Sales Development Representative (SDR) in New York
Soda Data
New York, NY
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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$52,500–$120,000
SKILLS
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Campaigns, Cloud Computing, Conferences, Contract Research Organization (CRO), Data Management, Data Quality, Enterprise Sales, Exceeded Sales Goal, Fortune 500 Customers, Gaming, ICP, LinkedIn, Machine Tool, Open Source, Operational Support Systems (OSS), Presentation/Verbal Skills, Product Demonstration, Sales, Sales/Support Engineering (SE), Salesforce.com, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Software as a Service (SaaS), Startup, Technical Sales, Training/Teaching
LOCATION
New York, NY
POSTED
30+ days ago
Data quality is the bottleneck of the AI era. Every Fortune 500 is trying to solve it. We're the team they call.
Today we're the data quality layer for accounts like Disney, Ralph Lauren, CBRE, HelloFresh or 2K Games. The industry is exploding because AI doesn't work on bad data.
We're scaling our SDR team in the US. This job is a perfect way to start an enterprise sales career by selling infrastructure to the most technical buyers in the market.
One of our SDRs recently went from SDR to AE in 9 months. The path is clear, and we expect you to walk it in 12.
Who we are
Founded in 2018 by Maarten (Collibra employee #5) and Tom (creator of OSS projects that have generated hundreds of millions in value)
Two products: Soda Core (open source) and Soda Cloud (commercial SaaS).
50+ employees
Backed by Point Nine, Hummingbird, Singular, and Eurazeo.
Offices in New York
What you'll actually do
Months 1–6: ramp and execute
In-person sprint in New York with the co-founder and the rest of the SDR team
Learn the enterprise data stack well enough to hold a real conversation
Learn the ICP: Data Engineers, Heads of Data Platform, Chief Data Officers
Learn the tools: Salesforce, Lemlist, our sequencing stack, our data providers
50 dials/day to warm and cold prospects (the floor, not the ceiling)
Internalize the script, then start booking intro calls for AEs
Build your LinkedIn presence - we'll help you grow it into a real channel
Sit in on every intro and demo call your AEs run
Hit quota by the end of month 1 of full-time
Attend in-person events with the team
Months 6–12: scale and own
Pre-qualify deeper; raise the quality bar on every meeting you book
Start taking some intro calls yourself
Run your own custom outbound campaigns — not just the playbook
Work your first SMB deals end-to-end
Train the next SDRs we hire
Attend conferences, run field events, build your network
Know your numbers cold and consistently exceed quota
How you'll operate
Playbooks exist - use them. We have proven messaging, sequences, and tooling.
High volume, high precision. Every email and every call should be sharp.
Direct access. You'll work with AEs, Sales Engineers, the CRO, and the co-founder. No layers.
Own your pipeline. Nobody is going to chase you for activity. We expect you to chase the number.
Hiring process
Application
Interview with the SDR Manager
Interview with the CRO and co-founder
Requirements
If you're a quota-hitter who writes with precision, outworks your peers without being told to, and can hold your own in a conversation with a Data Managers at a Fortune 500, we want to talk. Communication is the job.
What we want to see
Based in New York
Bachelor or Master degree
Sharp written and verbal communication non-negotiable
Coachable: you take feedback and apply it the next day, not the next quarter
A quota-hitter who's motivated to crush the number, not just hit it
Comfortable on the phone. A lot of the phone.
1–3 years of sales experience, or a recent grad with a clear track record of being the top of whatever you've done
Nice to have
Degree from Top University
Door-to-door or other high-volume sales background
Exposure to Tech Saas sales
Time in a high-growth startup
Benefits
Trial period: 1–2 months paid at $20/hr, 40 hrs/week before full-time conversion
After Full-time Conversion:
Base salary: $52,000
Variable: $23,000 at 100% of quota
OTE: $75,000, $120,000 with accelerators past 100%
The rest
In-person sprint in NYC with the co-founder to start
Clear path from SDR to AE in 12 months
Conferences, field events, team offsites, and sales trainings
LinkedIn brand-building support
Direct access to AEs, Sales Engineers, the CRO, and the co-founder, no layers