Middesk is building the data and intelligence infrastructure that helps businesses work together with confidence. We started by creating a comprehensive platform for understanding businesses, bringing together authoritative and proprietary data to help customers verify business identities, onboard customers faster, and manage risk throughout the customer lifecycle.
Today, Middesk is used by more than 700 banks and fintechs, and in 2025 we verified more than 7 million companies. We've also expanded beyond business verification to help companies form, register, manage, and maintain their businesses, supporting more than 50,000 companies in setting up over 100,000 accounts required to hire employees, run payroll, and stay compliant.
Middesk came out of Y Combinator, and is backed by Sequoia Capital, Accel, Insight Partners, and Canapi. We're proud to be named on the Forbes Fintech 50 and Best Startup Employers lists.
About the RoleWe're hiring an Enterprise Account Executive to help define the future of business identity.
At Middesk, you'll sell category-defining infrastructure that helps companies verify businesses, onboard customers faster, and manage risk with confidence. You'll work with innovative fintechs, lenders, marketplaces, and B2B platforms to build trust into critical customer workflows.
This role is an opportunity for a high-performing seller to take the next step in their career, owning larger, more sophisticated customers and sales cycles. You'll lead new-logo acquisition, work across technical and executive stakeholders, and have a meaningful impact on Middesk's growth.
We're looking for a consultative seller with a track record of taking on increasingly complex deals. You’re curious, eager to understand technical products and customer problems, and energized by the opportunity to keep moving upmarket.
We follow a hybrid work model with an expectation of three days per week in our New York City or San Francisco office.
What You'll DoOwn the full sales cycle from prospecting through close across enterprise accounts.
Build and execute thoughtful account strategies to identify, engage, and win new customers.
Navigate multi-stakeholder sales processes across Product, Engineering, Compliance, Risk, Operations, and executive teams.
Develop a deep understanding of Middesk's platform and our customers' workflows to lead consultative, value-driven sales conversations.
Partner closely with Solutions Engineering to navigate technical evaluations and implementation planning.
Build pipeline through outbound prospecting, account planning, and relationship development.
Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Customer teams to bring customer and market insights back into Middesk.
Become a trusted partner to customers navigating business identity, compliance, and risk challenges.
5+ years of experience closing B2B software, data, or infrastructure deals.
A track record of winning new business and taking on increasingly large and complex deals.
Experience navigating multi-stakeholder sales processes and engaging technical, operational, and executive buyers.
Experience selling into fintech, financial services, B2B software, marketplaces, regulated industries, or similarly complex customer environments.
Strong curiosity and an interest in deeply understanding customer workflows, APIs, and technical concepts.
A consultative approach to selling, with the ability to uncover customer problems and connect them to meaningful business outcomes.
A proactive, ownership-oriented mindset and comfort operating in a fast-moving environment.
An appetite to continue growing as a seller and taking on greater scope and complexity.
Experience selling API-first products, developer tools, data products, or infrastructure software.
Experience with fintech, compliance, identity, risk, KYC, or KYB solutions.
Experience working at a startup or high-growth company.
You can also learn more about what it's like to sell at Middesk from one of our Enterprise AEs here
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience closing B2B software, data, or infrastructure deals
- Proven track record of winning new business and handling increasingly large, complex deals
- Experience navigating multi-stakeholder sales processes engaging technical, operational, and executive buyers
- Experience selling into fintech, financial services, B2B software, marketplaces, or regulated industries
- Strong curiosity and interest in understanding customer workflows, APIs, and technical concepts
- Consultative selling approach with ability to connect customer problems to business outcomes
- Proactive, ownership-oriented mindset and comfort operating in a fast-moving environment
- Hybrid work model: expected to be in New York City or San Francisco office three days per week
- Experience selling API-first products, developer tools, data products, or infrastructure software
- Experience with fintech, compliance, identity, risk, KYC, or KYB solutions
- Experience working at a startup or high-growth company
Middesk Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Middesk and has not been reviewed or approved by Middesk.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive, with salaries often described as above industry averages across roles. Compensation packages are positioned as well-regarded within the company’s market segment.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Incentive plans are viewed as attractive, especially for sales roles with clear on‑target earnings and upside for strong performers. Plan design is characterized as competitive relative to peers, reinforcing positive sentiment toward variable pay.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as robust, with the employer covering most premiums for medical, dental, and vision. Additional wellness resources and memberships complement the core coverage and access.
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What We Do
Middesk makes it easier for businesses to work together. Since 2018, we’ve been transforming business identity verification, replacing slow, manual processes with seamless access to complete, up-to-date data. Our platform helps companies across industries confidently verify business identities, onboard customers faster, and reduce risk at every stage of the customer lifecycle. Middesk came out of Y Combinator, is backed by Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners, and was recently named to Forbes Fintech 50 List and cited as an industry leader in business verification by digital identity strategy firm, Liminal.
Why Work With Us
We value curiosity, empathy, and diverse perspectives. We're excited about the scope of the problems we're working to solve. We look at situations based on first principles and prefer learning by doing. We have diverse backgrounds and skills, but we're passionate about our craft, hobbies, and the relationships we build.
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