[Hiring] account executive @turbopuffer

Role Description

turbopuffer needs someone who can close deals with engineers. Our customers are technical teams already building in a fast market. Your job is to help our customers win.

We’re open to two types of people:

• AE who actually understands what they’re selling
• Technical person ready to carry a quota

What you’ll do:

• Live in customer Slack channels, helping to solve problems and drive deals forward
• Close inbound deals
• Manage POCs and work closely with solutions engineers
• Answer questions honestly, say no when it’s not a fit
• Navigate and improve internal systems

Qualifications

• Technical - you can read API docs without crying
• Systematic - you track your pipeline and follow through
• Human - you don’t lie to customers
• Urgent - you move fast because our customers do
• Independent - you get things done without being explicitly told
• Typist - you can write well and can explain complex ideas simply
• Scientist - be open to experimentation and learn from your failures

Requirements

• You’ve sold to developers before and know why they hate salespeople
• Experience with databases, search, or infra software
• Experience with GTM automation tools like Clay, n8n, etc.
• Comfort with Python/JavaScript, Linux, or cloud platforms

Values We Live By

• Overstep > understep
• Correctness > simplicity > performance
• Customer traces > first principles > hunches
• Show > tell