Alternative Careers for Software Engineers

Support internal PPRO employees with IT infrastructure, hardware, connectivity, and technical issues as the primary on-site IT ambassador in the London office. This involves troubleshooting, maintaining systems, and ensuring smooth IT operations for a growing team.

Lead a mechanical/process engineering design department, managing team performance, coordinating multi-stakeholder projects from concept to delivery, and establishing construction standards and processes. Day-to-day involves personnel management, project prioritization, quality assurance coordination, and cross-functional collaboration.

A sales role focused on prospecting into existing HubSpot customers and closing deals for specialized product offerings (Service Hub, Customer Agent, Revenue Hub). Requires building your own pipeline through outbound prospecting and managing complex multi-stakeholder sales cycles from first contact through close.

Lead process engineering projects from conception through production, managing cross-functional teams, overseeing prototype testing, and ensuring technical feasibility of complex industrial systems. Combines engineering expertise with project coordination and stakeholder management rather than hands-on coding.

Account Executive role focused on selling AlphaSense's AI-powered market intelligence platform to corporate finance clients. Day-to-day involves prospecting, client relationship management, understanding product capabilities, and closing enterprise deals.

A Senior Enterprise Account Executive sells Honeycomb's observability platform to large enterprises, managing relationships, understanding customer needs, and closing deals. Day-to-day involves discovery calls, demos, negotiation, and account management.

Design and architect test automation frameworks for audio quality across Roku devices, focusing on AI-driven innovation rather than manual QA. This role emphasizes system design and strategic automation strategy over writing production code.

Senior Director leading field marketing strategy and execution across EMEA region for a quantum computing company. Involves developing go-to-market strategies, managing marketing campaigns, partnering with sales teams, and driving customer engagement for enterprise quantum solutions.

Converting inbound sales leads from trade businesses into Checkatrade customers through phone and email outreach, managing the full sales cycle, and using Salesforce to track pipeline and share market insights.

A business development role focused on identifying and closing new corporate clients for language services and creative production. Day-to-day involves prospecting, sales pitches, account management, and navigating complex B2B sales cycles with minimal technical execution.

Enterprise sales role focused on closing large SaaS deals ($500K–$1M+) with C-level executives at major German companies. Day-to-day involves leading complex sales cycles, building relationships with decision-makers, and positioning AI/analytics solutions as business transformation tools.

A regional marketing manager role focused on go-to-market strategy, channel partnerships, and demand generation for a cybersecurity company. Day-to-day involves campaign planning, partner collaboration, event coordination, and ABM program execution across EMEA.

Client relationship manager for a wealth management fintech company, responsible for maintaining relationships with high-net-worth clients, understanding their investment needs, and coordinating with internal teams to deliver tailored solutions.

A part-time support role focused on hardware setup, user account management, device onboarding/offboarding, and basic IT troubleshooting for a corporate environment. Primarily hands-on operational work rather than strategic or specialized IT work.

Manage online reputation and community engagement for a pet tech startup by monitoring reviews across platforms, responding to customer feedback, identifying trends, and building community relationships. Requires strong communication skills but minimal technical background.

Door-to-door and phone-based sales role selling hospitality software to small businesses, requiring full sales cycle management from prospecting through closing deals. Involves in-person demonstrations, client relationship building, and pipeline management in the Lyon region.