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Account Executive, Commercial - San Francisco

Posted Aug 5, 2026

Role at a glance

Job function
Sales B2B & Enterprise Sales
Salary
Not Disclosed
Location
San Francisco, United States
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Experience
3+ years of closing experience in tech sales

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Role Summary

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The Commercial Account Executive builds customer relationships and drives sales of Cursor to startups and Mid-Market customers. The role guides engineering organizations through evaluation, implementation, and expansion, combining technical fluency with sales expertise.

What You'll Do

  • Find prospective customers, educate them about AI-powered development, and own the sales cycle from first call to close.
  • Guide prospects through product trials, evaluations, and rollouts.
  • Build and manage a sales pipeline, and lead multi-stakeholder sales cycles across Engineering, Product, Security, Procurement, and Legal.
  • Develop executive relationships and customer champions, and quantify value through ROI cases tied to developer productivity and AI adoption.
  • Analyze market trends, execute sales strategies and campaigns, share actionable customer feedback, and refine sales playbooks and best...

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Qualifications

3+ years of closing experience in tech sales; a consistent track record of landing new logos, exceeding quota, and managing a high volume of deals; proactively builds pipeline through outbound prospecting, creative sourcing, and follow-up; comfortable with complex sales cycles and technical stakeholders from individual contributors to CTOs; analytical in understanding customer needs, with creative tactical follow-through; able to bring order to chaos; excellent communicator who builds trust across organizational levels; passionate about AI and transforming how software is written.

Preferred

  • Ideally, experience selling developer tools, technical SaaS, or emerging technologies.

Original job description

Content provided by the employer

Our mission is to automate coding. The first step in our journey is to build the best tool for professional programmers, using a combination of inventive research, design, and engineering. Our organization is very flat, and our team is small and talent dense. We particularly like people who are truth-seeking, passionate, and creative. We enjoy spirited debate, crazy ideas, and shipping code.

About the role

As a Commercial Account Executive at SpaceXAI, you'll drive revenue growth by building strategic relationships with customers and helping them realize the full potential of Cursor for their development teams. You'll cover the full spectrum, from high velocity fast-growing startups to more complex Mid-Market deals, adapting your playbook to each.

You'll work closely with engineering organizations to understand their development workflows, demonstrate how Cursor transforms developer productivity, and guide them through evaluation, implementation, and expansion. This role combines technical fluency with sales expertise to help companies reimagine how software gets built with AI.

What you'll do

  • Win new business and drive revenue for SpaceXAI. Find your way to the right people at prospective customers, educate them about AI-powered development, and help them succeed. You'll own the full sales cycle, from first call to close

  • Become a trusted product expert; guide prospects through trials, evaluations, and rollouts

  • Build and manage a healthy high velocity pipeline, meeting and exceeding quarterly targets

  • Lead multi-threaded sales cycles across Engineering, Product, Security, Procurement, and Legal

  • Develop executive relationships and day-to-day champions within each account

  • Quantify value with clear ROI cases tied to developer productivity and AI adoption

  • Design and execute innovative sales strategies; analyze market trends and translate high-level plans into targeted activities and campaigns

  • Be the voice of the customer and influence the roadmap with actionable feedback

  • Continuously refine the sales methodology by incorporating learnings into playbooks, templates, and best practices

You may be a fit if

  • You have 3+ years of closing experience in tech sales, ideally selling developer tools, technical SaaS, or emerging technologies

  • You have a consistent track record of landing new logos and exceeding quota and managing a high velocity of deals

  • You're a true hunter, you proactively build pipeline from scratch through outbound prospecting, creative sourcing, and relentless follow-up, rather than relying on inbound demand

  • You're comfortable navigating complex sales cycles and selling to technical stakeholders, from ICs to CTOs

  • You bring an analytical approach to understanding customer needs combined with creative, tactical follow-through to advance opportunities

  • You have a knack for bringing order to chaos and a genuine "roll up your sleeves" mentality

  • You're an excellent communicator who can present confidently and build trust across all levels of an organization

  • You're passionate about AI and excited by the idea that transforming how software gets written is one of the most important problems to work on right now

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About the company

Cursor

Startup

Cursor is an innovative technology company specializing in software development and digital solutions tailored for businesses of all sizes. With a focus on enhancing user experience and operational efficiency, Cursor offers a range of products, including custom applications, cloud services, and data analytics tools. The company prides itself on its collaborative approach, working closely with clients to understand their unique needs and deliver effective solutions. Committed to driving digital transformation, Cursor strives to empower organizations through cutting-edge technology and exceptional service.