Khalid Jaber

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Co-founder & COO, Axis Ops - product · community · Rust

Axis Ops
Berlin, Germany · CET (UTC+1)
12+ years experience
Sorbonne University
English, German
Hiring
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Overview

Founder of Axis Ops (developer tooling). 15 years of building before that. Grew the team to 57 people across 3 countries. Before that: Deloitte and Roche. Chess on lunch breaks.

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Axis Ops is hiring 4 founding engineers in Berlin

Role
Founding engineer
Level
Senior
Type
Contract
Work mode
Remote within country
Compensation
$156k-$204k + equity
Team
Founding team, 3 people
Start
Within a month
Must have
Production experience with developer tools Production experience with open source Ownership of something end to end
Process
3 conversations, no take-home

Comp €80k-€128k. Three interviews over a week. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

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Experience

  1. Co-founder & COO
    Sep 2022 - Present
    Axis Ops · 4 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Berlin, Germany
    • Raised $26 million across 3 rounds.
    • Took Axis Ops from zero to $1 million ARR.
    • Previously built and sold a small developer tooling company.
  2. Account Executive
    Jul 2021 - Sep 2022
    Deloitte · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Berlin, Germany
    • Closed 137% of quota two years running.
    • Signed 23 channel partners that now source 15% of pipeline.
  3. Account Executive
    Sep 2019 - Jul 2021
    Roche · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Berlin, Germany
    • Closed 215% of quota two years running.
    • Shortened the channel sales cycle from 12 months to 4.
  4. Partnerships Manager
    Dec 2015 - Sep 2019
    Microsoft · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Berlin, Germany
    • Signed 23 channel partners that now source 45% of pipeline.
    • Built the channel team from 5 to 26 reps.
  5. Enterprise Account Executive
    May 2014 - Dec 2015
    Ericsson · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Berlin, Germany
    • Signed 29 channel partners that now source 33% of pipeline.

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Education

  1. Sorbonne University
    Licence, Engineering
    2007 - 2010

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