Sales Development Representative - Inbound

San Francisco, CA

About the role

ABOUT BASETEN

Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma, and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to ship AI products.

THE ROLE

As an Inbound Sales Development Representative at Baseten, you'll be the first point of contact for prospects who've shown interest in Baseten - quickly engaging, understanding their needs, and qualifying them against our ideal customer profile. You'll turn inbound interest into qualified pipeline.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Build revenue pipeline by setting introductory meetings with potential businesses and key decision makers.

  • Diligently respond to inbound inquiries and determine potential product fit.

  • Help influence Baseten's product roadmap for customers and prospects.

  • Identify high-potential businesses and verticals and develop and execute outbound strategies to bring them to Baseten.

  • Stay up-to-date on market trends, competition, and industry developments.

  • Manage and document the progression of the sales pipeline.

  • Drive pre- & post-engagement at industry events (will attend multiple events in person).

REQUIREMENTS

  • Ability to develop strong, long-lasting relationships both internally and externally.

  • Collaborative and coachable, always looking to improve your skills and impact.

  • Ability to handle rejection and stay persistent in pursuing leads.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

  • A basic understanding of a standard SaaS seller's technical stack (CRM, Outreach/Salesloft, Prospect Research, etc.).

  • Excellent time management, process, and prioritization skills.

  • Preferred experience with Cloud or Security sales.

BENEFITS

  • Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity

  • (U.S. only) 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents

  • Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)

  • Paid parental leave

  • Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot

  • (U.S. only) Company-facilitated 401(k)

  • Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

Apply now to embark on a rewarding journey in shaping the future of AI! If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.

At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, where applicable).

About Baseten

Baseten is an AI inference infrastructure platform that provides the tooling, expertise, and hardware for deploying and serving ML models at scale — including open-source, custom, and fine-tuned models — across multi-cloud environments. It targets developers and enterprises building production AI applications, offering dedicated deployments, serverless APIs, and proprietary inference runtimes optimized for speed, reliability, and cost efficiency. Its customers include Cursor, Notion, Writer, Patreon, and HeyGen.

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Job details

Location

San Francisco, CA

Company

NameBaseten
IndustryAI Infrastructure
Team Size3

Funding

Total raised

$585M

Last stage

Growth

Investors

IVP
CCapitalG
Nvidia
Greylock
Spark Capital

Founders

TS

Tuhin Srivastava

Co-Founder & CEO

Amir Haghighat

Amir Haghighat

Co-Founder & CTO

LinkedIn
Phil Howes

Phil Howes

Co-Founder & Chief Scientist

LinkedIn

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.