Sales Development Representative
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Archera
Seattle, WA, US
Summary
The SDR is responsible for driving top-of-funnel pipeline generation through outbound prospecting and personalized outreach to technical and financial stakeholders. They will collaborate with Account Executives to qualify leads and identify high-value opportunities within target accounts.
Job Description
Company Overview
Archera empowers organizations of all sizes to optimize their cloud costs through unique, short-term, insured Commitments. Hundreds of customers rely on Archera's innovative FinTech solutions to increase their cloud ROI while accelerating revenue objectives and service agility.
Archera's unique cloud rate products enable teams to maximize savings, hedge against usage changes and evolving cloud service provider offerings, and reinvest capital into top-line revenue initiatives. Archera works closely with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, and a broad network of software and services partners to help each customer execute upon a bespoke, financially-prudent cloud growth and success strategy.
Position Overview
Archera is looking for a Sales Development Representative (SDR) to drive top-of-funnel pipeline generation and serve as the first point of contact for prospective customers. This role is focused on outbound prospecting, thoughtful account research, and engaging technical and financial stakeholders through highly personalized outreach. You’ll partner closely with Account Executives to identify high-value opportunities, qualify inbound and outbound interest, and help shape early-stage customer conversations by asking strong discovery questions and uncovering real business pain.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and prioritize target account lists, conducting thoughtful research to understand each prospect’s cloud environment, business model, and potential pain points
- Execute high-volume, high-quality outbound outreach across email, phone, LinkedIn, and other channels with a focus on personalization and relevance
- Map accounts and identify key stakeholders across engineering, FinOps, and finance organizations
- Qualify inbound and outbound leads, setting high-quality discovery meetings for Account Executives while effectively disqualifying non-ICP opportunities
- Collaborate closely with AEs on account strategy, messaging, and pipeline development
- Maintain and iterate on outbound messaging and nurture campaigns based on performance and feedback
- Track activity and pipeline metrics in Salesforce and other sales tools, maintaining strong data hygiene
- Continuously refine outreach strategies through testing, learning, and feedback loops
Qualifications
- 1+ year of experience in a sales, business development, or customer-facing role (SDR/BDR experience preferred)
- Familiarity with modern sales tools (e.g., Salesforce, Apollo, Outreach, Salesloft)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to personalize messaging at scale
- High level of coachability, resilience, and curiosity—able to take feedback and iterate quickly
- Demonstrated interest in technology, cloud, or FinOps (experience in SaaS or cloud ecosystem is a plus)
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple accounts and priorities simultaneously
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity package
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Flexible PTO policy
- Remote-first culture
- Opportunity to shape and scale a category-defining FinTech platform
About Archera:
Archera is the creator of Insured Commitments—a new category of cloud commitment products that deliver deep savings without long-term lock-in or wasted spend.
Built for modern cloud, FinOps, and engineering teams, Archera helps organizations plan, purchase, and manage AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud commitments with confidence. Our Insured Commitments, including Guaranteed Reserved Instances (GRIs) and Guaranteed Savings Plans (GSPs), provide multi-year discount economics with short-term flexibility.
When usage changes, Archera absorbs the downside through guaranteed protection—so teams never pay for unused capacity.
Beyond commitments, Archera offers a free Cloud Commitment Management Platform with visibility, reporting, and automated renewals across reservable services. Teams can track enterprise agreements (EDP/PPA, MACC) and operationalize long-term purchasing strategies—without infrastructure changes.
Archera also powers Architect, a free AI-driven savings analysis tool that lets teams upload a cloud invoice and instantly uncover missed savings opportunities.
Architect is often the starting point for understanding commitment strategy and identifying where Insured Commitments can deliver the most value.
Founded
2019
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Software Development
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Bellevue, WA
About Archera:
Archera is the creator of Insured Commitments—a new category of cloud commitment products that deliver deep savings without long-term lock-in or wasted spend.
Built for modern cloud, FinOps, and engineering teams, Archera helps organizations plan, purchase, and manage AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud commitments with confidence. Our Insured Commitments, including Guaranteed Reserved Instances (GRIs) and Guaranteed Savings Plans (GSPs), provide multi-year discount economics with short-term flexibility.
When usage changes, Archera absorbs the downside through guaranteed protection—so teams never pay for unused capacity.
Beyond commitments, Archera offers a free Cloud Commitment Management Platform with visibility, reporting, and automated renewals across reservable services. Teams can track enterprise agreements (EDP/PPA, MACC) and operationalize long-term purchasing strategies—without infrastructure changes.
Archera also powers Architect, a free AI-driven savings analysis tool that lets teams upload a cloud invoice and instantly uncover missed savings opportunities.
Architect is often the starting point for understanding commitment strategy and identifying where Insured Commitments can deliver the most value.
Founded
2019
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Software Development
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Bellevue, WA