Growth Lead

About the role

This is a high-trust, early-stage role at a frontier AI infrastructure company building tools for reinforcement learning environments, post-training data, and AI evaluation. You will own recruiting, culture, and community from the ground up, acting as a key connector between the company and the broader AI ecosystem. The role sits at the intersection of talent, marketing, and growth, and will evolve as the company does.

Responsibilities

• Tell the company's story compellingly to attract candidates, researchers, and key ecosystem players.
• Find, engage, and build relationships with AI engineers, RL researchers, and other high-priority individuals.
• Define company culture and values, and build a structured onboarding process for new hires.
• Own end-to-end recruiting, including building and optimizing systems, tooling, and automated workflows.
• Partner with the Marketing and Events Lead to host and represent the company at community and industry events.
• Collaborate with go-to-market engineers to identify and establish pathways into high-priority leads.
• Create content that supports community engagement and broader marketing efforts.

Requirements

• 3 to 8 years of experience in recruiting, community building, GTM, or a closely related role at an early-stage startup.
• Demonstrated track record of owning end-to-end recruiting processes and building recruiting operations, tooling, and automated workflows.
• Experience finding and engaging key individuals in technical communities, whether through recruiting, ecosystem building, or business development.
• Strong network within RL research, RL engineering, or the broader AI and startup communities.
• Ability to understand and explain complex technical products accurately and clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Experience defining company culture and values, and developing new hire onboarding programs.
• Hands-on experience hosting community events and representing a company at industry events.
• Genuine enthusiasm for frontier AI and a clear point of view on how great technical companies communicate their story.
• A portfolio of professional writing samples that demonstrates range and quality.
• Strong interpersonal skills: articulate, extravert, and perceptive in reading people and situations.
• Comfort working independently in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

Pay

Salary range: $100,000 to $150,000 USD annually.

Benefits

Visa sponsorship is available.

Location: On-site in San Francisco, CA. This role requires in-person presence and active local networking.