We're hiring!

Inside Sales Specialist

About us

We're a small software company located in Somerville, Mass. Our primary product is RT (Request Tracker), an open-source issue tracking system. It's used by thousands of organizations around the world. We also make a distributed version control system called SVK and a web-based todo list system called Hiveminder (http://hiveminder.com). We also have a new product aimed at software development groups with geographically distributed teams in development. We make software and sell support, training, consulting and custom development.

We've been around since fall of 2001 and are entirely bootstrap funded. Things just keep getting busier.

About the job

For years, we've done pretty well on direct inbound sales, flirting with the concept of hiring a second salesperson. It's finally time. If you're an inside sales person who's ready to attack a completely untapped market, we have excellent products and a huge userbase -- just waiting to be contacted and told to cut you huge commission checks.

About you

If you're a self-starter who's sold Enterprise Software before, you should get in touch with us. If you've never sold software but have enough of a silver tongue to explain to us why that doesn't matter, you should get in touch with us. If you're excited about an inside sales job selling good software to users who love it, you should get in touch with us. If being the rainmaker for a small company with a team of excellent engineers sounds like fun, you should get in touch with us.

Benefits and compensation

The position is full-time, either telecommute or in our Somerville, MA office.
Compensation is base + commission - The exact package depends on experience and how good your mind-control tricks are.
Health and dental from day 1.
Relaxed office atmosphere - No dress code.

How to apply

To apply for this job, please send a cover letter and resume to: resumes@bestpractical.com. If you are a recruiter, please do not contact us. We do not accept resumes or referrals from recruiters or staffing agencies.

Real people will read your cover letter. Not all of them speak Business. We'd love to know a bit about who you are, where you went to college, where you've worked and what sorts of things you're interested in, rather than just that you've seen our job posting and are sure that you'd be a fine match for the position. If you have a website or blog you'd like to share with us, please send a link.

While we can probably read any resume format you can throw at us, we'd appreciate it a lot if you can send it as plain text or HTML. If you can't do that, PDF. If you can't generate a PDF, Word is okay.