Silktide

Business Operations

Who is Silktide? Silktide’s mission is to make the web better for everyone.
We make software to test and improve websites. Organisations around the world use Silktide to help deliver great web experiences that are accessible to all.
Where is Silktide going? Silktide is self-funded and is more than doubling in size each year.
What we’re like Customers love us (4.8 on G2) and our staff are pretty happy, too (4.8 on Glassdoor).
What You Will Be Doing You will assist in keeping our company compliant, our security signals green, our finances predictable, and our people unblocked.
Where you will be working This is a hybrid role based in Austin, Texas. You will work three days a week from our super cool, dog-friendly Downtown Austin office with 24/7 parking included!

Business Operations Manager

Sales Development Rep

• Coach SDRs on prospecting, messaging, cadence-building, and qualification.
• Be accountable for outbound funnel performance from first touch to qualified opportunity, bringing the energy and clarity needed to hit team targets consistently.
• Lead weekly standups, host 1:1s, monitor metrics, and help shape outbound strategy with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and RevOps.
• Lead by example with hands-on coaching and occasional personal outbound contributions to model excellence.
• Apply a strong understanding of backend data systems that power outbound, including lead routing, enrichment, scoring, and attribution, partnering with RevOps to improve them.
• Have walked the walk as an SDR and outbound leader, and now help others do the same.

Sales Development Manager

As a Sales Development Representative, you’ll play a key part of our sales expansion in the US, focusing on the North American market. You’ll be responsible for identifying potential new customers through research, making initial contact, qualifying and generating meetings for your territory Account Executives and assisting with generating pipeline.
You’ll be expected to develop ongoing product knowledge and market awareness and act as a trusted advisor to the people you talk to. You should be seen as an expert who can help organisations solve the challenges they’re facing.
You’ll be provided full training on all aspects of the business, our products, and you’ll learn a ton about accessibility, user experience, SEO, and more.
This is a hybrid role based in Austin, Texas. You will work three days a week from our super cool, dog-friendly Downtown Austin office with 24/7 parking included!

Sales Development Representative

Backend Engineer

• Draw the boundaries: Identify seams, design contracts (APIs/queues/adapters), and strangler-fig subsystems out of PHP\n• Keep it stable: Maintain a complex and beloved PHP 7.4 system in production\n• Build the replacement: Pair with our TypeScript team to implement new services, migrate data/flows, and retire PHP components\n• Tech: TypeScript, MySQL, Redis, AWS, Kubernetes, Temporal, GitHub, Grafana\n• AI helpers: Cursor, Claude Code, Codex\n• Have 5+ years backend experience with 3+ in PHP on large systems\n• Have shipped a migration or can show equivalent systems thinking\n• Are an exceptional debugger who can isolate root causes in unfamiliar code, use logs/profilers well, and land fixes with minimal guidance\n• Want to spend increasing time in TypeScript as PHP disappears\n• Want only greenfield work\n• Need perfect specs before you start\n• Prefer polishing code over retiring code\n• Ship often, own outcomes, debate ideas not egos, delete code that no longer serves us\n• Mentorship, pairing, and a clear path to TypeScript ownership post-cutover\n• Hybrid – downtown Austin (Littlefield Building, 6th & Congress), 3 days/week, 24/7 parking, dog-friendly\n• Walkable to tacos, coffee, music, and Lady Bird Lake trails\n• Competitive base, bonus/equity based on level\n• Top-spec MacBook Pro (M4+), private Health/Dental/Vision + wellness stipend, 401(k) match\n• 20 days PTO + US holidays; flexible hours; weekly team lunches; monthly outings\n• Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future

Business Operations Manager

Sales Development Manager

Sales Development Representative

Senior Backend Engineer