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Founding Sales Engineer

About Basis

Basis equips accountants with a team of AI agents to take on real workflows.

We have hit product market fit, have more demand than we can meet, and just raised $34m to scale at a speed that meets this moment.

Built in New York City. Read more about Basis here.

Why join

  • World class investors: We're backed by Keith Rabois from Khosla Ventures alongside Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Aaron Levie, Adam D'angelo, Amjad Masad, Jack Altman, Jeff Dean, Larry Summers, Noam Brown and many leaders from the ML and fintech community. Check out our announcement for an expansive list

  • Extremely fast growth: We’ve partnered with some of the largest accounting firms in the world, with revenue 10x-ing over the last 5 months

  • Be part of building a company: We’re scaling the team fast and the business faster, meaning there will always be more responsibility than we have people. No better place to get a ton of responsibility and ownership on day 1

  • In person & interdisciplinary: We operate on the frontier of what’s technically possible. That is why being in-person is a must. We’re bringing together the brightest minds from the top engineering, ML, and accounting teams to work together in our NYC office and build production quality agentic systems

  • High risk: We believe the world is about to change in profound ways. We are building Basis to be on the cutting-edge of that change for a decade to come, and we have an appetite for the risk that comes with that. The journey has just begun

  • Compensation: We aim to pay competitively for cash compensation and well above market for equity compensation because the whole team is all-in, and we want you to be too

📍 Location: NYC, Flatiron office. In-person team.

About the role

We are going after a massive business opportunity where we currently lead technologically and are becoming the industry standard. We need to press our advantage by building a world class sales organization that can sell multiple products lines to multiple buyers.

What You'll Do

  • Lead value based demos that show prospects how AI agents will transform their month-end close, reconciliations, audit workflows, and more

  • Be the finance expert who can answer any question about technical accounting, compliance, or technical integration

  • Own security and IT questionnaires and guide prospects through technical due diligence processes

  • Drive technical qualification by identifying the best opportunities and leading structured evaluations

  • Partner with Account Executives on sales strategy for complex cycles and enterprise deals

  • Ensure smooth handoffs to post-sales teams through effective knowledge transfer

  • Stay sharp on accounting practices, industry trends, and competitive landscape

    Minimum Qualifications

    • Experience: 3+ years in accounting, finance, investment banking, or Private Equity

    • Process-oriented: Break down complex problems into clear, repeatable steps

    • Strong communicator: Explain technical concepts to both executives and accounting teams

    • First principles reasoner: Question assumptions and apply lessons to new solutions

    • Company-builder: Excited to build foundations as we rapidly scale

    • All-in: Ready for high velocity, high responsibility environment

    • Office lover: Prefers in-person collaboration in our NYC office

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Early stage startup experience

    • Hands-on experience with accounting software (QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, Bill.com, Ramp, etc.)

    Who You Are

    • Startup mindset: Excited about ambiguity and rapid growth

    • All-in: This is not a 9-5, we have a massive opportunity ahead of us and are looking to further accelerate our velocity. We are optimizing for the best folks and happy to compensate generously

In accordance with New York State regulations, the salary range for this position is $100,000–$300,000. This range represents our broad compensation philosophy and covers various responsibility and experience levels. Additionally, all employees are eligible to participate in our equity plan and benefits program. We are committed to meritocratic and competitive compensation.

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