Sales Development Intern

CaelumenAI; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 30,307,000 - 44,083,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship with founder

Remote-first internship

Job summary

CaelumenAI is seeking a Sales Development Intern to research qualified accounts, craft thoughtful outreach, and support product conversations as part of building a healthy sales pipeline. This remote-first role offers founder mentorship and exposure to real customers while learning the product and GTM approach.

You’ll research target accounts, write outreach tailored to their environment, help qualify inbound leads, and keep CRM records current.

Qualifications

• Student or recent graduate with strong communication and follow-through.
• Excellent written English and ability to start professional conversations.
• Curiosity about technical products and ability to learn quickly.
• Organized, with careful notes, timely follow-up and respect for customer context.
• Evidence of initiative from work, school, community, sales, recruiting, or self-directed projects.

Responsibilities

• Research target accounts, technical context, likely pain points and buying signals.
• Write concise, personalized outreach grounded in the account's environment.
• Support inbound qualification, meeting prep, demo follow-up and next-step coordination.
• Keep CRM records, notes, stages, and follow-up dates complete and current.
• Use AI-assisted research and drafting while fact-checking and owning every message.
• Share objections, patterns, and customer language with product and GTM teammates.

Skills

Strong communication

Written English

Professional outreach

Organized workflow

Initiative evidence

Curiosity about tech

CRM familiarity

LinkedIn prospecting

Tools

CRM familiarity

LinkedIn prospecting

Job description

# Sales Development InternResearch qualified accounts, create thoughtful outreach, support product conversations, and help turn real customer problems into a healthy sales pipeline.Applications openLocation: Remote / San Francisco, CAWork model: Remote-firstEmployment: InternshipCompensation: Salary range shared in processApplication window: Open until filledApply for this role ↓01 / The role## Build the system, then prove it works.CaelumenAI is building PERCO, agent-native infrastructure for teams that need AI systems to operate with control, evidence, and clear human ownership. In this internship, you will support founder-led sales from first research through qualified next steps. You will learn the product, investigate accounts, write relevant outreach, prepare customer conversations, and keep the pipeline dependable. We care about thoughtful, specific communication—not volume spam. AI agents can accelerate the work, but you will check the facts and own every message.02 / Your work## What you’ll do* Research target accounts, technical context, likely pain points, and relevant buying signals* Write concise, personalized outreach grounded in the account's real environment and priorities* Support inbound qualification, meeting preparation, demo follow-up, and next-step coordination* Keep CRM records, notes, stages, and follow-up dates complete and current* Use AI agents for account research and drafting while checking facts and owning every message* Share objections, patterns, and customer language with product and GTM teammates03 / The signal## What we’re looking forEvidence over pedigreeShow us something you scoped, built, tested, and debugged—and tell us what the evidence changed.* Student, recent graduate, or early-career candidate with strong communication and follow-through* Excellent written English and comfort starting professional conversations* Curiosity about technical products and ability to learn enough to ask useful questions* Organized working style with careful notes, timely follow-up, and respect for customer context* Evidence of initiative from work, school, community, sales, recruiting, or a self-directed project04 / Bonus signal## Useful, not required* Exposure to B2B SaaS, developer tools, infrastructure, cloud, or AI products* Experience with CRM, prospect research, customer support, events, or outbound communication* Familiarity with LinkedIn, email campaigns, analytics, or sales-enablement tools05 / What we offer## What you get* Paid internship with direct sales and founder mentorship* Real experience across research, outreach, qualification, demos, and pipeline operations* Flexible remote collaboration with an option to work from San Francisco* A clear path to demonstrate ownership through measurable customer and pipeline outcomesApplication## Apply for this roleTell us what you have built and how you know it worked. A concise application with real evidence is enough.