People Operations
Thinking Machines Lab · San Francisco
Frontier labonsite$275k–$325k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own onboarding end-to-end from offer acceptance to new hire training.
- Build rigorous, seamless compliance and immigration case systems.
- Design onboarding, manager training and coaching programs that scale culture.
What they offer
- generous health, dental, and vision benefits
- unlimited PTO
- paid parental leave
- relocation support as needed
Ideal candidate
Detail-obsessed people operator who treats HR systems as a craft and thrives in ambiguity. You bring sound judgment with sensitive matters and love building scalable, trust-building programs at fast-growing startups.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in HR operations, people operations, or a related field
- Strong knowledge of employment compliance, including I-9 requirements, state and federal regulations, and recordkeeping best practices
- Experience supporting immigration processes in coordination with outside counsel
- Hands-on experience with HRIS platforms (e.g., Rippling, Workday, SequoiaOne) and comfort evaluating new tools
- Meticulous attention to detail, paired with an instinct for designing systems that fail gracefully and surface issues early
- Ability to operate with ambiguity and make principled tradeoffs in fast-moving environments
- Clear, concise written communication skills
- Exercise sound judgment and discretion when handling sensitive employee information and complex situations
- visa sponsorship
- We sponsor visas.
Lab profile
About Thinking Machines Lab
Builds frontier AI that extends human will and judgment through customizable models and interfaces.
What they build
- Inkling frontier models
- Tinker model customization
- Human-AI communication interfaces
Known for
- Frontier model training
- Post-training and reinforcement learning
- Evaluation infrastructure
- GPU supercomputing and reliability
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