Sales Engineering Manager Jobs for OPT Students
Sales Engineering Manager jobs on OPT sit at the intersection of technical depth and client-facing leadership, making them strong candidates for H-1B sponsorship. Most roles require a STEM degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field, which qualifies for the 24-month STEM OPT extension and gives you up to three years of authorized work before needing a visa.
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Rubrik’s sales organization is a united group of elite cross-functional sales professionals that help companies & government entities achieve resilience against cyberattacks, malicious insiders, and operational disruptions. We offer continuous professional development through our world class sales enablement program and our One Rubrik selling approach provides all the resources you need to exceed your goals, maximize your earnings potential and take your career to the next level. All this while doing something that truly matters, protecting the world's data. Rubrik is looking for a Sales Engineering Manager to lead a team of Sales Engineers and provide technical direction and business guidance to the Strategic Sales team in TOLA. You will be accountable for regional revenue goals, recruiting and hiring top talent, enabling Sales Engineers to be best in business and by driving innovative technical programs and overseeing day-to-day account-level activities. You will be responsible for evangelizing, positioning, and architecting the industry's first hyper-converged hybrid cloud data management platform for both existing customers and new accounts.
What You’ll Do
- Leads a team of Strategic Sales Engineers across the TOLA Region
- Responsible for recruiting, hiring and enabling top SE’s as we expand our coverage
- Provide Technical Leadership and direction to the Sales Teams in the Region to help them build technology solutions for our customers and prospective customers.
- Assists in the analysis, design and development of fully integrated technology solutions.
- Demonstrates technical leadership and subject matter expertise on Rubrik’s products, distributed architectures, file systems, and competitive storage offerings in the Cloud and NAS product space.
- Acts as technical expert
- Makes technical and sales presentations to customer's technical staff and senior management.
- Serves as a trusted technology advisor to customers and serves as an internal resource on technical issues or specific business applications within an assigned market segment.
- Successfully builds relationships with the account team, partners and customers in support of sales team objectives and engages and leverages corporate resources, abilities, budgets and personnel as appropriate.
Experience You’ll Need
- 3-5 years of sales engineering management experience preferably in a Cloud Infrastructure environments, working with AWS, Azure and GCP
- Driven – need for success, highly energetic with a strong hands-on, “can do” approach.
- The successful candidate must have a fundamental breadth of technical knowledge in cloud data management, backup and disaster recovery and data analytics.
- Entrepreneurial - willing to go the extra mile, strong work ethic, resourceful, “get it done” attitude
- Strives in moving in a fast-paced environment; including handling multiple calls/demos per day with immediate follow up.
- A high level of business acumen and experience working with Cx0 level personnel, bringing technology solutions to solve business challenges.
- Smart, adaptable and open-minded
- Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent experience
Join Us in Securing the World's Data
Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Rubrik Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Rubrik Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real-time guardrails, fine-tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes.
Inclusion @ Rubrik
At Rubrik, we are dedicated to fostering a culture where people from all backgrounds are valued, feel they belong, and believe they can succeed. Our commitment to inclusion is at the heart of our mission to secure the world’s data. Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. We continually review our hiring practices to ensure fairness and strive to create an environment where every employee has equal access to opportunities for growth and excellence. We believe in empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves to work and achieve their fullest potential. Our inclusion strategy focuses on three core areas of our business and culture:
- Our Company: We are committed to building a merit-based organization that offers equal access to growth and success for all employees globally. Your potential is limitless here.
- Our Culture: We strive to create an inclusive atmosphere where individuals from all backgrounds feel a strong sense of belonging, can thrive, and do their best work. Your contributions help us innovate and break boundaries.
- Our Communities: We are dedicated to expanding our engagement with the communities we operate in, creating opportunities for underrepresented talent and driving greater innovation for our clients. Your impact extends beyond Rubrik, contributing to safer and stronger communities.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Rubrik is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Rubrik provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Rubrik complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact us at hr@rubrik.com if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.
EEO IS THE LAW NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER FEDERAL LABOR LAWS
About Team & About Role
Rubrik’s sales organization is a united group of elite cross-functional sales professionals that help companies & government entities achieve resilience against cyberattacks, malicious insiders, and operational disruptions. We offer continuous professional development through our world class sales enablement program and our One Rubrik selling approach provides all the resources you need to exceed your goals, maximize your earnings potential and take your career to the next level. All this while doing something that truly matters, protecting the world's data. Rubrik is looking for a Sales Engineering Manager to lead a team of Sales Engineers and provide technical direction and business guidance to the Strategic Sales team in TOLA. You will be accountable for regional revenue goals, recruiting and hiring top talent, enabling Sales Engineers to be best in business and by driving innovative technical programs and overseeing day-to-day account-level activities. You will be responsible for evangelizing, positioning, and architecting the industry's first hyper-converged hybrid cloud data management platform for both existing customers and new accounts.
What You’ll Do
- Leads a team of Strategic Sales Engineers across the TOLA Region
- Responsible for recruiting, hiring and enabling top SE’s as we expand our coverage
- Provide Technical Leadership and direction to the Sales Teams in the Region to help them build technology solutions for our customers and prospective customers.
- Assists in the analysis, design and development of fully integrated technology solutions.
- Demonstrates technical leadership and subject matter expertise on Rubrik’s products, distributed architectures, file systems, and competitive storage offerings in the Cloud and NAS product space.
- Acts as technical expert
- Makes technical and sales presentations to customer's technical staff and senior management.
- Serves as a trusted technology advisor to customers and serves as an internal resource on technical issues or specific business applications within an assigned market segment.
- Successfully builds relationships with the account team, partners and customers in support of sales team objectives and engages and leverages corporate resources, abilities, budgets and personnel as appropriate.
Experience You’ll Need
- 3-5 years of sales engineering management experience preferably in a Cloud Infrastructure environments, working with AWS, Azure and GCP
- Driven – need for success, highly energetic with a strong hands-on, “can do” approach.
- The successful candidate must have a fundamental breadth of technical knowledge in cloud data management, backup and disaster recovery and data analytics.
- Entrepreneurial - willing to go the extra mile, strong work ethic, resourceful, “get it done” attitude
- Strives in moving in a fast-paced environment; including handling multiple calls/demos per day with immediate follow up.
- A high level of business acumen and experience working with Cx0 level personnel, bringing technology solutions to solve business challenges.
- Smart, adaptable and open-minded
- Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent experience
Join Us in Securing the World's Data
Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Rubrik Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Rubrik Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real-time guardrails, fine-tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes.
Inclusion @ Rubrik
At Rubrik, we are dedicated to fostering a culture where people from all backgrounds are valued, feel they belong, and believe they can succeed. Our commitment to inclusion is at the heart of our mission to secure the world’s data. Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. We continually review our hiring practices to ensure fairness and strive to create an environment where every employee has equal access to opportunities for growth and excellence. We believe in empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves to work and achieve their fullest potential. Our inclusion strategy focuses on three core areas of our business and culture:
- Our Company: We are committed to building a merit-based organization that offers equal access to growth and success for all employees globally. Your potential is limitless here.
- Our Culture: We strive to create an inclusive atmosphere where individuals from all backgrounds feel a strong sense of belonging, can thrive, and do their best work. Your contributions help us innovate and break boundaries.
- Our Communities: We are dedicated to expanding our engagement with the communities we operate in, creating opportunities for underrepresented talent and driving greater innovation for our clients. Your impact extends beyond Rubrik, contributing to safer and stronger communities.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Rubrik is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Rubrik provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Rubrik complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact us at hr@rubrik.com if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.
EEO IS THE LAW NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER FEDERAL LABOR LAWS
How to Get Visa Sponsorship as a Sales Engineering Manager
Frame your technical credentials prominently
Sponsorship decisions often hinge on whether your role qualifies as a specialty occupation. Lead with your engineering or computer science degree and connect it directly to the technical requirements of the Sales Engineering Manager position.
Raise the sponsorship conversation early in the process
Ask about sponsorship during the recruiter screen, not after an offer. Sales Engineering Manager roles often involve senior-level hiring decisions, and companies willing to sponsor will not be deterred by an early, direct question.
Highlight team leadership and quota ownership experience
Employers sponsoring a management role want proof the hire is worth the investment. Quantify team size managed, technical win rates, or revenue influenced. Concrete numbers reduce perceived risk and reinforce your value beyond the visa consideration.
Understand what disqualifies a role from specialty occupation status
Not every Sales Engineering Manager title will satisfy H-1B specialty occupation requirements. Confirm the job description requires a specific technical degree, not just any bachelor's degree, before investing heavily in the application process.
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Can F-1 OPT students work as Sales Engineering Managers in the United States?
Yes. F-1 OPT students can work as Sales Engineering Managers as long as the role is directly related to their field of study, typically engineering, computer science, or a related STEM discipline. If your degree qualifies as STEM, you're also eligible for a 24-month extension beyond the standard 12-month OPT period, giving you up to three years of authorized work.
Does a Sales Engineering Manager role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree, not the job title. If you hold a degree in a STEM field listed on the official STEM Designated Degree Program list, your employer is a registered E-Verify participant, and the role is related to your field of study, you can apply for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. Sales Engineering Manager roles grounded in software, systems, or engineering domains typically satisfy the relationship requirement.
How do I find Sales Engineering Manager jobs that sponsor OPT and H-1B?
Browse Migrate Mate, which filters job listings specifically for candidates who need work authorization, including OPT students. Migrate Mate surfaces Sales Engineering Manager roles at companies with documented sponsorship histories, so you're not wasting applications on employers who won't sponsor. Focusing on enterprise SaaS, infrastructure, and hardware companies tends to yield the best results, as these industries have the highest concentration of H-1B-filing employers in this role category.
What happens to my OPT if I get promoted from Sales Engineer to Sales Engineering Manager?
An internal promotion does not require a new OPT authorization, as long as the new role remains in a field related to your original degree and you're working for the same employer. You should notify your DSO and confirm the role change is still within your authorized employment scope. If the promotion involves a new employer, you'll need to update your OPT employment record through your DSO.
Is a Sales Engineering Manager role strong enough to support an H-1B petition after OPT?
Generally yes, provided the role requires a specific technical degree as a minimum qualification. Sales Engineering Manager positions at technology companies routinely require a bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science, which satisfies the specialty occupation standard. The management component can actually strengthen the petition by demonstrating seniority. Your employer's immigration attorney will verify the job description meets USCIS requirements before filing.
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