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Founding AE

LightSprint · San Francisco, CA, US / Remote (San Francisco, CA, US) · Remote

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About LightSprint

Software factory for product teams. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

This is LightSprint’s founding account executive role. You’ll work directly with the founders to build the sales motion from the ground up and help product and engineering teams understand how LightSprint fits into the way they already build and ship software.

What they're looking for

  • You have a track record of selling technical B2B software through a consultative, multi-stakeholder sales process
  • You can build trust with product leaders and engineers, ask precise questions, and understand enough technical detail to run a credible conversation
  • You’re comfortable owning the entire process, from generating and qualifying opportunities to navigating evaluation and closing the deal
  • You communicate clearly in writing, in a product demo, and in a room with executives and technical stakeholders
  • You operate with high ownership and low ego. You follow through, keep the details organized, and collaborate closely with the rest of the company
  • You’re excited by ambiguity and can turn early patterns into a repeatable system without becoming rigid too early
More about this role

This is LightSprint’s founding account executive role. You’ll work directly with the founders to build the sales motion from the ground up and help product and engineering teams understand how LightSprint fits into the way they already build and ship software.

You’ll own relationships from the first conversation through adoption, bring customer feedback back into the company, and help shape a repeatable approach without losing the care and context required at an early-stage company. This is not a role for running a finished playbook. You’ll help create it.

Own the full sales cycle. Lead discovery, product demonstrations, evaluation, commercial conversations, and handoff from first meeting through close.

Sell through understanding. Learn how each team plans, builds, reviews, and ships software, then connect LightSprint to the problems that matter in their workflow.

Build the playbook with the founders. Develop qualification, messaging, process, forecasting, and the operating rhythm for an early sales function.

Create momentum during evaluations. Coordinate the people, technical questions, and next steps required to help a team reach a confident decision.

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