Avent

AI agents for industrial commerce

Hiring — 3 openYC-S25Early

What Avent does

Avent helps manufacturers and industrial distributors run quoting and order entry on autopilot. Our AI agents manage sales inboxes, build quotes from past pricing and tribal knowledge, and keep records up to date in existing ERPs.

3 open roles

Founding Growth Operator
San Francisco, CA, USFull-time1+ years$90K - $110K0.40% - 1.00% equityVisa: US citizen/visa only
What the role involves

We’re looking for a Founding Growth Operator to make sure every deal moves forward. You’ll work directly with the founder and own pipeline velocity. This is the role that turns a great product into wins. What you’ll do Drive deals from first touch to close and keep momentum high at every step Prepare for calls, follow up immediately after, and shape how every interaction lands Build materials, narratives, and touchpoints that make customers feel understood and excited Create leverage where none exists and engineer the odds in our favor What we’re looking for You have high agency and don’t wait for instructions, you act and figure things out You have taste and care deeply about how things look, feel, and come across You move fast and maintain quality, speed is default but never sloppy You like people and take pride in making every interaction feel intentional and high quality Our culture We own outcomes, not tasks We take direction, not instructions. We run with things and see them through. Speed is our advantage We move fast, close loops, and prioritize execution over perfection. We care about impact, not optics We’re here to build something real. Decisions are driven by what works, not how it looks. We’re in this together We work in person in San Francisco. Some days are long, some aren’t, but everyone here cares deeply about what we’re building and shows up accordingly. Compensation Competitive salary + meaningful equity We remove anything that slows you down, relocation, tools, and whatever you need to do great work You’ll be part of a small team building something massive, take on responsibility far earlier than you should, and have the most fun along the way

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA, USFull-timeAny (new grads ok)$100K - $130K1.00% - 2.00% equityVisa: US citizen/visa only
What the role involves

We’re looking for a forward deployed engineer to bring Avent into the real world. You’ll work directly with customers, understand how their business actually runs, and turn that into working systems. This is where the product meets reality. What you’ll do Work directly with customers and rethink how their business operates using Avent Understand workflows, constraints, and edge cases, then build systems that actually work inside them Write code, integrate systems, and make everything feel seamless in real time Own deployments end-to-end and get customers live What we’re looking for You understand businesses deeply and show up to conversations as a peer, not someone asking basic questions You take ownership and move fast without waiting for instructions You care about details, how things look, feel, and land in front of a customer You build things that work in the real world, not just in theory Tech we use: Next.js, TypeScript, Python (FastAPI), PostgreSQL Our culture We own outcomes, not tasks We take direction, not instructions. We run with things and see them through. Speed is our advantage We move fast, close loops, and prioritize execution over perfection. We care about impact, not optics We’re here to build something real. Decisions are driven by what works, not how it looks. We’re in this together We work in person in San Francisco. Some days are long, some aren’t, but everyone here cares deeply about what we’re building and shows up accordingly. Compensation Competitive salary + meaningful equity We remove anything that slows you down, relocation, tools, and whatever you need to do great work You’ll be part of a small team building something massive, take on responsibility far earlier than you should, and have the most fun along the way

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Founding Engineer
San Francisco, CA, USFull-time1+ years$120K - $150K1.00% - 2.00% equityVisa: US citizen/visa only
What the role involves

We’re looking for a founding engineer to build the system that runs industrial commerce. Avent is turning the global supply chain into a machine-to-machine system where products are quoted, sourced, and fulfilled at software speed. This is not about building features. You will be building the core system that real companies rely on to operate, software that directly impacts how quickly the physical world moves. What you’ll do Build the core intelligence layer that powers quoting, procurement, and decision-making across a $2T industrial network Design and ship systems that reason over messy real-world data and turn it into reliable actions Define the abstractions and primitives that FDEs use to deploy Avent across the industry Own critical parts of the system end-to-end and shape how it evolves as it scales What we’re looking for High ownership — you take direction, not instructions, and see things through to completion Systems thinker — you understand how complex, imperfect systems actually work and build accordingly Real-world builder — you optimize for what works for the customer, not what feels correct in theory Speed with judgment — you can move fast without losing sight of where the system needs to go Tech we use: Next.js, TypeScript, Python (FastAPI), PostgreSQL Our culture We own outcomes, not tasks We take direction, not instructions. We run with things and see them through. Speed is our advantage We move fast, close loops, and prioritize execution over perfection. We care about impact, not optics We’re here to build something real. Decisions are driven by what works, not how it looks. We’re in this together We work in person in San Francisco. Some days are long, some aren’t, but everyone here cares deeply about what we’re building and shows up accordingly. Compensation Competitive salary + meaningful equity We remove anything that slows you down, relocation, tools, and whatever you need to do great work You’ll be part of a small team building something massive, take on responsibility far earlier than you should, and have the most fun along the way

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