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Founding Account Executive

Prevail Recruiting
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/19/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/18/2026

๐Ÿš€ Founding Account Executive | Hybrid โ€“ San Francisco


An early-stage B2B SaaS company serving engineering and product teams is hiring its first Account Executive.


Youโ€™ll work directly with the CEO to build the go-to-market motion from the ground up.


This is a true 0โ†’1 role. No polished sales machine. No big SDR team. No hand-holding.


If you want ownership, upside, and influence โ€” keep reading.


What Youโ€™ll Do

  • Own the full sales cycle (prospect โ†’ close)
  • Build pipeline yourself
  • Sell to technical buyers (engineering, DevOps, product leaders)
  • Help shape pricing, messaging, and GTM strategy
  • Close your first deal in month one


Who This Is For

  • 3โ€“7 years closing SaaS deals
  • Startup or early-stage experience strongly preferred
  • Comfortable selling technical / developer-focused products
  • Self-sourced pipeline closer
  • High ownership, high learning velocity, high experimentation mindset
  • Strong backgrounds from companies like Faros, Code Climate, DX, Honeycomb, Datadog, Rootly, QA Wolf, LaunchDarkly, or similar technical SaaS environments.


Compensation

  • $100Kโ€“$140K base
  • 50/50 OTE
  • 15% commission accelerators
  • Equity

Higher base = higher bar.


Work Setup

Hybrid role โ€“ 1โ€“2 days per week in office (California Street, SF).

Early team chemistry matters.


If youโ€™ve been waiting for a real founding AE seat โ€” not just the title โ€” this is it.

DM me or apply directly.

Salary : $100,000 - $500,000

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