About Kindo

Kindo is an agent automation platform purpose-built for DevOps and SecOps teams. We help organizations automate tedious, high-friction operational work—securely—using autonomous agents that can run in the background on schedules or triggers. We’re on-prem capable and built with enterprise security controls from day one.

We’re ~40 people, have strong customer traction, and are entering the next phase of growth where product clarity, focus, and execution velocity matter more than ever.

The Role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Kindo, you’ll use your deep technical expertise to collaborate with our most strategic customers to drive transformational AI adoption. You will collaborate closely with Kindo engineers to ship advanced, enterprise ready AI agents that solve real world business problems. 

You’ll work side-by-side with Product and Engineering to get deep into customer workflows and ship real solutions fast. Drawing on strong engineering instincts, hands-on experience with frontier AI, and comfort working directly with customers, you’ll turn messy, high-stakes business problems into reliable, production-ready systems—without compromising on safety or quality.

This is a foundational role as you would be FDE #1, helping to shape our forward-deployed future. This role is ideal for someone who’s excited to build, iterate, and grow alongside our customers.

Responsibilities

• Embed closely with customer teams, understand their needs, and guide adoption of what you build.
• Build long term relationships with customers and proactively identify new opportunities for AI deployment throughout the lifecycle of an engagement.
• Conduct regular health checks, usage reviews, and roadmap alignment sessions.
• Anticipate potential issues and coordinate with support, product, and engineering teams as needed.
• Partner with Sales to support renewals, expansions, and success planning.
• Capture and relay customer feedback to influence product direction.
• Contribute to playbooks, diagnostic tools, documentation, and enablement assets.

What We’re Looking For (Required)

• 3+ years in a technical post-sales or customer-facing role (TAM, Solutions Architect, CSM with technical depth, etc.)
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, SaaS, or DevSecOps environments.
• Production experience with LLMs including advanced prompt engineering, agent development, evaluation frameworks, and deployment at scale.
• Strong programming skills with proficiency in Python (and ideally in one or more additional languages like Typescript, Java, etc) and experience shipping production applications.
• Excellent communication skills - comfortable with both technical and executive audiences.
• Proactive mindset- you spot patterns, solve problems early, and take initiative.
• Collaborative nature- you know how to navigate cross-functional teams and build trust internally.

What We Offer

• Competitive equity package for early employees.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Unlimited vacation and paid time off policies.
• Opportunity to work with world-class leadership in cybersecurity and AI.
• Fast-paced, entrepreneurial startup environment with a strong culture of ownership and innovation.

Company Culture

• High-performance mindset: We set ambitious goals and work with urgency.
• Extreme ownership: Everyone is responsible for their domain and takes pride in delivering results.
• Fast-paced and action-oriented: We prioritize speed and execution over perfection.
• Collaboration and innovation: We challenge each other, share insights, and push boundaries.
• Customer obsession: Everything we do is about making our customers successful.

Compensation

Base salary in the $120K–$150K range + bonus + early employee equity with meaningful ownership in a high-growth AI startup.

Who We Are:

Kindo, the AI-Native Security and Infrastructure Automation Platform, is growing fast! We're looking for a sharp, execution-oriented Account Executive to help drive pipeline growth and close high-impact deals across enterprise and mid-market accounts. As one of Kindo’s early sales hires, you’ll play a critical role in landing new customers, shaping our go-to-market motion, and accelerating adoption of our AI-powered security platform.

The ideal candidate is an AI-first seller who understands how to run modern, outbound-driven sales cycles with clarity and precision. You’ll prospect into CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and DevSecOps leaders, navigate complex orgs, and close six-figure deals that solve real infrastructure and security challenges. You should be comfortable owning a full pipeline, building relationships, managing sales cycles, and delivering real business outcomes.

Strong communication, high standards, and a sense of urgency are a must. Experience in a quota-carrying role at an early-growth cybersecurity or AI startup is a huge bonus.

This role is a high-impact opportunity for someone looking to grow with a team that’s building for what’s next. You’ll sharpen your sales game, sell into a market that’s changing fast, and work with a product that actually delivers. It will be challenging and rewarding.

Position Overview:

As an Account Executive reporting to our VP of Sales, you’ll help drive top-line growth by owning the full sales cycle and bringing in new business. This is a quota-carrying role focused on landing enterprise and upper mid-market customers, with strong support from leadership, product, and marketing.

You’ll sell into the C Suite, security teams, and engineering leadership, helping them adopt AI-powered security workflows that reduce risk and accelerate delivery. The ideal candidate has a track record of exceeding $1M+ quotas, working complex sales cycles, and building lasting customer relationships. If you’re looking to join a fast-growing team and close meaningful deals, we want to meet you.

Responsibilities:

• Prospect and close net new logos in the Enterprise space (Fortune 1000 customers as well as SMBs).
• Drive $100K+ average deal sizes with a focus on high-value business outcomes promoting long-term relationships.
• Work both direct and channel sales motions, leveraging existing industry relationships.
• Develop and execute a territory plan targeting specific geographic regions
• Act as a trusted advisor to CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, VP Engineering and leaders within DevSecOps, helping them implement AI-driven security automation.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, product, and engineering teams to refine messaging and positioning.
• Leverage your network and bring warm introductions to enterprise accounts.
• Operate in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where adaptability and resilience are key.
• Receive coaching and mentorship from industry-leading executives and second-time founders who have already had a successful exit.

Required Qualifications:

• 3-5+ years of experience in cybersecurity sales, with a strong track record of success.
• Experience selling SOAR, SIEM, Cloud Security is highly desirable, but candidates with cybersecurity vendor experience will be considered.
• Proven ability to meet and exceed $1M+ quotas.
• Expertise in outbound prospecting, pipeline development, and enterprise deal execution.
• Ability to communicate complex security concepts in a clear, business-oriented way.
• Relevant in-territory channel relationships.
• Strong understanding of security operations, DevSecOps, and compliance challenges.
• Resilient, self-motivated, and driven by success.
• Talented candidates based in the U.S. are encouraged to apply, particularly those in Northeast, Southeast, Texas, Pacific Northwest, Northern California, Southern California, and the Mid-Atlantic regions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working at a high-growth startup or early-stage security vendor.
• Familiarity with AI/ML/GenAI applications in security automation.
• Previous experience selling to C-Suite(CIOs, CTO, CISO) and security leadership teams.
• Proven track record of value based selling, aka the ability to translate the technical benefits into business outcomes that a CFO would sign off on.

What We Offer:

• Competitive equity package for early employees.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Unlimited vacation and paid time off policies.
• Opportunity to work with world-class leadership in cybersecurity and AI.
• Fast-paced, entrepreneurial startup environment with a strong culture of ownership and innovation.

Company Culture:

• High-performance mindset: We set ambitious goals and work with urgency.
• Extreme ownership: Everyone is responsible for their domain and takes pride in delivering results.
• Fast-paced and action-oriented: We prioritize speed and execution over perfection.
• Collaboration and innovation: We challenge each other, share insights, and push boundaries.
• Customer obsession: Everything we do is about making our customers successful.

Compensation
Strong 50/50 base and commission split, with base salary in the $140K–$160K range and generous upside potential. Includes early-employee equity with meaningful ownership in a high-growth AI startup.

If you're a top-performing cybersecurity sales professional looking for your next big opportunity, we want to hear from you. Apply now and be part of building the future of AI-driven security!