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Founder / CEO — Metergraph (PSL Studio Spinout)

Pioneer Square Labs
Location
Seattle, WA
Posted
11 days ago
Department
All
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Experience selling infrastructure, devtools, observability, or cost-optimization products to technical buyers
  • Experience in founder-led sales or as a first commercial hire
  • Previous experience founding a company or strong interest in entrepreneurship
  • Ability to engage in technical conversations about models, evals, and inference economics
  • Understanding that selling savings to engineers involves building trust
Nice to have
  • 7+ years in commercial leadership at infrastructure, devtools, or SaaS companies
  • Track record of personally closing deals
  • Comfort with ambiguity and risk
  • Low-ego partnership style
  • Fluency in the LLM ecosystem
What the job really is

As the Founder/CEO of Metergraph, you will lead the establishment of a company focused on optimizing AI costs for businesses. Your responsibilities will include driving founder-led sales, converting design partnerships into paying accounts, building a go-to-market strategy, raising seed funding, and recruiting an early team. This role requires a blend of technical understanding and commercial acumen to navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

Things to weigh
  • No salary or compensation details provided
  • Role involves significant ambiguity and risk
  • Requires strong technical understanding and trust-building in sales
  • Positioning in a fast-moving market with evolving models
Job score3.2/5
Benefits1/5
Freshness5/5
Career value5/5
Role clarity5/5
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