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# Senior Account Executive - UK at Clockwork.io

- **Company:** Clockwork.io
- **Location:** London England, United Kingdom
- **Posted:** 2026-01-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/clockworksystems/jobs/5762438004

## Job description

## About Clockwork Systems

Clockwork.io – Software Driven Fabrics to increase GPU cluster utilization

Clockwork Systems was founded by Stanford researchers and veteran systems engineers who share a vision for redefining the foundations of distributed computing. As AI workloads grow increasingly complex, traditional infrastructure struggles to meet the demands of performance, reliability, and precise coordination. Clockwork is pioneering a software-driven approach to AI fabrics by delivering cross-stack observability to catch and quickly resolve problems, workload fault tolerance to keep jobs running through failures, and performance acceleration that dynamically routes and paces traffic to avoid congestion.

To learn more, visit[www.clockwork.io](https://www.clockwork.io).

Summary

We’re seeking a high-performing, technically adept Account Executive to execute go-to-market strategies tailored to UK and Europe. This is a unique opportunity to be part of an early-stage, high-growth company building the future of AI/ML infrastructure. If you excel in dynamic environments, are passionate about cutting-edge technology, and want to play a foundational role in shaping our go-to-market strategy in the region, we’d love to connect.

## What You Will Do

- Own and manage the end-to-end sales cycle for UK and Europe.
- Own the full sales cycle from prospecting to close, targeting high-growth AI and infrastructure teams
- Develop and execute strategic account plans for both cloud-native and enterprise customers
- Partner closely with Sales Engineering, Product, and Founders to shape GTM messaging and feedback loops
- Navigate technical conversations around synchronization accuracy, AI workload reliability, and distributed system performance
- Represent Clockwork at industry events, AI/ML conferences, and customer briefings

## What We’re Looking For

- Experience in selling infrastructure solutions to large enterprises - both technical buyers as well as senior decision makers; (startup experience is a plus)
- Strong understanding of modern cloud-native architectures (e.g., Cloud, Kubernetes), observability, data infrastructure
- Knowledge of or deep familiarity with AI/ML infrastructure is a major plus
- Prior experience working with engineering or data science teams
- Track record of meeting or exceeding quota in a competitive technical sales environment
- Ability to manage complex sales processes and communicate value to both technical and business stakeholders
- Passion for early-stage startups and desire to make a meaningful impact
- Experience selling into the UK and Europe markets preferred
- Experience selling infrastructure solutions (storage, networking, compute) and familiarity with the GPU cloud landscape, including hyperscalers and NeoClouds. Background in infrastructure-driven, AI-focused environments is strongly desired.
- Bi-lingual or multi-lingual candidates are a strong plus.
- Proven experience building and scaling the European market from the ground up, including opening new territories and establishing early customer traction.

Enjoy

- Challenging projects.
- A friendly and inclusive workplace culture.
- Competitive compensation.
- A great benefits package.

Clockwork Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building world-class teams by welcoming bright, passionate individuals from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. We believe diversity drives innovation, and we grow stronger together.

## About Clockwork.io

## Company Overview

- **One-liner**: Clockwork builds software-driven AI fabrics that optimize GPU clusters for fault tolerance, deterministic performance, and higher utilization, working across any network (InfiniBand, RoCE, Ethernet) and any GPU vendor.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2018 (originally founded as Tick Tock Networks, renamed Clockwork Systems in 2021)
- **Founders**: Balaji Prabhakar, Yilong Geng, Deepak Merugu, Suresh Vasudevan (CEO), Mendel Rosenblum (Chief Scientist)

## Core Business

- **Primary industry**: AI infrastructure / data center networking / GPU cluster optimization
- **Target customers**: B2B, targeting hyperscalers, cloud providers, enterprises, and AI labs running large-scale distributed training and inference workloads
- **Mission/purpose**: To eliminate communication bottlenecks in AI fabrics, making AI workloads resilient, performant, and efficient — all through software alone.

## Products & Services

- **Clockwork FleetIQ**: A software-driven AI fabric that improves GPU cluster utilization and job completion times by 1.1–1.5x, reduces disruptive failures by over 90%, and provides observability, fault tolerance, and dynamic traffic control. Works across any network and GPU vendor.
- **Clockwork TorchPass**: A fault-tolerance framework for AI training that, according to a SemiAnalysis report, is the only approach that does not degrade training performance, recovering millions in wasted compute annually.
- **Live GPU Migration**: Introduced in June 2026, enables AI workloads to continue running through failures by migrating GPU state live, minimizing downtime.
- **Global Clock Sync**: Software-based near-nanosecond clock synchronization across distributed components, enabling precise telemetry and one-way delay measurement.
- **Distributed State Transfer**: Captures and transfers distributed network/communication state (model parameters, NCCL communicators, etc.) to support path failover and live GPU migration.
- **Dynamic Traffic Control**: Programmable traffic steering and pacing at the packet level to relieve congestion and bound tail latencies.

## Market Standing

- **Total Funding**: $41.5M raised (Series B, with $20.5M raised approximately 10 months prior to June 2026)
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Notable Investors**: Lead Series A investor New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Individual investors include Lip Bu Tan (CEO of Intel), Diane Greene (former CEO of VMware), John Chambers (former CEO/Executive Chairman of Cisco), John Hennessy (former President of Stanford, Chairman of Alphabet), Ram Shriram (Trustee of Stanford and Alphabet), Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures, co-founder of Yahoo!).
- **Growth Signals**: Launched "You Only Compute Once" (YOCO) contractual commitment to end GPU waste; TorchPass validated by SemiAnalysis; released Live GPU Migration capability; active hiring with 9 open roles across engineering, sales, and solutions engineering; CEO interview in June 2026.

## Competitive Advantages

- **Vendor-neutral software-only approach**: Operates across any network fabric (InfiniBand, RoCE, Ethernet) and any GPU vendor — no proprietary hardware required.
- **Foundational research from Stanford**: The Huygens clock synchronization system, developed by co-founder Yilong Geng during his PhD, provides near-nanosecond precision that underpins the entire platform.
- **Unique fault-tolerance without performance loss**: TorchPass is claimed to be the only fault-tolerance framework that does not cost training performance, according to third-party analysis.
- **Live GPU migration**: Allows workloads to survive failures by moving GPU state in real time, a capability not commonly available in competing solutions.
- **Strong advisory network**: Backed by luminaries like Diane Greene, John Chambers, and John Hennessy, providing deep industry credibility.

## Strategic Focus

- **Scale product adoption**: Expanding from early hyperscaler and enterprise deployments to broader market, with a focus on large-scale AI clusters.
- **Deepen observability and automation**: Continuing to enhance the observe-decide-act control loop for autonomic collective communications.
- **Expand global sales and partnerships**: Hiring senior account executives in Europe and solutions engineers in New York, indicating geographic expansion.
- **Build finance and marketing infrastructure**: Recent hires include VP of Finance Alison Qu and VP of Growth Marketing Anita Pandey, signaling preparation for further growth.

## Why Work Here

- **High-impact problem**: Solving fundamental communication bottlenecks in AI infrastructure, directly affecting GPU utilization and job completion times for the largest AI workloads.
- **Strong leadership**: CEO Suresh Vasudevan previously led Nimble Storage from startup to IPO and acquisition by HPE, and was CEO of Sysdig. Co-founders include Stanford professors and VMware co-founder Mendel Rosenblum.
- **Culture**: Emphasizes that "Behind every packet, there’s a person." Perks include free lunch, free gym, TGIFs, and comprehensive benefits.
- **Work policy**: Mix of onsite (Palo Alto, San Francisco) and remote (e.g., New York) roles, with most engineering roles onsite.
- **Recent funding and growth**: Series B stage with $41.5M raised and active hiring indicates strong runway and momentum.

## Sources

1. [clockwork.io/about-us](https://clockwork.io/about-us/)
2. [clockwork.io](https://clockwork.io/)
3. [clockwork.io/careers](https://clockwork.io/careers/)
4. [greenhouse.io - job board](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/clockworksystems/jobs/5870086004)
5. [cbinsights.com - Clockwork profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/clockwork-3)

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