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Applied AI Architect, Startups

Menlo Ventures Portfolio

New York, NY · Mid

$240,000 – $315,000

Listed on Menlo Ventures Portfolio’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

This role sells Claude AI to startup founders and engineers, providing technical guidance to help them build and deploy LLM applications. You'll combine sales expertise with deep hands-on AI engineering knowledge to become a trusted technical partner through evaluation, architecture design, and deployment support.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 3+ years in technical customer-facing roles (Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, or founder-led sales)
  • Experience working with startups or high-growth companies
  • Strong software engineering background or technical founder experience
  • Deep technical proficiency with building and scaling AI products
  • Hands-on production experience building and deploying LLM applications
  • Strong technical communication skills
  • Track record selling technical products in competitive markets
  • Comfortable with Python and familiar with common LLM frameworks and tools
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Nice to have

  • Passion for making powerful technology safe and societally beneficial
  • Familiarity with modern AI architectures and best practices

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