About the role
We are looking for a Founding AE who is excited about building the sales motion that will transform how the best technology is adopted by Allied Nations around the world. In this role, you'll work closely with our CEO and founding AEs to fly to conferences, prospect, run discovery, navigate stakeholders, manage procurement, close, and expand accounts. If you want a clean territory and a mature playbook, this is not that. If you want to build, move fast, and win big deals that keep our world safe, keep reading.
What You Will Work On:
- Own the full sales cycle from conference hopping, prospecting, closing and expanding deals that can hit 6-7 figure ACVs
- Build relationships with government contractors in military hubs like DC, San Diego, Huntsville and Tampa who've never bought AI software
- Work with our CEO to develop our sales playbook and sales org culture
- Navigate complex enterprise buying processes with engineering-led decision makers and procurement teams
- Build and manage our sales systems, CRM, and growth infrastructure from the ground up. you'll own our entire sales tech stack.
- Lead high-impact conversations with CEOs and business development leaders at companies building critical defense technology
Team & Values:
We’re building a small, elite team with high standards and low ego. We care about doing whatever it takes, getting better at the craft every week, and being genuinely fun to work with.We’re the youngest team in our world by far. We’re in our 20s running around defense conferences in Usul t-shirts, surrounded by 40 to 60 year olds in suits and military uniforms. People see us as the ambitious AI builders bringing real Silicon Valley energy and modern technology to one of the most traditional industries on earth.
About Usul
Usul is a Silicon Valley AI lab helping America and its allies buy technology at the speed of Amazon Prime. We're Stanford dropouts, MIT AI scientists, and Tier-1 Special Forces Operators dedicating our lives to rebuilding the infrastructure that equips the Western world.
We’re the youngest founders to ever win a US Defense contract. Over the past year, we’ve helped Global 500 companies including RTX, BAE Systems, Palantir and Ukrainian drone manufacturers win $12B in contracts across 30 NATO nations.
We’re hiring full-stack engineers and defense acquisition experts across San Francisco and Washington DC to help us solve the most critical infrastructure bottleneck in national security.
Join the Fremen.
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Job details
Salary
$150,000 - $250,000
Equity
0.05% - 0.2%
Location
San Francisco, CA
Experience
1+ years
Company
Funding
Total raised
$3.8M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.
