About the job
About TierZero
TierZero builds tools for engineering teams to manage code in production. As AI speeds up code development, our platform tackles the challenge of operational speed, helping teams respond to incidents quickly, see what’s happening across systems, and share knowledge within the team.
We have raised $7M from investors including Accel and SV Angel. Companies like Discord, Drata, and Framer use TierZero to support their high-performance systems.
Role Overview: Founding Account Executive (SF HQ)
This is a founding sales role. Work directly with the founding team to shape our sales strategy, refine discovery, and own the sales process from start to finish. Early wins here will influence how we sell and grow in the future.
What You Will Do
- Lead the sales cycle for mid-market and enterprise clients:
- Find and qualify potential customers, manage the process from first contact through negotiation and closing, and use creative approaches to build sales momentum.
- Handle complex deals with multiple stakeholders. Translate TierZero’s technical strengths into clear business value for engineering leaders, managers, directors, and VPs.
- Build and document sales methodologies:
- Create scalable frameworks for qualification, objection handling, and deal progression.
- Work with the CEO to refine our ideal customer profile, participate in pricing discussions, and help sharpen our competitive position.
- Share structured feedback from the field to help the product team understand what drives sales and where we can improve.
- Develop expertise in the domain:
- Learn the basics of observability, incident management, Kubernetes, and CI/CD so you can have credible conversations with technical buyers.
- Understand how TierZero stands out from competitors and be ready to address concerns about teams building similar solutions in-house.

