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Account Executive, Mid-Market (San Francisco)

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San Francisco, CAFull-time$200–250K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$200–250K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Aikido is seeking a Mid-Market Account Executive to own complex sales across scaling tech companies. The role combines product-led growth with consultative selling to technical buyers and stakeholder groups, and offers influence over go-to-market strategy. The company describes its security products as developer-first and focused on reducing risk while supporting software delivery.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Sales Cycle ManagementProspectingProduct-Led SalesDiscoveryValue-Based DemosOutbound SalesInbound SalesDeal ManagementTechnical SaaS SalesDevOpsDeveloper ToolsSelf-DirectionOrganizationAccountabilityOwnershipSpanish

Qualifications

4+ Years Closing ExperienceMulti-Stakeholder Sales Success

Full job description

Location: San Francisco

🌍 We’re making security suck less for developers. Security tools haven’t kept up with how software is built today. They interrupt teams, slow releases, and turn security into a bottleneck instead of a capability. We built Aikido to change that. Aikido builds developer-first security products that reduce real risk without getting in the way of shipping software. We focus on what actually matters and automate the rest.

We’re building toward self-securing software. Join an all-star team. Take real ownership. Push boundaries. Build things that matter. We’re expanding internationally and there’s a lot of room to grow with us. We’re taking on legacy security tools teams have been stuck with, and we’re winning. If you want to help us take market share and build products developers actually enjoy using, you’re in the right place.

We’re looking for a Mid-Market Account Executive to own larger, more complex deals across scaling tech companies. This role sits at the intersection of product-led growth and consultative sales, working with technical buyers and broader stakeholder groups. You’ll help define how Aikido wins in the mid-market and have meaningful influence on our GTM strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Own the full sales cycle for mid-market accounts

  • Prospect into scaling companies and technical buying groups

  • Convert product-led usage into multi-seat, multi-team deals

  • Run structured discovery and value-based demos

  • Partner with marketing, product, and leadership on GTM initiatives

  • Maintain accurate forecasting and pipeline hygiene

  • 4–8+ years of closing experience (Commercial / Mid-Market)

  • Proven success running multi-stakeholder sales cycles

  • Strong outbound, inbound, and deal management skills

  • Deep comfort selling technical SaaS (DevOps / dev tools a big plus)

  • Self-directed, organized, and highly accountable

  • “Get stuff done” mentality with strong ownership mindset

  • Bonus: Spanish-speaking

What you can expect

  • Short decision lines. Big ownership. Shape the projects that matter and ship fast.

  • Grow as fast as we do. Take on more, own more, and carve out your own path.

  • Top-tier tech pay and equity.

  • High trust, strong values, zero corporate BS.

  • Flexibility in working hours.

  • A company that sticks to its values in an open and informal atmosphere.

We hire for talent, drive, and potential. Everything else is noise.

Job title and compensation

  • The compensation range for this position is between $200,000 and $250,000, based on full-time employment.

  • Actual salaries are based on several factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, experience, certifications, and work location.

  • Our open positions are based on job competencies that are specific to each role. If you are offered a position, the job title may be different from what is advertised to align with the role's competencies and your specific background, experience, and interview results.

How this job compares

Set against the 11,686 open Account Executive jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$200–250K/yr
  • California median$130–189K/yr1,206 salary ranges
  • US median$112–160K/yr8,380 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $225K, is 38% above the California median midpoint ($163K) — in the middle half of Account Executive salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,505 open Account Executive jobs in California and 11,686 across the US. 15% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Account Executive postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (8,894 postings).
Education
1,847 of the 11,686 open Account Executive jobs (16%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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