Founding Account Executive
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 8, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 7, 2026. Flint scores B on the Alion truth index.
Why choose Flint?
We're winning quickly: Backed by Accel, by the same partner who led the first round for Scale, Vercel, and Sentry, plus Sheryl Sandberg's fund SBVP and Neo. We launched in February 2026 (announced here), and are already powering pages that generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in pipeline + featured on CNBC.
Recognized names that turn heads: We've earned the trust of customers like Cognition, Glean, Langchain, Tandem, 11x, + more we don't publicly reference. (Our gong has been put to great use!)
About Flint
Flint is the agentic platform that ships pages from your brand and ad campaigns. AI doesn't replace marketers. It removes the work that should never have been theirs: building a one-off landing page for every keyword, every campaign change, every A/B test, then waiting on design and engineering to do it. Today we deliver on-brand pages on your own domain in minutes, with no rebuilds and no engineers. We're backed by Accel, Sheryl Sandberg (former Meta COO)'s venture fund SBVP, and Neo.
The vision
Sandberg instantly understood Flint's vision. "I was sharing how it took (me) five teams three months to build one A/B test just to increase conversion by 10% on our Google ad," Lim said. "And then she stopped me, [and] said, 'Michelle, it was 140 people at Meta who had to do this'." - TechCrunchImagine a website that builds new pages, tests creative, and optimizes performance in response to real-world signals: competitive shifts, user behavior, trending search queries, the way an autonomous vehicle responds to road conditions and traffic. The marketer still owns the work that compounds and the work that requires taste: strategy, audience, creative direction, brand judgment. Flint takes the manual production off their plate so they get those hours back.
The team
"One of the most talent-dense AI startups... each member of the early Flint team has a track record, and as a team, they perform like athletes. Amazing to watch." - Dan Levine, AccelFlint is led by co-founders Michelle Lim, Engineer #1 turned Head of Growth and Product at Warp, and Max Levenson, engineering leadership at autonomous vehicle startup Nuro, then Engineer #2 at Vooma (YCS23).
Every single member of the Flint team has been a founding engineer / founder. Early stage best practices are in our team's DNA. Because of that, our team knows how to catalyze hockey stick growth, but just as critically, how to navigate it sustainably to create $XB valued companies. After all, we've done it before. We are alums of Netflix, Scale, and Shepherd (YC W21), and work together in-person out of historic Jackson Square.
The product
Companies have used Flint to hit goals like…
Ranking #1 on AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overview
Lifting ad conversion rates
Generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in pipeline revenue
The role
Flint is looking for a highly driven Founding Account Executive to scale our founder-led sales motion (and keepour gong ringing).
We’re approaching an exciting inflection point; we’ve validated customer demand and are now ready to scale repeatable revenue. This is a rare opportunity to join at the ground floor and directly shape Flint’s next stage of growth.
As the first sales hire, you’ll do the work and write the playbook while you do it. There are no SDRs and no sales ops yet. You'll build the pipeline, close the deals, and document what works so the next five hires can run it. You'll also be the bridge between customers and the product team, feeding what you hear in the field back to the founders.
The best version of this role operates like an early-stage founder.
Role scope:
Own the full cycle end to end: prospecting, discovery, demo, pilot, negotiation, close
Build pipeline by running outbound, working conferences and events, taking inbounds and qualifying fast, and running follow-ups
Grow the accounts you close. Spot upsell and expansion once a customer is live, and turn first deals into bigger ones
Co-write the first version of the playbook with the CEO: pitch, discovery framework, pricing. Document what works so the next five hires can run it
Become a product expert. Know Flint well enough to sell it to marketers and technical buyers and spot which prospect is worth your time
Be the feedback loop. Spot patterns across deals and feed market learnings straight back to the founders
Basic qualifications:
You have 2+ years of SDR experience and 4+ years in sales total
You've run full-cycle B2B SaaS deals, end to end, against a quota you owned
You've shipped at an early-stage startup before
You want to write playbooks, not inherit them
You practice ruthless disqualification. You'd rather lose a bad deal early than oversell into a churn
You have strong written communication and storytelling ability, able to distill complex concepts into crisp, compelling narratives.
You're in SF or moving here. We work from the office
Proven ability to manage prospect / customer expectations, objection handle, and listen for the “question behind the question”.
Bias towards execution and familiar with early-stage, high ambiguity environments.
Operate with a founder’s mindset: proactive, resourceful, and comfortable building as we go.
Preferred qualifications:
You've built GTM from scratch at a seed-to-Series-B startup
You've sold in PLG or bottoms-up motions, converting high-intent inbound at volume
You've sold marketing or GTM tools, or sold to marketers
You have a product mindset and like sitting close to engineering
Familiar with tools like Attio, HubSpot, Loops.so, Clay (or other enrichment tooling)
Experience building revenue operations workflows or systems
Compensation:
$200k - $300k OTE (50% base, 50% variable) + equity.
Nothing gives our founders bigger satisfaction than writing big checks in exchange for a job well done.
Flint in the press
TechCrunch - Oct 2025
Business Insider - Nov 2025
Pragmatic Engineer podcast - Dec 2025
CNBC - Dec 2025
What we offer
Historic office in Jackson Square (with 2 rooftops and a shower) - tour virtually here
A crazy upside-down battlestation - tour virtually here
20 PTO days a year and full health benefits
Lunch and a fully stocked snack bar at the office, incl. Cometeer coffee pods
Dog-friendly
Competitive salary + equity [we stand by care for our employees]
More benefits coming very soon.
Our Culture
We are an intensely creative team. After work, we are (avid) readers, photographers, acapella singers, film critics (who don't hold back), bakers, yoga teachers, interior designers, and more.
Catch us in action at our launch party, rock climbing, celebrating birthdays, hosting trivia nights, going for pilates and more.