Business Development Representative (San Francisco, CA)

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Paid residency with employer partner

Commissions included

Job summary

SV Academy is looking for a Business Development Representative in San Francisco, CA. This full-time role includes comprehensive training, followed by a 90-day paid Residency at a partner company, and a clear path to a long-term sales role within SV Academy’s network.

Cohorts run weekly with capped seats; compensation progresses from training to a $65k–$100k total annual package after the residency, with full benefits starting at the partner payroll.

Qualifications

• English proficiency sufficient for professional work communication.
• Permanently authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Outreach via phone, email, and LinkedIn to qualify outbound opportunities.
• Schedule discovery meetings for Account Executives and support qualification of inbound leads.
• Contribute to a high-performance sales culture through daily coaching and partner collaboration.

Skills

English proficiency

US work authorization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Business Development Representative (San Francisco, CA)

You don't pay us. We pay you.

SV Academy is hiring Business Development Representatives. This is a full-time job that includes free sales training, a 90-day paid Residency at a partner company, and a clear path to a long-term sales role at one of our 400+ partner companies.

Cohorts begin every week and are limited to 25 Residents. Apply early to be considered for the next available start date.

Compensation

• Days 1–10 — Free sales training. No tuition, no fee, no debt. Live, instructor-led training on Zoom, Monday through Thursday, 6–9 pm (EDT or PDT).
• Days 11–100 — Paid Residency. $2,500/month base + 100% of the commissions you earn. You'll be a W-2 employee of SV Academy, embedded at a partner company.
• Day 100 onward — Transfer to the partner's payroll. $65k - $100k in total annual compensation (base + commission). Full health, dental, vision, and retirement benefits begin the day you transfer to the partner.

No tuition. No loans. No deferred-income agreement.

We're paid out of the hiring budget the partner was already going to spend — which means our incentive is to make you successful in the role!

How the 100 Days Work

Days 1–10 — Free sales training. Ten days of live, instructor-led training. Monday through Thursday, 6–9 pm (EDT or PDT), on Zoom. No cost to you. You'll learn the fundamentals of B2B sales: outbound calls, email and LinkedIn outreach, objection handling, qualification, CRM and sales engagement tools (Salesforce or HubSpot, Outreach or Salesloft, ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator).

Days 11–100 — Paid Residency at a partner company. You'll work full-time at one of our partner companies as a W-2 employee of SV Academy. Real sales work: outbound prospecting via phone, email, and LinkedIn; qualifying inbound leads; scheduling discovery meetings for Account Executives. You'll get daily coaching from an SV Academy mentor and from the partner's sales leadership.

Day 100 — Transfer to the partner. Successful Residents transfer directly onto the partner's payroll at the compensation above, with full benefits starting that day.

About SV Academy

Since 2017, we've placed more than 6,000 people into full-time tech sales careers and worked with 400+ employer partners across SaaS, AI, fintech, cybersecurity, and other high-growth verticals.

Led by CEO Michael Colonnese, a 15+ year veteran of workforce development focused on building debt-free pathways into tech careers.

Our partners pay us. You don't. That's the entire business model.

Who Tends to Succeed Here

No prior sales experience required. We hire people who are:

• Competitive and motivated by clear goals
• Comfortable on the phone, including cold calls
• Coachable — you take feedback and act on it
• Resilient — sales involve rejection, and you can keep going
• Strong written and spoken communicators

If you've worked in retail, hospitality, customer service, fundraising, fitness instruction, teaching, or any role where you spent your day talking to people and meeting goals — you already have the foundation to be excellent at this.

Required Qualifications:

• English proficiency sufficient for professional work communication
• Permanently authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications:

• Completed Bachelors degree
• Experience in a customer-facing role such as retail, hospitality, customer support, fundraising, or account management
• Experience in a goal-driven role with measurable targets (quotas, KPIs, bookings, revenue, or activity metrics)
• Strong communication skills
• Confident and engaging communicator
• Excited by ambitious goals and motivated by a high-performance environment

• Comprehensive 2-week online bootcamp training
• Paid 3-month residency with an employer partner
• Hybrid work environment
• Exposure to leading technology companies and sales teams
• Professional development and mentorship opportunities
• Supportive community and network of peers