San Francisco, CA · Hybrid
$80K - $110K/hr
A top-company internship pedigree (FAANG, frontier AI lab, quant trading firm) showing high-intensity execution * Prior startup or founding-team experience demonstrating real ownership under ...
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San Francisco, CA · Hybrid
$80K - $110K/hr
A top-company internship pedigree (FAANG, frontier AI lab, quant trading firm) showing high-intensity execution * Prior startup or founding-team experience demonstrating real ownership under ...
$130K - $150K/yr
Experience at a top tech company (FAANG, frontier AI lab) or quantitative trading firm * Prior startup or founding experience * Willingness to work long hours and weekends when projects demand it Why ...
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$130K - $150K/yr
Experience at a top tech company (FAANG, frontier AI lab) or quantitative trading firm * Prior startup or founding experience * Willingness to work long hours and weekends when projects demand it Why ...
San Francisco, CA · Hybrid
$150K - $250K/yr
A tier-1 engineering-team background (FAANG, YC company, scale-up) with 1.5+ YOE and clear startup or side-project signal * An elite CS-school background (Ivies, Waterloo, well-respected state ...
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San Francisco, CA · Hybrid
$150K - $250K/yr
A tier-1 engineering-team background (FAANG, YC company, scale-up) with 1.5+ YOE and clear startup or side-project signal * An elite CS-school background (Ivies, Waterloo, well-respected state ...
Sc. in Computer Science • Experience working with large FAANG scale distributed systems. Company : Waymo is a mobility technology company that improves transportation by developing self-driving ...
Sc. in Computer Science • Experience working with large FAANG scale distributed systems. Company : Waymo is a mobility technology company that improves transportation by developing self-driving ...
Mountain View, CA · On-site
$213K - $263K/yr
Experience working with large FAANG scale distributed systems. The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job ...
Mountain View, CA · On-site
$213K - $263K/yr
Experience working with large FAANG scale distributed systems. The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$250K - $350K/yr
Medical
A top-tier startup or FAANG-equivalent background is a strong signal of fit Nice to Haves * Experience building internal developer platforms or shared infrastructure * Experience supporting large ...
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San Francisco, CA · On-site
$250K - $350K/yr
Medical
A top-tier startup or FAANG-equivalent background is a strong signal of fit Nice to Haves * Experience building internal developer platforms or shared infrastructure * Experience supporting large ...
Sc. in Computer Science • Experience working with large FAANG scale distributed systems. Company : Waymo is a mobility technology company that improves transportation by developing self-driving ...
Sc. in Computer Science • Experience working with large FAANG scale distributed systems. Company : Waymo is a mobility technology company that improves transportation by developing self-driving ...
Sunnyvale, CA · On-site
$66.50 - $88.50/hr
Required : • 8+ years of experience in SRE, infrastructure engineering, or platform engineering, with a strong record of improving automation and reliability at large scale in FAANG, hyperscaler ...
Sunnyvale, CA · On-site
$66.50 - $88.50/hr
Required : • 8+ years of experience in SRE, infrastructure engineering, or platform engineering, with a strong record of improving automation and reliability at large scale in FAANG, hyperscaler ...
Redwood City, CA · On-site
Come join us on the ground floor on a team led by experienced ex-FAANG coworkers dedicated to developing state-of-the-art technology for Celonis products. The team creates foundational solutions such ...
Redwood City, CA · On-site
Come join us on the ground floor on a team led by experienced ex-FAANG coworkers dedicated to developing state-of-the-art technology for Celonis products. The team creates foundational solutions such ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150K - $300K/yr
Medical
Dental
Vision
PTO
We've grown rapidly, increasing revenue 8x year over year and partnering with hundreds of companies, from leading AI teams like Harvey, Vanta, and Scale, to enterprise customers across FAANG and top ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150K - $300K/yr
Medical
Dental
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PTO
We've grown rapidly, increasing revenue 8x year over year and partnering with hundreds of companies, from leading AI teams like Harvey, Vanta, and Scale, to enterprise customers across FAANG and top ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$170K - $216K/yr
Experience working with large FAANG scale distributed systems. The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$170K - $216K/yr
Experience working with large FAANG scale distributed systems. The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$181K/yr
Medical
Dental
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Retirement
PTO
Our company currently consists of several successful founders, people who have taken companies to IPO, former FAANG employees, as well as a slew of grads from MIT, CMU, Berkley, Princeton, and other ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$181K/yr
Medical
Dental
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Retirement
PTO
Our company currently consists of several successful founders, people who have taken companies to IPO, former FAANG employees, as well as a slew of grads from MIT, CMU, Berkley, Princeton, and other ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$195K - $315K/yr
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In less than a year, we've brought on most FAANG companies and AI labs as customers. We recently raised a $50M Series B from Meritech, NVIDIA, Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Amplify Partners, First Round ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$195K - $315K/yr
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PTO
In less than a year, we've brought on most FAANG companies and AI labs as customers. We recently raised a $50M Series B from Meritech, NVIDIA, Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Amplify Partners, First Round ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150K - $250K/yr
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Retirement
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Our open-source engine, Daft, is the distributed data engine purpose-built for multimodal AI - already running 2 PB/day at Amazon, 60-100 PB at another FAANG company, and in production at Mobileye ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150K - $250K/yr
Medical
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PTO
Our open-source engine, Daft, is the distributed data engine purpose-built for multimodal AI - already running 2 PB/day at Amazon, 60-100 PB at another FAANG company, and in production at Mobileye ...
Experience working with large FAANG scale distributed systems. * Experience building software reliability evaluation systems
Experience working with large FAANG scale distributed systems. * Experience building software reliability evaluation systems
Built data models and pipelines at a VC-backed startup or big tech company founded after 2005 (e.g., not FAANG, but companies like Uber, Lyft, Stripe, Datadog) * Experience partnering with product ...
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Built data models and pipelines at a VC-backed startup or big tech company founded after 2005 (e.g., not FAANG, but companies like Uber, Lyft, Stripe, Datadog) * Experience partnering with product ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$181K/yr
Medical
Dental
Vision
Retirement
PTO
Our company currently consists of several successful founders, people who have taken companies to IPO, former FAANG employees, as well as a slew of grads from MIT, CMU, Berkley, Princeton, and other ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$181K/yr
Medical
Dental
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PTO
Our company currently consists of several successful founders, people who have taken companies to IPO, former FAANG employees, as well as a slew of grads from MIT, CMU, Berkley, Princeton, and other ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$65.50 - $86.50/hr
Medical
Dental
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PTO
We've grown rapidly, increasing revenue 8x year over year and partnering with hundreds of companies, from leading AI teams like Harvey, Vanta, and Scale, to enterprise customers across FAANG and top ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$65.50 - $86.50/hr
Medical
Dental
Vision
PTO
We've grown rapidly, increasing revenue 8x year over year and partnering with hundreds of companies, from leading AI teams like Harvey, Vanta, and Scale, to enterprise customers across FAANG and top ...
Built data models and pipelines at a VC-backed startup or big tech company founded after 2005 (e.g., not FAANG, but companies like Uber, Lyft, Stripe, Datadog) * Experience partnering with product ...
Built data models and pipelines at a VC-backed startup or big tech company founded after 2005 (e.g., not FAANG, but companies like Uber, Lyft, Stripe, Datadog) * Experience partnering with product ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$210K - $360K/yr
Medical
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PTO
In less than a year, we've brought on most FAANG companies and AI labs as customers. We recently raised a $50M Series B from Meritech, NVIDIA, Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Amplify Partners, First Round ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$210K - $360K/yr
Medical
Dental
Vision
Retirement
PTO
In less than a year, we've brought on most FAANG companies and AI labs as customers. We recently raised a $50M Series B from Meritech, NVIDIA, Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Amplify Partners, First Round ...
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San Francisco, CA · On-site · Full-time Compensation: $80,000–$110,000 base + up to 100% of base as bonus + meaningful equity
About the CompanyOur client is an AI research lab investigating the boundaries and capabilities of AI through novel datasets and experimentation. Its customers are the foundation-model labs — it serves all of the frontier AI labs — and it's one of the fastest-growing companies in its cohort, well-backed by top-tier investors, with a founding team from top quant firms, big tech, and leading AI research labs.
Founded 2025 · 11–50 people · Industry: AI / Data
The RoleThe client is hiring highly driven early-career operators as Strategic Projects Associates — new grads through ~2 years of experience who thrive in fast-paced, high-intensity environments and want significant ownership early. Associates work closely with Strategic Projects Leads supporting client execution, operational initiatives, and cross-functional projects, gaining deep exposure to startup operations, AI workflows, and customer strategy.
Tech stack: AI tools (e.g., Claude Code), Microsoft Office.
Requirements
