We believe that software is the foundation of modern civilization — yet vulnerabilities threaten its integrity, security, and resilience. Strix is on a mission to solve security.
Strix builds autonomous AI penetration testing agents that think like attackers: discovering, validating, and helping fix real vulnerabilities across live applications, codebases, and infrastructure — continuously, not once a year. We are looking for strong technical people who want to work at the intersection of AI, security, and infrastructure.
About this roleWe're seeking a Founding Account Executive to own revenue at Strix — building pipeline, running technical sales cycles with security leaders, and shaping how autonomous pentesting is bought.
You're excited about this role because you will…Own the full sales cycle from prospecting to close with CISOs and security engineering leaders
Work directly with the founders to define positioning, pricing, and the GTM playbook
Turn a product customers love — real vulnerabilities found in days — into a repeatable sales motion
Build the foundation (and eventually the team) for Strix's revenue organization
4+ years of B2B SaaS closing experience, ideally selling security or developer tools
Track record of exceeding quota in early-stage or founder-led sales environments
Comfort running technical evaluations and speaking credibly about security
Entrepreneurial energy: you build process where none exists
A tendency to leave things in a better way than you found them
Competitive salary with meaningful equity
Health, vision, and dental insurance
Office lunch and dinner (when working from our New York office)
Strix is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
To all recruitment agencies: Strix does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Strix employees. Strix is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with the Company.
Skills Required
- 4+ years of B2B SaaS closing experience
- Experience selling security or developer tools
- Track record of exceeding quota in early-stage or founder-led sales environments
- Ability to run technical evaluations and speak credibly about security
- Entrepreneurial ability to build processes where none exist
- Proactive approach to improving existing processes
What We Do
Strix is an autonomous, AI-driven penetration-testing platform delivered as software-as-a-service. It helps security teams continuously secure their full technology stack by testing code, APIs, web applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments. The platform discovers vulnerabilities, validates exploitability with proof-of-concept evidence, prioritizes real impact, and can generate merge-ready fixes, while supporting self-hosted, on-premise, VPC, and air-gapped deployments before vulnerable changes reach production.
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