Sales Development Representative
Company Overview
At Advex, we're working on solving the hardest problem in computer vision—data collection. In order to train a reliable AI model, you need access to the right training data. The inability to gather the right data has been the primary obstacle in the global adoption of computer vision in mission-critical industries like manufacturing and industrial automation.
Our technology improves model performance by 20-200% for any computer vision task while simultaneously reducing production costs by 10x. Our customers include Fortune 500 manufacturers (like Cognex, BMW, Shell, etc) and some of the fastest-growing startups in the world. We invite you to join us at the ground level as we embark on the rapid expansion of our product offerings and customer base.
About Us
Advex is a seed stage tech startup backed by Construct Capital, PearVC, and the founders of Dropbox and Gradient Ventures. Our team comes with over a decade of industry and research experience from top organizations and labs like CMU, Berkeley AI Research Lab, Google Brain, Waymo, and Qualcomm. We've previously founded and sold companies and created products used over 30 million times. Our team has also published research papers and won research competitions at top conferences like ICLR, AAAI, etc.
Role Description
We’re hiring our first SDR to help build our outbound engine from the ground up. As a Founding SDR at Advex, you’ll shape our early sales motion. You’ll be responsible for prospecting, engaging leads, and booking meetings — primarily via cold calling, personalized emails, social selling, and bespoke outbound strategies. You’ll also represent Advex at key industry conferences and work closely with the founders to build and evolve our outbound initiatives. You’ll join us as we scale our go-to-market efforts and push the limits of AI in the real world.
This is an ideal role for someone early in their career, hungry to break into startups, and eager to grow your experience at a hyper-growth stage startup.
What You’ll Do
Own the prospecting process from end-to-end, including tooling and lead sourcing
Research and identify high-value prospects
Write short, sharp, tailored emails that cut through the noise
Make high-volume, high-quality cold calls to target buyers
Test creative outreach strategies (video, voice notes, social, etc.)
Book qualified meetings to hand off to sales team
Represent Advex at select industry conferences and trade shows
Maintain accurate activity and pipeline data in Hubspot
What We’re Looking For
0-3 years of experience in a sales or outbound role
Passion and experience in AI, manufacturing, computer vision, or machine learning
Comfortable with modern sales tools (Hubspot, Apollo, SalesNav, etc.)
Strong written and verbal communication — concise, clear, confident
Creative thinker with a bias toward action and experimentation
Resilient, driven, and comfortable in a fast-moving startup environment
Looking to grow a long-term career in sales — and eager to earn it!
Why Advex
Be part of a high-growth AI startup transforming industrial machine vision
Work directly with founders to shape our outbound playbook
Huge career growth — opportunity to carve your own path into an account executive and/or other roles. The world is your oyster!
Competitive compensation + performance-based incentives
In-person, high-energy team environment