# Member of Technical Staff - Monetization at Sail Research

- Company: Sail Research
- What the company does: Sail is the most cost-efficient API for the best open-source models. Pay per token with unbeatable prices, cut costs even further with completion windows, and start with $5 in monthly free credits. Backed by Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.sailresearch.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-02
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sail/d34394e6-4a7d-4622-8c6c-95077d72cdc6?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/sail-research-member-of-technical-staff-monetization/

## About the role

Design and operate billing for all of Sail’s current and future offerings, across our smallest self-serve customers, our largest enterprise commits, and our routing partners like OpenRouter. Develop new ways to price and package AI infrastructure, plus novel billing features like Supercache. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Familiarity with usage-based billing and payments systems, or an interest in learning them
- Experience owning high-throughput, reliable production systems
- Solid distributed systems fundamentals
- Product sense: experience and enthusiasm for building delightful products and user experiences
- Interest in compute and inference economics
- Great interpersonal and technical communication. Please don't use LLMs to write prose. We desk-reject slopful cover letters and resumes

Tags: Engineering

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