Overview
At Blacksmith, we provide cloud infra to help companies run their CI (GitHub Actions) substantially faster and cheaper. Our mission is to build a CI cloud. Our bet is that CI, as a class of workloads, is ready to be unbundled from the hyperscaler clouds (AWS/GCP/Azure). This is a bold statement, and we have an ambitious roadmap ahead.
Some things we're proud of
- We orchestrate millions of VMs for CI jobs each month over our own fleet of bare metal hardware.
- We power CI for 600+ fast-growing startups like Ashby, Slope, AtoB, Pylon, Superblocks, and Finch.
- Founders: Aditya Maru and Aayush Shah were early systems engineers at Cockroach Labs. Aditya (JP) Jayaprakash worked on search infra and was later a founding member of the ads team at Faire.
- We went through Y Combinator's W24 batch and raised our seed round from a Tier 1 VC firm.
- We're growing extremely fast and hit $1m ARR with a team of 4 in less than 12 months.
You are a good fit if you
- Thrive in an in-person environment in SF, 5 days a week.
- Have a few years of sales experience. We’re open to new grads as long as you have the drive and willingness to learn.
- Constantly ask: “How can I improve this?” You’re curious about new sales tools, you love running experiments, and you’re a fast learner when it comes to trying new tactics.
- Want to be part of a high-growth startup. We’re scaling extremely fast, and you’ll need to keep up (and have fun doing it).
- Have an interest in developer tools and technical products. You don’t need to be an engineer but should be excited to learn how software teams build and ship code.
- Are tenacious about follow-ups. Whether email, LinkedIn, or cold calls, you don’t mind getting scrappy and persistent.
- Have excellent verbal and written communication skills. You’ll often be the first point of contact for potential customers.
Bonus
- You’ve dabbled in your own side hustles or start-up projects.
- You’re comfortable creating new processes and iterating on them quickly.
Compensation and benefits
- Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance.
- Competitive base + equity.
- Unlimited PTO.
- Quarterly offsite.
- Early-exercise stock options  
- 12 weeks fully paid parental leave (US)  
Compensation Range: $60K - $90K