Founding Account Executive

Job Description

ABOUT NAMESPACE

Namespace provides high-performance developer services that enable engineering teams across industries to ship better code faster. Our flagship product is specialized hosted cloud infrastructure optimized specifically for build and test workflows—tasks critical to every software development lifecycle. Teams using Namespace consistently achieve build and test runtime improvements ranging from 2x to 10x.

Namespace's approach is low-friction, designed for immediate integration into existing developer toolchains (GitHub Actions, Docker, Bazel), empowering teams to experience tangible results within just five minutes. With an end-to-end stack optimized for high performance—including compute, memory, storage, and networking—Namespace delivers capabilities and efficiencies unmatched by traditional cloud providers. Our customers range from innovative startups to rapidly scaling teams at Vanta, copy.ai, comma.ai, Winticket and more.

Our team is uniquely qualified, having built and scaled foundational developer infrastructure powering thousands of engineers at Google. We’re poised for significant growth as we transform how engineering teams globally accelerate their development velocity.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Founding Account Executive at Namespace, you’ll be instrumental in defining and driving early go-to-market success. You will engage closely with high-growth companies and developers, deeply understanding their challenges, and demonstrating how Namespace can accelerate their engineering velocity. You’ll own the full sales cycle, from initial outreach through closing key strategic accounts, significantly impacting Namespace’s trajectory.

What You’ll Do

• Identify, prospect, and close strategic customers in our target segments (high-growth startups, mid-market companies, and strategic partners).
• Build deep relationships with engineering leaders and decision-makers, acting as a trusted advisor on infrastructure and developer productivity.
• Collaborate closely with founders, product, and engineering teams to influence product roadmap based on customer insights.
• Help define and refine Namespace’s sales playbook, shaping the future go-to-market strategy as the team scales.

Requirements

• Demonstrated success as an early-stage sales executive, ideally selling technical or infrastructure-focused products to engineering teams.
• Proven ability to manage complex, consultative sales cycles involving technical stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of developer workflows, build/test infrastructure, or experience selling to engineering audiences.
• Entrepreneurial spirit, comfort with ambiguity, and excitement about playing a pivotal role in early company growth.
• Available to travel to Europe on a regular basis.

Benefits

We care deeply about the wellbeing of our employees and about creating a healthy team culture.

• Fair salary
• Competitive share options offering
• Flexible working
• Market-leading parental leave