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Sales Development Representative

Solo. io, enables companies to take the next step in their cloud journey.

solo.io

Employee count: 51-200

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Who we are.

Solo enables companies to Connect, Secure and Observe modern applications and agents – AI, APIs, Microservices, Data and LLMs – with the industry’s leading AI, API and Service Mesh Management Platform. Solo innovations allow companies to stay on the leading edge of both technology and business possibilities.

Solo is a VC-backed company, founded in 2017 by Idit Levine. In 2021, Solo was valued at $1B. Solo’s customers are some of the largest in the world, spanning all geographies and industries. Solo’s team has deep expertise in Cloud Computing, Linux, Containers, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, APIs, Security, Microservice Applications, Application Modernization, GraphQL, and eBPF.

About the role.

As a Sales Development Representative at Solo you will contact prospects via email, calls and Linkedin with the goal of booking qualified meetings for our AE’s. You will use tools like Sales Navigator, zoominfo. SFDC and Outreach to organise your activities and orchestrate your workflow. Using tools like Gong and feedback from your manager and AE’s you will have the opportunity to grow.

This role may require occasional travel.

This is a remote role for applicants based in North America. We are unable to sponsor work visas at this time.

Job Description:

  • Contact prospects and customers via email, calls, LinkedIn messages, etc. with the goal of booking meetings for our AEs and Field Engineers.
  • Use Sales Navigator and Zoominfo to research prospects and import them into Salesforce.
  • Use Outreach to add prospects to sequences and follow the steps within sequences to book a meeting with a prospect.
  • Achieve and exceed weekly / monthly metrics (calls, emails, booked sales meetings).
  • Follow-up and qualify contacts from promotions, events, and other marketing and sales activities.
  • Record all lead activities in Salesforce and Outreach.
  • Respond to inquiries in our chat using Drift.
  • Travel to in-person events as needed.
  • Attend weekly or bi-weekly meetings with AEs, peers, and manager.)

Job Requirements:

  • Experience using Salesforce.
  • Experience leveraging a sales enablement platform like Outreach or SalesLoft.
  • Experience using a contact database like Zoominfo, Seamless, or LeadIQ.
  • Experience using Sales Navigator is a plus.
  • Demonstrates degree in communications, business, background.
  • Demonstrates track record of accomplishments against peer group.
  • Demonstrates ability to be disciplined in their approach and resiliency.
  • Adaptability and situational awareness in unfamiliar circumstances.

What you’ll love about Solo.

At Solo, our culture is all about hiring great people, creating a fun and fast-paced work culture, and letting our teams work with our customers to successfully solve their challenges.

Solo works collaboratively with our customers, partners and open source communities to deliver technology innovation, technology solutions, architectural best-practices, and hands-on education. Solo uses a unique engagement model with our customers that allows us to quickly make them successful, and continue to work closely with them as their production environments grow.

Solo is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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Full Time

Experience level

Mid-level

Education

Bachelor degree

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United States +/- 0 hours

About solo.io

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Solo.io, enables companies to take the next step in their cloud journey. Our platform enables Kubernetes, Zero-Trust, APIs and Microservices.

The Solo.io Story

Founded in 2017 in Cambridge, MA, Solo.io is the industry’s leading cloud-native application networking company. We connect, secure and observe the world’s Kubernetes applications and APIs. Our Gloo Platform is used by hundreds of companies worldwide, across more than a dozen industries. For most companies, the Gloo Platform is the next step in their cloud journey.

Solo.io’s customers are a mix of established Fortune 2000 global leaders, as well as new Cloud-native disruptors. Our customers are forward-looking companies that want to differentiate themselves through innovative digital experiences. They are market leaders in every industry and every geography.

All Solo.io products are based on open source technologies, such as Istio, Envoy, Kubernetes, Cilium, eBPF, GraphQL, WebAssembly, Linux and many others.

Solo.io has a world-class engineering team, with contributors to some of the industry’s largest and most widely used CNCF open source projects. They are Technology Leaders, Thought Leaders and Creators of the leading open-source, cloud-native Application Networking technologies (Istio, Envoy, Cilium, eBPF, GraphQL, Wasm, etc.) Solo.io holds leadership positions in the Istio Steering and Technical Oversight Committees, as well as being a significant contributor and innovator in both the Istio and Envoy communities.

Solo.io has been been recognized for a number of industry awards, including:

  • Gartner Cool Vendor (2019)

  • InfoWorld Technology of the Year (2022)

  • CRN’s Top 10 Hottest Startups (2022)

  • SDTimes Best in Show for Software Development – APIs (2022)

  • Best Open Source Training for Cloud-native Apps (2022)

  • GigaOm Service Mesh Market Leader & Outperformer (2022, 2021)

  • Stratus Cloud Computing, Kubernetes (2022)

In 2021, Solo.io received $135M in Series C funding at $1B valuation, with investment from leading VC funds Altimeter Capital, Redpoint Ventures and True Ventures. In total, Solo.io has received $175M in venture funding. Solo.io operates as a remote-first company, with regional presence in North America, Europe and APAC.

Employee benefits

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Healthcare benefits

Medical, dental and vision coverage options for you and your family.

Paid time off

Paid holidays, sick days and personal time to rest, recover and recharge.

401K & FSA

Pre-tax savings plans for out of pocket care costs and retirement savings.

Catered snacks

In office snacks and drinks, plus Friday lunches and the occasional happy hour.

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