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Karat

Cloud-based platform for technical interviews

Principal Client Advisor - Tech

Full-Time
$150k - $180k+ $90,000–$120,000 annual commission target + Uncapped commission opportunity
Expert
San Francisco, CA, USA
RemoteMust reside in the San Francisco Bay Area. Travel up to 20% for strategic meetings and industry events.
Sales & Account ManagementAccount Management
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 10 years of strategic or technical account management for enterprise-sized clients or management consulting experience.
  • A proven track record managing complex, multi-stakeholder relationships at Fortune 500 or similarly large enterprise organizations.
  • Experience driving upsell and expansion revenue while maintaining high retention rates in a business-to-business software-as-a-service environment.
  • A strong consulting background or demonstrated ability to influence C-level stakeholders and drive organizational change; experience with technical leaders is a strong plus.
  • Experience managing large-scale technology implementations or transformation projects.
  • Deep expertise in building business cases and return-on-investment analyses to justify program expansions.
  • A strong understanding of technical recruiting, engineering operations, or related domains that impact senior technology leaders.
  • Experience using Salesforce, sales engagement platforms, and LinkedIn Sales Navigator.
  • Must reside in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Responsibilities
  • Serve as strategic advisor for sophisticated enterprise clients, managing complex, multi-stakeholder relationships and delivering solutions that drive transformational outcomes.
  • Lead strategic growth initiatives for a portfolio of high-value enterprise accounts, driving year-over-year revenue growth through renewals and expansions.
  • Cultivate executive-level relationships across enterprise client accounts, positioning company solutions to address organizational challenges and achieve measurable business impact.
  • Analyze performance datasets and metrics, providing insights to help clients make informed decisions throughout their partnership.
  • Work with go-to-market teams to develop and execute account strategies that maximize client-account growth opportunities.
  • Represent client feedback and needs to relevant company teams, including product, marketing, solutions, and customer experience.
  • Partner with senior stakeholders across divisions to drive organizational change management, build consensus on hiring-process improvements, and establish shared goals, success metrics, and accountability frameworks.
  • Travel up to 20% for strategic face-to-face meetings with enterprise prospects and industry events.
Desired Qualifications
  • Success in fast-paced, high-growth, rapidly changing environments.

About the company

Karat builds the Interviewing Cloud, an always-on, scalable platform that combines human interviewers with technology to run predictive, fair, and enjoyable technical interviews around the clock. It uses a global network of Interview Engineers, market intelligence, and purpose-built interviewing infrastructure to expand the candidate pipeline, reduce pedigree bias, and improve access for underrepresented candidates. Competitively, Karat differentiates itself with a scalable, 24/7 Interviewing Cloud powered by its network and data-driven insights, aiming to provide consistent interview quality across customers. The company’s goal is to help enterprises increase hiring capacity, free up developers to focus on coding, and raise overall engineering quality so they can innovate and grow.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$169.1M

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington

Founded

2014

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What believers are saying

  • 2025 NextGen launched into AI hiring demand, directly matching enterprise recruiting budgets.
  • Karat’s 600,000-interview dataset strengthens defensibility as engineering teams redesign assessments around AI.
  • 2026 contract hiring shows sustained demand for flexible interview coverage across engineering roles.

What critics are saying

  • Atlassian, Duolingo, and PayPal can replace Karat with CoderPad or HireVue by 2027.
  • Contract Interview Engineer hiring through Q3 2026 signals service-heavy scaling and margin pressure.
  • Karat Financial’s creator-banking brand confuses employers, candidates, and investors, weakening positioning.

What makes Karat unique

  • Karat NextGen launched December 10, 2025, blending human interviewers with embedded AI.
  • Karat has run 600,000+ interviews, creating proprietary benchmarking data competitors cannot match.
  • Karat’s Interview Engineers standardize technical screens, reducing bias and review variance.

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Benefits

  • Generous time off
  • Drive impact
  • 401k matching
  • Health + wellness
  • Flexible work environment

Growth & Insights and Company News

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1 year growth

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2 year growth

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Business Wire
Jan 20th, 2025
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Jan 14th, 2025
Creator Bootcamp, TikTok Ban Update, & 2025 Trends

On January 27th, trykarat.com is launching Creator Bootcamp-2 weeks of free workshops with some of your favorite creators and industry experts.

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Dec 31st, 2024
The Playbook for Success on Socials

This year, trykarat.com launched Creator Studio-a free Discord community dedicated to helping creators connect, monetize, and grow.

LA Tech Watch
Jul 20th, 2023
The LA TechWatch startup daily funding report: 7/20/2023

Karat Financial, a finance and credit card platform for creators and influencers, has raised $40M in Series B funding led by SignalFire.

Daily Insights Middle East
Jul 20th, 2023
Karat, a startup building financial tools for content creators, raises $70M | TechCrunch - DAILY INSIGHTS

Karat, a startup building financial tools for content creators, raises $70M | TechCrunch - DAILY INSIGHTS.