Open to remote Sales Engineer roles · cybersecurity St. Louis, MO Updated Sep 2026
20 years in B2B sales · self-taught engineer

Brian Rafael
Také

I closed B2B deals for twenty years. Since 2022 I've also shipped the software myself: three open-source security tools built solo, and Race Terminal, a live Formula 1 app in production and listed on Google Play. I'm looking for the seat where both halves matter — a Sales Engineer at a security vendor selling through MSPs, demoing a product I understand from the inside.

Session // ReceiptsLIVE
Security tools
3open-source, built solo
In production
Race Terminalbuild 471 · Google Play
B2B sales
20+ yrscopiers → FINRA → multifamily
Runs on
CloudflareWorkers · KV · R2 · Pages

Candidate assessment · written by Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant

"When I told him hard truths, he wanted more of them. That is the trait that makes everything else coachable."Facts, observations, a SWOT, and a verdict — from roughly two years of building 20+ products together.

I asked the AI I build with to assess me the way it would for a hiring manager, and to leave the weaknesses in. It did. The one-page digital-assets portfolio is next to it.

01

Security tools

Built to make security legible to the people who buy it. Designed, built, and open-sourced by one person — attack-surface mapping, a live exploitation range, and honest counter-surveillance.

Open-sourceMITRE ATT&CKNIST CSFCloudflare-nativeOwnership-gated scanning
02

Race Terminal

The proof I can ship a whole product, not a demo: live F1 timing with an AI analyst, in production at raceterminal.com and listed on Google Play. Open it during a session and check.

Timing

Live timing & pit wall

Real-time race data and a pit-wall view that tracks the session as it happens, in ten languages.

AI

AI analyst

A built-in analyst on the Claude API that turns the raw feed into readable, on-point race insight while the race is running.

Voice

The Booth

Fans dial a phone number mid-session and talk to the AI live — Twilio ConversationRelay wired to the same race feed.

Product

Accounts & PRO tier

Sign-in, a paid PRO tier through Stripe, and iOS/Android shells — shipped through 471 versioned builds.

Onboarding

F1 explained & watch-along

Explainers for newcomers and a companion mode to follow along while you watch the broadcast.

Live

raceterminal.com ↗

Open the product. Everything on this page is running there today.

Receipts: the one-page build log (PDF) — every version, the hours, and the streak.

03

How I build

One stack, reused across every product, so each new one ships faster than the last.

The stack

Everything runs on the edge; nothing needs a server I have to babysit.

  • Cloudflare — Workers, Pages, KV, R2, custom domains, versioned deploys.
  • Twilio — voice and ConversationRelay for live phone-in features.
  • Stripe for paid tiers; Firebase for auth; Capacitor for the iOS/Android shells.
  • Claude API for the AI analyst, agents, and every user-facing AI feature.
  • Google Apps Script for internal tools, automations, and the dealership's AI systems.

How I work

Ship-first. Learn what the product needs, build that, put it in front of real users, iterate.

  • Every product is deployed and reachable — not a repo, a URL.
  • Versioned builds with a build stamp on every release; rollbacks are one command.
  • Internationalization and responsive UI by default, not as a later pass.
  • I write the sales deck and the code — the demo never depends on someone else.
04

Who's building it

Twenty-plus years in sales and financial services before I wrote a line of code: B2B copier sales, records-management consulting to MSPs and VARs across a five-state territory, four years as a FINRA-licensed financial advisor, CFO/CTO of a recycling company, and since 2016 a multifamily real-estate broker with $100M+ transacted.

In 2022 I taught myself JavaScript by building the AI systems that ran an exotic-car dealership's wholesale desk as its in-house Director of AI (2022–2024). I still run their AI as an outside consultant. Race Terminal and the security tools came after — real products, in production, built end to end by one person.

The combination is the point. I know how enterprise and MSP buyers decide, I can carry a technical demo without an engineer in the room, and I can fix what breaks in it.

Transacted$100M+multifamily real estate, 2016–present
ActiveCSSC · NMLS · MO L/A/H insurance
HeldFINRA Series 7 & 66financial advisor, 2009–2013
EducationB.S. Finance & BankingUniversity of Missouri
BasedSt. Louis, Missouriremote-first
Toolkit
JavaScript (ES6+)Cloudflare Workers / KV / R2TwilioStripeFirebaseClaude APICapacitor (iOS / Android)Google Apps ScriptMITRE ATT&CKInternationalizationTechnical demosB2B sales
05

Off the clock

The wiring doesn't switch off. I go deep on a few things at a time, and I don't leave a system unsolved.

Rubik's — personal bests · self-timed◉ PB
3×3
1:30
4×4
6:00
5×5
11:27
06

The resume

One click. No form.

The PDF has the full timeline, the tools, and the stack. If you want a version tailored to a specific role, email me and say which one.

07

Let's talk

Sales Engineer roles, contract builds, the right projects.

Tell me what you need. I'll tell you straight whether I'm the right fit.

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