In a portfolio company
The outbound engine a $20m company can't justify at US rates: one person who owns the list, the enrichment, the sending and the reporting, instead of three agencies and a spreadsheet.
Hire a GTM engineer, full-time, from $4,000 a month
Builds and runs the automated machine behind the pipeline: target lists and enrichment in Clay, AI research steps, sequences in Apollo or Instantly, and the n8n flows that put every reply in the CRM. Full time on the company's team, matched to its stack.
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What they'll do
Full time, on US hours. Contracted through us, so there's no cross-border admin on your side.
About a third of a US salary.
A US GTM engineer earns about $12,500 a month in base salary at the median, and about $18,200 once payroll tax and benefits are added.
A Portco Crew operator starts at $4,000 a month. Rarer skills or more seniority cost a bit more. See pricing.
Where a GTM engineer fits.
Full time, as a permanent part of the company's own team.
At a roll-up platform
A permanent seat at the platform. Build the system once, and every company the platform acquires lands on the same Clay tables, sequences and CRM fields.
Before a sale
For a company going to market in the next 6 to 12 months: a pipeline engine that's documented, measurable and runs without the founder, which is what buyers want to see.
What US companies ask a GTM engineer to do.
Out of 98 GTM engineer job posts we tracked between May and October 2026, the share that ask for each kind of work.
The tools they ask for.
Share of the same posts naming each tool. We match the operator to the stack the company actually runs.
Clay61%HubSpot55%Salesforce43%n8n34%Apollo27%Instantly19%Gong17%Make16%Zapier13%Smartlead10%
How it works.
Intro call
Thirty minutes on what needs automating, the stack it runs on and who the operator would report to. We'll tell you straight if it isn't a fit.
Meet the operators
We send you a few operators who've done this work before, with what they've built and the tools they know. You meet the ones you like on a video call.
Hire and start
Hire the one you want. We sign the contract, you give them access, and they start on the first build.
We stay close
One flat invoice a month. We check in with both sides, and if it isn't working we fix it or find you someone else.
Good questions.
What does a GTM engineer actually do?
They build and run the systems that create pipeline: enrichment in Clay, outbound sequences, and the automations that connect the CRM to everything else. In the 98 GTM engineer posts we tracked, 89% asked for someone who builds things, often from scratch, and 57% mentioned outbound.
Is this a salesperson?
No. They don't carry a quota or take calls. They build and run the system the reps work in, so the reps spend their time talking to people who've already replied.
How is this different from a Clay or outbound agency?
An agency works across several clients and bills by the project or retainer. Your operator is full-time on one company, in its Slack and tools, and the system they build stays with that company.
Which tools do they know?
Clay, HubSpot, Salesforce, n8n, Apollo, Instantly, Smartlead, Make and Zapier are the ones that show up most in the posts we track. We match the operator to the stack the company actually runs.
Hiring for a different role?
Hiring a GTM engineer?
Thirty minutes to see whether it fits. If it doesn't, we'll tell you.
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