About this role
turbopuffer needs someone who can close deals with engineers. Our customers are technical teams already building in a fast market. Your job is 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, 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
must have:
- 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
nice to have:
- you’ve sold to developers before and know why they hate salespeopl e
- 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