Account Executive, API

Highlights

• Own new business for Perplexity's API platform with large enterprise clients.
• Lead full sales cycle from prospecting and demos to closing and onboarding.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to shape frontier AI roadmap.

What they offer

• Equity
• Commission

Ideal candidate

A self-starting, technically fluent seller who thrives in ambiguity and loves working with developers and executives to turn frontier AI into durable enterprise revenue.

Requirements

• Self-starter who can operate in ambiguity and get deals done
• Technically fluent and credible with developers and technical buyers
• 3+ years of full-cycle SaaS sales experience, ideally with enterprise clients
• Proven record of meeting or exceeding revenue targets in high-growth environment
• Skilled at complex sales cycles and tailoring messaging to buyer personas
• Proven success outbound prospecting to large enterprise
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, comfortable with C-suite
• Adept at identifying pain points and mapping solutions to business value
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional and technical stakeholders
• Experience with CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce)
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience