We're building AI employees. Not chatbots. Not copilots. Autonomous digital workers that do real jobs.
Our first, Ava, is an AI BDR used by hundreds of companies. She researches leads, writes and sends emails in a customer's voice, runs multi-step outbound sequences, manages her own deliverability infrastructure, self-optimizes over time, and handles objections and meeting booking. She's not a tool someone uses. She's a teammate.
We're a YC W24 company, have raised $35M+ from investors including Y Combinator, and are at $9M+ ARR. We just launched Ava 2.0, a step change in what an AI employee can do. The engineering problems are hard and the surface area is enormous.
The Artisan product has a HUGE surface area. An autonomous AI BDR, a database of 400M+ leads, intent signals, a dialer, enrichments, etc. We replace and automate companies’ entire GTM stacks. This year we’re doubling down on GTM with two new Artisans and massively broadening the scope of the product to enable our users to see more value.
You'll own product areas across the Artisan platform. This is a role where you'll define what we build, drive execution with engineering and design, and be accountable for outcomes and metrics.
What that looks like concretely:
You're building the product layer for AI employees. This isn't a standard SaaS platform. Ava makes autonomous decisions, sends real emails to real people, and operates 24/7 on behalf of customers. The product bar is high because when the AI gets it wrong, a real person's reputation is on the line.
The surface area is huge. A lead database of hundreds of millions of people. An AI messaging engine. A multi-channel campaign orchestrator. A CRM. A dialer. An inbox with autonomous reply handling. Intent signals. A billing system. You won't get bored.
You'll define the practice, not just execute it. This is an early-stage product team where you'll shape how we spec, ship, and iterate. Your decisions will set the standard for how the product org operates as we scale.
Competitive salary + meaningful equity. We compensate for impact.
At Artisan, we’re building real AI employees - not copilots, not assistants, but autonomous teammates.
Our first, Ava, is an AI BDR. She finds and researches leads, writes emails in customers’ tone of voice, runs outbound sequences, self-optimizes, and manages email deliverability infrastructure. She learns, adapts, and improves over time - just like a human would.
Human team members use Artisan as their primary working platform, replacing a sprawling stack of sales tools, and have Artisans working alongside them.
We went through Y Combinator (W24) and have raised $35M+ from top investors. We’re at $6M+ ARR, with hundreds of customers including Remote, Quora, and SumUp.
We’re currently working on Ava 2.0, pushing the boundaries of what an AI employee can do. And we're hiring.
Salary
$150,000 - $200,000
Equity
0.05% - 0.15%
Location
San Francisco, CA, US / New York, NY, US
Experience
3+ years
Total raised
$2.3M
Last stage
Pre-seed
Investors
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.