Job description:

JOB DESCRIPTION

This is a research lab investigating the boundaries and capabilities of artificial intelligence through novel datasets and experimentation serving all of the frontier AI labs. The company is Series A, based in San Francisco, and backed by Y Combinator, BoxGroup, ex-partners from Lightspeed and Index Ventures, and senior leadership at Google DeepMind and Meta GenAI. The founding team brings backgrounds from Jane Street, Meta, Citadel Securities, Google, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Silver Lake, Berkeley AI Research (BAIR), and Stanford AI Laboratory (SAIL).

This is not a typical operations role. Technical Strategic Projects Associates work directly with the founding team on high-priority technical and operational projects supporting work with frontier AI labs. High performers can advance to SPL in approximately one year making this a fast-track alternative to traditional entry-level consulting, banking, or tech rotational programs.

What You'll Own:

• Partner with frontier AI labs to coordinate dataset generation projects, manage timelines, and ensure delivery excellence
• Build and maintain operational tools using AI (ChatGPT, Claude Code) and scripting to automate workflows, track metrics, and improve efficiency
• Manage teams of technical experts across software engineering, data science, and ML
• Create technical documentation, project briefs, and data samples for customer presentations
• Drive process improvements and build systems to scale operations as the company grows

Qualifications:

• New grad to 2 years of experience
• High-intensity background: top-company technical internships or prior startup experience
• Willing to work 6 days a week this is an explicit expectation, not occasional
• Strong written and verbal communication; comfortable interfacing with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Genuinely excited about AI and frontier labs mission alignment matters here
• San Francisco, in-person

Why is This a Great Opportunity:

• Direct mentorship from a founding team with pedigrees from Jane Street, Citadel, Google, Meta, Goldman Sachs, and top AI research labs
• Series A, one of the fastest-growing YC companies of all time exceptional trajectory for an early hire
• Competitive base salary of $80,000$110,000 plus 100% of base as bonus potential plus meaningful equity
• Meaningful equity with a clear path to advancement not a dead-end entry role
• Fast-track to SPL in approximately one year for high performers
• Build a network of frontier AI researchers, builders, and investors from day one
• Develop real, hands-on AI fluency and hard technical skills working alongside the tools and labs shaping the future of AI
• Learn how to build a company from 0 to 1 with direct founding team mentorship
• Fast-track alternative to entry-level investment banking and consulting roles higher ceiling, faster growth, more ownership

Salary Type : Annual Salary

Salary Min : $ 80000

Salary Max : $ 110000

Currency Type : USD