Account Executive, API

Highlights

• Own new business for Perplexity API platform powering real-time answer engines.
• Evangelize Search, Sonar, and Agent APIs to ambitious AI-native enterprises.
• Lead full sales cycle from pitch and technical evaluation to close and onboarding.

What they offer

• Equity
• Commission

Ideal candidate

Self-starting, technically fluent seller who thrives in ambiguity and loves partnering with developers and executives. Motivated by shaping frontier AI dev tools and turning enterprise relationships into durable revenue.

Requirements

• 3+ years of full-cycle SaaS sales experience, ideally with enterprise-level clients
• Technically fluent and comfortable speaking credibly with developers and technical buyers
• Proven record of meeting or exceeding revenue targets in a 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 presenting to C-suite
• Experience with CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce)
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience