Account Executive, Language and Robotics San Francisco, CA

Account Executive, Language and Robotics About Goodfire Goodfire is a research company using interpretability to understand, learn from, and design AI systems. Our mission is to build the next generation of safe and powerful AI—not by scaling alone, but by understanding the intelligence we’re building. Scaling has proven powerful, but today’s approach is fundamentally limited: we can’t meaningfully understand, debug, or shape what models learn. Every engineering discipline has been gated by fundamental science and AI is at that inflection point now. We’re advancing the science of how AI systems actually work. Treating models as black boxes is an unnecessary handicap—we have access to the structures inside them, and understanding those structures lets us steer what models learn, make them safer and more useful, and extract the vast knowledge they contain. Our goal is to make AI that can be understood, debugged, and shaped like software. Goodfire is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco with a team of the world’s top interpretability researchers and engineers from organizations like OpenAI and DeepMind. We’re backed by over $200M from B Capital, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed, Eric Schmidt, and others. About the role We’re looking for an Account Executive, Language and Robotics to create and close strategic partnerships across two distinct verticals: Language and Reasoning, and Robotics and Vision. This role demands consultative selling ability, technical fluency, and strong market judgment: the ability to understand two different markets, build separate account strategies for each, and identify where Goodfire can help customers build safer, more capable AI systems. This is a high‑autonomy role where you will help define our go‑to‑market motion for both verticals from the ground up. You will own strategic accounts end to end: developing market‑specific account plans, running discovery with deeply technical buyers, partnering with the Field Team to scope pilots, negotiating commercial terms, and expanding successful engagements across complex technical organizations. Our buyers are CTOs, Heads of AI, and research leaders. These are separate markets with different workflows, buying dynamics, and success criteria. You’ll need to be technically curious, precise, and credible enough to earn trust in both. Key responsibilities Own strategic sales cycles across two verticals: build pipeline, run discovery, navigate technical and executive stakeholders, negotiate agreements, and close new partnerships Develop separate vertical account strategies: map the Language and Reasoning market and the Robotics and Vision market, identify the right wedge in each, and prioritize accounts where Goodfire can create meaningful value Translate technical roadmaps into commercial opportunities: understand customer needs across model development, evaluation, safety, reliability, perception, planning, autonomy, and deployment Partner with the Field Team: shape pilots, technical scopes, success criteria, and expansion paths that demonstrate real impact for customers in each vertical Build vertical‑specific playbooks: test messaging, qualification criteria, deal structures, and repeatable motions without flattening the differences between the two markets What you’ll bring Required experience Experience owning and closing complex sales cycles with technical or research‑oriented buyers. Strong discovery, commercial judgment, and ability to connect a technical product to a concrete customer problem. Ability to learn language models, reasoning systems, robotics, autonomy, computer vision, and model evaluation concepts quickly and communicate credibly with engineers, researchers, CTOs, and Heads of AI. Ability to manage multiple vertical motions at once while preserving the specific context, buyer needs, and success criteria of each market. High agency, strong written and verbal communication, and comfort operating without a fully mature sales playbook. Preferred qualifications Experience selling AI/ML, infrastructure, developer tools, data platforms, robotics, autonomy, security, or other deeply technical products. Familiarity with language model development, reasoning systems, agentic workflows, robotics, embodied AI, computer vision, reinforcement learning, simulation, autonomy, or model deployment workflows. Track record selling to CTOs, Heads of AI, research leaders, robotics teams, autonomy teams, ML platform teams, or technical executives. Our values Goodfire is looking for individuals who embody our values and share our deep commitment to making interpretability accessible. We are building a team first and foremost. Put mission and team first All we do is in service of our mission. We trust each other, deeply care about the success of the organization, and choose to put our team above ourselves. Improve constantly We are constantly looking to improve every piece of the business. We proactively critique ourselves and others in a kind and thoughtful way that translates to practical improvements in the organization. We are pragmatic and consistently implement the obvious fixes that work. Take ownership and initiative There are no bystanders here. We proactively identify problems and take full responsibility over getting a strong result. We are self‑driven, own our mistakes, and feel deep responsibility over what we’re building. Action today We have a small amount of time to do something incredibly hard and meaningful. The pace and intensity of the organization is high. If we can take action today or tomorrow, we will choose to do it today. Where we work We are hiring for this position in our San Francisco HQ. We are in person 5 days a week, with one company‑wide remote week per month. What we offer This role offers market competitive salary, equity, and competitive benefits. Most importantly, you’ll have the opportunity to join a vital mission at an important point in its trajectory — we are developing groundbreaking technology with a world‑class team on the critical path to ensuring a safe and beneficial future for humanity. If you want to do your life’s work with us, even if you believe you do not meet every single requirement, apply now. #J-18808-Ljbffr Goodfire