives to understand customer requirements, design high-performance storage and data solutions for AI and HPC environments, and prove their value through presentations, proofs of concept and benchmarks.

Responsibilities:

  • Accompanying sales staff in customer negotiations

  • Coordinating with sales and development departments

  • Testing new products and solutions, and conducting proof-of-concept (PoC) demonstrations

  • Providing technical support to distributors and end users during implementation

  • Providing post-sales support in the event of system failures

  • Preparing product documentation

  • Delivering presentations at seminars and other events

Qualifications for this role are:

  • Communication skills

  • Pre-sales experience at an IT solutions company and experience in high-level design of server/storage systems

  • Knowledge of Linux (UNIX)

  • Knowledge of storage hardware and file systems

  • Knowledge of networking

  • Pre-sales experience with AI platforms (proposals and high-level design)

  • Pre-sales experience with cloud platforms (proposals and high-level design)

  • Pre-sales experience with virtualization platforms (proposals and high-level design)

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