About the job
About tierzero
tierzero helps engineering teams reclaim time by automating repetitive tasks and managing alerts with AI agents. This shift lets engineers focus on building and shipping products, not just responding to issues. Clients such as Discord, Drata, and WeightWatchers rely on tierzero to reduce incident resolution times by 40% and save thousands of engineering hours each year. Backed by $7 million in funding from Accel and SV Angel, tierzero is growing quickly from its San Francisco headquarters.
Role Overview: Founding Sales Development Representative
This is the first outbound sales hire at tierzero. The CEO currently handles all sales, but now the company needs someone to own and build the top-of-funnel process. There’s no existing playbook, lead list, or inbound pipeline. Instead, this SDR will create them from scratch, working closely with the CEO to shape messaging, identify key personas, and build a qualified pipeline for the long term.
What You’ll Do
Build the Outbound Pipeline
- Prospect engineering organizations at Series C and later companies through cold calls, emails, and creative outreach. Take initiative to generate and pursue leads independently.
- Research target accounts, map out organizational structures, and pinpoint the right contacts, such as Engineering Managers, VPs of Engineering, or Staff Engineers.
- Design and test multi-step outbound sequences. Continuously refine messaging and calls to action based on what works.
- Use language and references that resonate with engineers, avoiding generic sales phrases in favor of authentic, technical communication.
Work Directly with Founders on Sales Strategy
- Experiment with and define ideal customer profiles, buyer personas, and triggers that drive interest.
- Develop frameworks to qualify which meetings are worth pursuing and which are unlikely to convert.
- Set up dashboards and performance metrics to track and improve pipeline creation.
- Document effective strategies so future team members can repeat and build on your success.
Location
This role is based at tierzero’s San Francisco headquarters.

