Open roles with Thinking Machines, the prev CTO of Plaid, and Chamath Palihapitiya
Plus, a list of open roles at early-stage startups building their founding teams
Build -1 → 0
Get on the ground floor with the founding team of a pre-seed or seed-stage startup.
Behnam Neyshabur (prev Technical Staff Member at Anthropic and Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind) just announced a $200M Seed for Mirendil to accelerate science & tech through democratizing frontier AI R&D. He’s hiring technical staff members in design engineering, platform, infra, and more. Apply here!
George Eliadis just raised a $40M Seed + Series A for Probook - an AI operating system for the home services industry (plumbing, HVAC, electrical). He’s hiring a Founding Design Engineer in NYC to translate customer pain points into product and UX improvements, establish Probook’s visual and interaction design language from the ground up, and more. Apply here!
Antonio Mallia (prev research scientist at Amazon & Pinecone, with a PhD in CS from NYU) just raised a $12.5M Seed for Seltz to rebuild web search for agents. He’s hiring three engineers right now - apply here / email the team if you’re interested!
Spencer Jackson (prev SpaceX engineer) just raised a $19M Seed for Critical Energy to build modular power plants that convert heat into electricity - with a mission to enable an abundant low-cost clean energy future. He’s hiring several engineers plus a Head of Manufacturing Operations in Hawthorne, CA. Check out all open roles here!
Phylo is hiring an Enterprise Account Executive for up to $300K in SF or Toronto. This is an early quota-carrying seat on a commercial team that is being built deliberately. You’ll own a book of enterprise pharma and biotech accounts end-to-end and carry a number, while partnering with Phylo’s GTM leader, founders, and scientists to convert real momentum into repeatable, expanding revenue. Apply here!
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Build 0 → 1
Accelerate the growth of a Series A, B, or C startup with early momentum.
Jean-Denis Greze (former CTO of Plaid) and Tony Vincent (former Director of Applied AI Product at Google) are building Town - and their P0 hire right now is a Product Marketing Manager (their first dedicated PMM) in SF for up to $200K + equity. You’ll work closely with the founding marketer, CPO, and product team to define how Town shows up in the world - how to position the product, launch, and turn a genuinely new category of AI assistant into a story people instantly understand and want to be part of. Apply here!
Chamath Palihapitiya (prev Social Capital founder, VP of User Growth at Facebook, and GM at AOL) just raised a $135M Seed + Series A for his AI coding startup (8090) and took on the CEO role. He’s hiring a Technical Product Manager (based in Redwood City, CA or Toronto). You’ll operate as forward-deployed product leader, owning the full lifecycle of AI-first enterprise solutions, from early discovery through live deployment and iteration in production environments. Apply here!
Victoria Liao is hiring a Community and Events Coordinator in SF for up to $140K at PlanetScale. You’ll work closely with her to execute IRL experiences that connect developers, founders, engineering leaders, and the broader tech community. Looking for someone who loves logistics, thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys meeting people, and takes pride in creating memorable experiences. Apply here!
In honor of her grandmother who struggled with dementia for 20 years, Jenny Lee (prev PM at Headway & Dropbox; Google engineer) just raised a $27M Series A for Hera to tackle the burdens of unpaid caregiving faced by families - and “let your parents age their way.” She’s hiring the founding team in NYC - including a Founding Product Designer, Founding GTM, Founding Growth Marketer, and more. Apply here!
Pearl Health is hiring a Director of Customer Success (east coast-based) to serve as the senior relationship owner for a small portfolio (2–5) of Pearl's largest enterprise accounts in the Southeast, helping them succeed in ACO REACH, MSSP, and future LEAD model programs. Apply here!
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Build 1 → beyond
Join a growth-stage startup scaling to its next horizon.
EliseAI is hiring a Strategic Account Executive | Housing (OTE $540K) - either remote or based in SF, NYC, Boston, or Chicago. You’ll work directly with prospective customers' C-Suite, VP, and Director level execs to drive EliseAI adoption, own your pipeline, provide and gain feedback from customers to guide product requirements and market positioning of EliseAI, and more. Apply here!
ElevenLabs is hiring a Forward Deployed Creative to work directly with enterprise customers and help them deploy ElevenLabs’ creative tools into their actual production workflows. This is a hands-on role. You’ll sit at the intersection of creative expertise and product knowledge - understanding what ElevenLabs tools can do, showing customers how to use them, and building the workflows and templates that make adoption stick. Apply here!
Thinking Machines is hiring a Strategic Finance Director in SF. You’ll operate at the core of the finance org, driving financial strategy for major functional domains (e.g. Compute & Infra, GTM, Product). You’ll build and maintain sophisticated financial models, analyze business performance and investment trade-offs, partner closely with leaders across the business, and deliver exec-level presentations to inform decision-making. Apply here!
Replit is hiring a Sales Leader for up to $400K. You'll lead the enterprise sales motion and own the revenue engine that turns Replit's explosive product-led growth into durable, high-value contracts. You'll inherit a talented GTM team and take them to the next level. Apply here!
Mercury is hiring a Senior Product Partnerships Manager (either remote or based in SF, NYC, or Portland). You’ll own a portfolio of strategic partnerships end-to-end - with a focus on Mercury's payroll vendor ecosystem. You'll manage the full lifecycle of these relationships: from evaluating and onboarding new vendors through RFP and contract negotiation, to ongoing performance management, incident response, and new product launches. Apply here!
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