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Founding Account Executive

$120k - $175k

Datastrato

Location: San Francisco Bay Area (Remote OK with up to 30% travel, primarily to the Bay Area) Compensation: $120,000-$175,000 base + commission + generous equity + benefits Experience: 5+ years About Datastrato Datastrato, the original creator of Apache Gravitino, is building the open metadata platform for the AI era, increasingly critical as enterprises endeavor to deploy AI and AI agents at scale. Led by prominent open source leaders with deep expertise in data infra/large-scale distributed systems and Silicon Valley veterans, in just over 2 years, we have built a compelling product, cultivated a vibrant open source community (Apple, Pinterest, Roku, Tencent, Uber, etc), and signed enterprises including 2 of the top 20 US Internet companies as paying customers. We’re defining the next generation of data infrastructure for AI and are well-positioned to emerge as a category leader. Join us. Core Responsibilities Own the full enterprise sales cycle from prospecting through close and initial customer onboarding Drive complex sales cycles, closing net-new deals (6 or 7 figures) Develop account strategies and pipelines within the data and AI ecosystem Engage with engineers, engineering leaders, and executives on technical and business value Collaborate with solution engineering, founders and leadership team Ideal Candidate Profile 5+ years of experience selling infrastructure or platform software to large tech companies and financial services firms Proven success in closing complex and high-value enterprise deals Strong technical fluency; comfortable selling to deeply technical buyers Solid knowledge of the data and AI ecosystem Strong Plus Experience in selling open-source–based products or commercial open-source support Background in selling to data, platform, or AI engineering teams Experience at an early-stage data or AI infrastructure startup #J-18808-Ljbffr

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