Sales Engineer
tray.io
San Francisco, CA · $200k–$240k a year · Posted November 6, 2026
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Where San Francisco, CA ranks
Where San Francisco, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for security jobs316 openings · of 20
- #1Best cities for technology jobs7,178 openings · of 100
- #1Best cities for financial services pay after cost of living$173k · of 33
- #1Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills35% · of 100
- #1Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the West Coast35% · of 54
- #1Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the West Coast902 jobs · of 47
Rankings about sales jobs
- Best cities for sales jobs #1 New York (2,774 openings)
- Best cities for sales pay after cost of living #1 Santa Clara ($175k)
- Most requested AI skills in sales jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (4.1%)
- AI tools named most often in sales jobs #1 Gong (0.93%)
- Employers with the most sales jobs #1 Charter Communications (389 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $220,000 a year. Across 189 open sales engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $100,000 to $161,000 and the median is $125,000. That is 76% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
Among sales engineers, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for sales engineers: 32% (high).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...the SEs we hire now will be at the front of taking it to market. This is a chance to get in ahead of the curve. The Role As a Sales Engineer at Tray.ai, you are the technical strategist and trusted advisor in every deal. You partner with Account Executives to run the...