Sales Lead at Aden (W20)
$70K - $220K  •  1.00% - 3.00%
Scale AI agents profitably
San Francisco, CA, US / Remote
Full-time
Will sponsor
3+ years
About Aden

The Mission We are entering an era where software doesn't just execute code - it spends money. AI Agents are autonomous, powerful, and unpredictable. A single logic bug in a background loop can burn through a startup's runway in hours.

Aden is building the safety layer that makes agentic AI viable for the enterprise. We are the "CFO in the code" - the infrastructure that allows engineering teams to ship powerful AI features without the fear of bankruptcy-level accidents.

The Challenge We aren't building a passive analytics dashboard. We are building active, high-velocity financial infrastructure. At Aden, you will work on low-latency middleware that sits in the critical path of AI execution. Our systems need to ingest streams of trace data, calculate complex unit economics in real-time (using Materialize views), and make split-second decisions to "kill" connections before they spiral out of control.

Why Join Us?

High Stakes Engineering: You aren't centering divs. You are building the "circuit breakers" for the world's most advanced LLM applications.

Immediate Impact: Our code literally saves our customers money the second it is installed. You will see the results of your work in the "Saved Spend" column every day.

The "Picks and Shovels" of AI: While everyone else fights to build the best chatbot, we are building the essential governance layer that every AI company will eventually need to survive due diligence and enterprise procurement.

Who We Are We are a team of technical founders and builders (PhD / CS background) who value shipping over slides. We are looking for engineers who want to touch the metal, understand the intricacies of LLM tokenomics, and build the standard for AI financial governance.

About the role

About Aden

Hi there, glad that you found us! I hope that this page explains what we do pretty well. Feel free to reach out to us if there is anything unclear.

Aden is an AI-native, multi-agent ERP platform designed for operations leaders to unify their business systems, streamline processes, and automate mission-critical workflows and tasks. Highly customizable and rapidly deployable, Aden enhances operational performance and expands team capacity through declarative tooling, services, and intelligent AI agents.

Currently, Aden helps over dozens of operationally focused businesses, including supply chain control towers of major global corporations, IT departments of major financial institutions, and other high-impact companies, elevate their efficiency, automate workflows, and scale beyond manual operations.

What you will do

  • Own, define and lead strategies for growing the user base of Aden
  • Drive acquisition, engagement, retention, and growth of free and paid users
  • Recommend a new and user-friendly product, pricing, and packaging/bundling strategies that improve the user experience and help drive user growth targets
  • Drive an aggressive experimentation approach to unlock value and accelerate user growth
  • Define new approaches to measuring the effectiveness of all user growth initiatives and key business drivers in partnership with the product team
  • Provide day-to-day, organizational-wide visibility into ongoing performance dashboards and metrics
  • Help continually refine the different user-profiles and personas of all users through user research
  • Create broad visibility into learnings and impact; develop an organization-wide understanding of and enthusiasm for the strategic implications of our product offerings
  • Build and maintain our content management system that supports not only the https://adenhq.com website but also other channels

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
  • Two years of experience in web content management, marketing operations, systems engineering, technical program management or related field.
  • Experience leading and managing marketing technology, automation and governance projects.
  • Experience in SQL, Python SAS or any general-purpose programming language
  • Excellent communication skills; comfortable communicating with customers, and team members

What should expect by joining Aden

  • Grow and expand your desirable skill sets 10x quicker than in any other place
  • Build things blazingly fast and have a direct impact on our business
  • Have a huge "say" at a growth stage company

FAQ

What does the interview process look like?

A: After reviewing your resume, we’ll reach out for an intro call. We may follow by scheduling a technical interview. Then, we’d give you a small project if the tech round went well. Then, after assessing the project, we’d be ready and make an offer.

Can I work remotely?

A: Yes. We support a hybrid of remote and on-site work environments.

What’s it like working for a startup?

A: Being a small, agile team is the best way to grow fast personally and collectively. We tend to debunk some of the stereotypes about working at a startup. We rarely work overtime. Our processes are pretty straightforward and structured. Our goal is super defined. Our financial risk is a lot lower than many established businesses as we have zero debt, fewer commitments/overheads, and grow each month.

What can I expect in terms of compensation?

A: We aim to compensate competitively. Additionally, we ensure a “happy rate” and boost in pay for every milestone we achieve together.

What’s unique about this role?

A: The sales leader on our team helps us “engineer” growth. It takes a lot of trials and errors to know what works and what does not. But, in many aspects, the sales leader role at Aden makes important, strategic decisions.

What’s unique about team Aden?

We’re a group of builders who aren’t afraid of the toughest challenges. As we understand it, the world is a big puzzle with many problems to solve. The bigger our goal is, the more and more complex the issues become. So we’d always want to be the team that solves the most complex problems.

Technology
  •          HTML & CSS
    
  •          Javascript (Vue.js, bootstrap, axios, redux, google analytics, jquery, datatables, webpack)
    
  •          RESTful API Design & Implementation (OpenAPI)
    
  •          MySQL Commands & Utilities (Mysqldump...)
    
  •          Elasticsearch
    
  •          DynamoDB
    
  •          Docker & Docker-compose
    
  •          Python3 (Requests, PyMySQL, SQLAlchemy, Scrapy, multiprocessing, apscheduler, pandas, numpy...)
    
  •          Linux Commands & Utilities (Ubuntu, screen, crontab)
    
  •          Kubernetes (GKE)
    
  •          Load Balancer (Ingress)
    
  •          Compute Engine (GCE)
    
  •          Cloud Endpoint
    
  •          MySQL (Cloud SQL)
    
  •          Redis
    

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