Remote Sales Executive at Chainguard - US Central — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
This role is remote-first but carries a hard requirement: candidates must be based in the US Central Timezone (CT). That limits location flexibility to US states within or aligned to CT hours. Digital nomads residing outside the US are not eligible, as the posting explicitly requires US residency.
For those who are US-based nomads, the role offers meaningful perks:
- Monthly coworking stipend — great for hot-desking at WeWork or local coworking spaces while on the move across the US.
- Phone & internet stipend — offsets the cost of reliable connectivity, a must for a quota-carrying sales role.
- Bi-annual destination summits — structured travel built into the calendar, plus team meetup opportunities.
However, note that client travel is expected when required, which means your base location should allow easy access to major airports in the Central region (Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis).
With an OTE of $250,000 and a base of $125,000, the compensation is generous enough to afford premium nomad-friendly cities within CT states — think Austin, TX (moderate-to-high COL) or Nashville, TN (lower COL, growing tech scene). Fully remote within US CT is the practical takeaway, but international nomadism is not viable here.
Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.
Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.
Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.
The role, in a nutshell:
We're looking for highly motivated sales executives who have strong market knowledge and enjoy building relationships with key decision makers to evangelize building secure and reliable software. Our sales team walks a mile in their customers' shoes and wants our customers and prospects to see the immense value and expertise Chainguard's solutions offer.
What you'll do:
- Define and execute sales plans for your assigned territory
- Convey value prop and product differentiators to prospects and customers
- Forecast, meet, and exceed quota
- Through a combination of inbound and outbound leads, develop and manage leads funnel
- Manage business and track opportunities through CRM and other supporting tools
- Collaborate on and improve all aspects of the sales cycle, including product, support, and sales engineering
- Understand the competitive market, being familiar with competing companies and their offerings
- US Based
What we're looking for:
- 3+ years of closing experience in the SaaS/Security/DevOps industry required
- This candidate must be located in the Central Timezone
- Strong track record consistently overachieving sales targets (Top 10–20% of company)
- Entrepreneurial – willing to go the extra mile, strong work ethic, resourceful
- Team player
- Competitive/Driven
- Ability to learn new products and create/learn processes quickly
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
- Must be willing to travel to clients to support sales relationships (if required)
Desired Qualifications:
- Domain experience with one or more of the following strongly recommended: Compute platforms (Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), DevOps Tooling, CI/CD platforms (GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins), and overall SDLC
- Startup experience
- A strong sales aptitude and fundamental understanding of the sales process
- A sound, tech-savvy business acumen and the ability to articulate a compelling value proposition in a complex and evolving business environment
- Ability to thrive in an agile environment with an ever-evolving set of solutions
On-Target Earnings: $250,000
Base Salary Range: $125,000 USD
About Us
We live and breathe our company values:
- We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
- We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
- We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
- We trust each other and assume good intentions — We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.
A few of the benefits we offer:
- Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
- Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
- 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
- Unlimited Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
- 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.
If your experience is close but doesn't fulfill all requirements, please apply. We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
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