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Founding Account Executive

Why this role?

  • First AE hire at >$7 M ARR, fully bootstrapped startup

  • 100 % inbound pipeline; thousands of sign-ups/month

  • Own the relationship, no hand-offs to SE or CS

What you’ll do

  • Qualify, close, and expand high-intent inbound deals

  • Answer SDK/API questions live (no sales engineer)

  • Stay post-sale to drive multi-product adoption

  • Surface customer feedback directly to product & eng

  • Shape our GTM playbook and future sales hires

What you won’t do

  • Rely on automated email sequences alone

  • Spend time on low-fit prospects

You are

  • Technically fluent (can debug webhooks, explain embeddings)

  • Revenue & relationship focused; spot 10× accounts fast

  • Comfortable in early-stage chaos; bias to action

  • Nice-to-have: dev-tool sales experience, $20-100 k ARR book

Comp & logistics

  • Competitive base + uncapped commission + early equity

  • In person in SF

  • We accommodate any interview accessibility needs

Average salary estimate

$115000 / YEARLY (est.)
min
max
$80000K
$150000K

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DATE POSTED
June 23, 2025

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