Business Operations, Buf
Offers equity
Office located in Downtown Toronto
Protocol buffers for companies building APIs
Open for applications
Protocol buffers for companies building APIs
21-100 employees
Open for applications
Offers equity
Office located in Downtown Toronto
21-100 employees
Company mission
To dramatically improve the experience of developing APIs using Protocol Buffers.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of experience in consulting, investment banking, or at a high-growth startup, ideally with experience in operations or strategic finance
- Experience with financial modeling and a strong understanding of finance fundamentals and unit economics
- Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and a demonstrated track record of leveraging data to drive business impact
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills, with the ability to create messaging for a variety of audiences
Desirable
- Professional experience in a similar role at a software-as-a-service company
- Comfort with data analytics tools and business reporting. SQL proficiency is preferred
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Business Administration, Commerce, Software Engineering, or Computer Science
What the job involves
- We’re hiring in our Business Operations team! We’re looking for someone who can identify and solve complex operational and strategic challenges at Buf
- You will be a key early hire in our Business Operations and Finance team
- You will be responsible for partnering with teams across the organization to build new processes, and identify and address any barriers to Buf’s growth
- It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation - you’ll be able to have a large impact from day one.
- The scope of the work is broad and changing quickly, but generally includes:
- Managing financial planning and analysis, including budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting, and historic and forward-looking financial analysis
- Working cross-functionally with marketing, sales, engineering and partnerships teams to acquire and support new and existing customers
- Supporting Buf’s go-to-market initiatives, including managing sales and marketing tools, identifying sales prospects, and managing outbound sales campaigns
- Working with Buf’s external accountants and banking partners to run Buf’s accounting operations, including bookkeeping, tax filings, and investment management
- Managing vendor assessments across all business functions, implementing new software providers, and managing ongoing relationships with external business vendors (e.g., software providers, consultants, accountants)
- Leading business reporting, such as conducting analysis on marketing campaigns, sales pipeline, and customer product usage in order to assess Buf’s performance, understand customer activity, and identify new opportunities for growth
- Developing short and long-term plans for the operation and improvement of business functions, including: accounting, strategic finance, people operations, and sales operations
Our take
Currently, developers typically use APIs to allow for communications. But developing these APIs can be a laborious task, with developers stating that it can take up 20% of their development time. Buf streamlines the development process by providing protocol buffers that eliminate a large portion of the code that has to be written.
The company's product has been downloaded by more than one million developers, highlighting how useful this tool can be. Though the company has competition from the likes of Grafana Labs and HashiCorp, it has invested funding in hiring, accelerated development and the building up of its user base - which should help it stand out in the space.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2021
$68m
SERIES B
Apr 2021
$20.7m
SERIES A
Total funding: $94.6m
Company benefits
- Opportunity to join the team in its early days, take on major responsibility, and make meaningful contributions
- Work as part of an international team coming together to solve real-world engineering problems - Buf employees come from all over the world
- Equity grants for all employees - we also pay US-level salaries, regardless of which side of the border you are working on
- Professional downtown Toronto office for optimal collaboration. Generous budget for remote employees to travel to Toronto for in-person collaboration and team building
- Canadian immigration support available to all successful candidates and their families, including permanent residency sponsorship when eligible (Toronto office only)
Company HQ
South Core, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Peter Edge
(CEO)Studied computer science and math at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Founded Buf after leaving his previous job at Uber Technologies.
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