Demo Engineer

Cresta is on a mission to turn every customer conversation into a competitive advantage by unlocking the true potential of the contact center. Our platform combines the best of AI and human intelligence to help contact centers discover customer insights and behavioral best practices, automate conversations and inefficient processes, and empower every team member to work smarter and faster. Born from the prestigious Stanford AI lab, Cresta's co-founder and chairman is Sebastian Thrun, the genius behind Google X, Waymo, Udacity, and more. Our leadership also includes CEO, Ping Wu, the co-founder of Google Contact Center AI and Vertex AI platform, and co-founder, Tim Shi, an early member of Open AI.

We’ve assembled a world-class team of AI and ML experts, go-to-market leaders, and top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Sequoia, and former AT&T CEO John Donovan. Our valued customers include brands like Intuit, Cox Communications, Hilton, and Carmax and we’ve been recognized by Forbes and Bain Consulting as one of the top private AI companies in the world.

 

Join us on this thrilling journey to revolutionize the workforce with AI. The future of work is here, and it's at Cresta.

• Own the technical process for building pilots, proof-of-concepts, and tailored demos by setting up environments, workflows, seed data, and features to create technically representative experiences for prospects, including virtual agents and live agent assist.
• Expand and enhance our suite of standardized environments to bring customer challenges and Cresta’s solutions to life through new end-to-end demos, supported by call flows, industries, scenarios, and personas.
• Ensure the performance, reliability, and consistency of demo environments, jumping in as needed to triage and resolve demo-blocking issues.
• Develop integrations, automations, and tools to streamline team processes and expand demo capabilities, including CCaaS/CRM connectors, AI skills, and custom apps and interfaces.
• Collaborate with the Product, Engineering, and Enablement teams to provide technical enablement to Solutions Engineers and ensure presales feedback is captured.

• 3–5+ years of experience in demo engineering, solutions architecture, integrations/implementation engineering, or related technical product functions.
• A strong working understanding of core technical concepts, including REST APIs, authentication patterns, Git, relational data, and scripting languages (Python, JavaScript, Bash/Shell).
• A proven, high-agency ownership mindset, with the ability to use tools and data to independently resolve issues, identify gaps, and build solutions.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills and the ability to understand and explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience working with key CCaaS (Twilio, Amazon Connect, Five9, etc.) and CRM (SFDC) platforms.
• Experience using modern AI-native workflows, including Claude/Cursor skills, agents, and MCP connectors
• Prior experience in high-growth SaaS or enterprise AI platforms.

Demo Engineering at Cresta is a strategic differentiator—it’s how we translate cutting-edge AI into tangible customer value. As the manager, you’ll define how we scale that advantage, enabling our teams to tell better stories, win more deals, and shape the future of AI in the contact center.

Cresta’s approach to compensation is simple: recognize impact, reward excellence, and invest in our people. We offer competitive, location-based pay that reflects the market and what each individual brings to the table.

The posted base salary range represents what we expect to pay for this role in a given location. Final offers are shaped by factors like experience, skills, education, and geography. In addition to base pay, total compensation includes equity and a comprehensive benefits package for you and your family.

We have noticed a rise in recruiting impersonations across the industry, where scammers attempt to access candidates' personal and financial information through fake interviews and offers. All Cresta recruiting email communications will always come from the @cresta.ai domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Cresta via other sources should be ignored.  If you are uncertain whether you have been contacted by an official Cresta employee, reach out to recruiting@cresta.ai