About the role
About Traversal
Traversal is the AI Site Reliability Engineer (AI SRE) for the enterprise.
Production complexity was already outpacing what engineering teams could manage manually, and AI-generated code is accelerating that gap. Traversal is built for that challenge, autonomously understanding and reasoning across even the largest, most complex production environments to diagnose, fix, and prevent incidents. Our mission is to free engineers from endless firefighting and give them more time to focus on creative, high-impact work.
Today, Traversal operates in mission-critical environments at some of the world’s largest enterprises, including PepsiCo, Nubank, Harvey, and DigitalOcean. Our roots remain deeply embedded in AI research, and we’ve brought together researchers from institutions including MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Columbia, and Cornell with world-class technical staff and operators from companies like Google, Meta, Datadog, ServiceNow, and Citadel Securities to take on one of the hardest problems for AI to solve. Traversal is backed by Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint Ventures, and Khosla Ventures.
The Role
As a Regional Director of Sales at Traversal, you will be responsible for building and scaling our Western region GTM operations. You will lead a high-impact team of Enterprise Account Executives, while also playing a hands-on role in navigating complex technical evaluations and guiding high-impact proof-of-concepts.
We are looking for a strategic, high-ownership leader who can translate deep technical value into business outcomes for SREs and engineering leaders while establishing the foundational sales playbook for our agentic observability platform.
Responsibilities
- Regional Strategy & Leadership: Define and execute the sales strategy for the Western region, overseeing outbound prospecting, qualification, and complex contract negotiations.
- Team Development: Recruit, mentor, and lead a team of high-performing Account Executives, fostering a culture of technical storytelling and excellence.
- Technical Partnership: Collaborate closely with the Sales Engineering team to ensure the successful execution of deep-dive demos and technical proof-of-concepts.
- Product Feedback Loop: Serve as a key voice of the customer, relaying field insights from the Western market to Product and Engineering to shape the roadmap.
- Stakeholder Management: Represent Traversal with credibility when engaging with C-suite executives and senior platform engineering leaders.
Requirements
- 8+ years in enterprise SaaS sales, with at least 2-3 years in a leadership , preferably within technical fields like observability or infrastructure.
- Experience exceeding regional sales targets in early-stage or high-growth environments where you have built pipelines from the ground up.
- Demonstrated ability to lead multi-stakeholder sales cycles focusing on technical decision-makers.
- Strong ability to communicate effectively with engineering buyers and understand SRE workflows.
- A self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and takes a high-ownership approach to scaling regional operations.
- Observability experience
Compensation
We offer competitive compensation, startup equity, health insurance, and additional benefits. The U.S. base salary range for this full-time is $150,000–$300,000 + OTE, plus equity and benefits. Our salary ranges are based on location, level, and role. Individual compensation is determined by experience, skills, and job-related knowledge.
Why You Should Join Us
Traversal is a place to take on hard, meaningful problems with real ownership from day one. You’ll work alongside people who challenge you to grow, learn constantly, and help define a new category of infrastructure software. We think long term, move quickly, and hold a high bar without taking ourselves too seriously.
We offer competitive salary and equity packages, health insurance, fertility benefits, a great tech setup stipend and flexible time off. Plus in-office snacks, team happy hours and outings, an annual company offsite, and plenty of built in time to collaborate across teams.