Job postings for the 'Go-To-Market Engineer (GTM Engineer)' role have surged over 5000% in the past year, making it one of the fastest-growing job titles in the B2B industry.
Link to this point #1The Science of Scaling
How One of NYC’s Fastest-Growing Startups Scaled to $5 Billion
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Overview
A documentary tracing the behind-the-scenes story of Clay, an NYC startup, which pioneered a new role called 'Go-To-Market Engineer (GTM Engineer)' and scaled to a $5 billion valuation in just a few years. It follows Everett Berry, the Head of GTM Engineering, to reveal how this role, situated at the intersection of sales, marketing, and engineering, builds data-driven customer acquisition systems, and has expanded its client base from startups to enterprise customers.
Key points
Founded in 2017, Clay experienced rapid growth after its Product Hunt launch in February 2022, and is now valued at $5 billion with over 16,000 customers, including hundreds of enterprise companies like Anthropic, Google, Figma, and OpenAI.
Link to this point #2Clay had virtually zero revenue for its first five years after founding, but surpassed $1 million in March 2023 when Rippling signed, and exceeded $100 million in annual revenue by the end of 2025.
Link to this point #3The role of a GTM Engineer is to combine engineering, sales, and marketing skills to build systems that automate customer discovery, data analysis, and personalized outreach.
Link to this point #4Clay has two GTM Engineering teams: the internal team, responsible for pipeline generation and operations, and the Forward Deployed team, which handles direct consulting sales to enterprise customers.
Link to this point #5Unlike traditional sales representatives, GTM Engineers build custom workflows and Proofs of Concept (POCs) for each customer, functioning as technical problem-solvers.
Link to this point #6Clay's growth engine is a flywheel structure where the internal team generates and qualifies leads, the Forward Deployed team closes them, and insights gained are fed back into internal systems.
Link to this point #7The three essential skills for a GTM Engineer are a deep understanding of Go-To-Market strategy, expertise in Clay tools, and excellent sales skills.
Link to this point #8Put this knowledge to work.
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