People Operations Specialist, Baseten
$130-170k
+ Equity
ML application builder for data scientists
Job no longer available
ML application builder for data scientists
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$130-170k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make machine learning accessible to every organisation.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of experience in HR operations or a similar role, preferably in a fast-paced startup environment at a company of our size (50-200 employees)
- Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on delivering a great employee experience
- Understanding of employee benefits administration and compliance
- Experience managing onboarding and offboarding processes, with attention to detail and sensitivity
- Familiarity with visa and immigration processes for international employees
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced and proactive People Operations Specialist to join our team as our first dedicated HR hire
- In this role, you will have the unique opportunity to shape and implement the systems, policies, and processes that ensure our employees have a seamless and positive experience throughout their journey with us
- You’ll wear many hats and work cross-functionally to establish and manage critical HR functions for our growing team
- As a fast-growing team (50 employees and counting), we expect the responsibilities of this role to evolve over time. Here are some of the areas where you could have an immediate impact:
- Employee benefits: Evaluate and manage benefits annually (medical, dental, vision, etc.), consider additional employee requests (e.g., FSA, fitness, commuter benefits), track enrollment, and address employee questions, including 401(k) inquiries
- New hire experience: Ensure a seamless onboarding process from offer signing to the first month, including ordering equipment, sending swag, coordinating onboarding trips, setting up accounts, scheduling sessions, and collecting necessary forms
- International hiring: Manage visa processes and ensure compliance for international hires
- Payroll: Ensure employees are paid on time and questions about payroll are answered
- Offboarding employees: Oversee employee exits, including severance packages, COBRA enrollment, account de-provisioning, equipment returns, final paycheck processing, and communication to the rest of the company
- PTO and holidays: Define, document, and communicate company PTO and holiday policies, manage PTO requests, answer questions, and track usage to identify under- or over-utilization
Our take
As with its mathematical namesake, Baseten focuses on simplifying the complex. The San Francisco startup focuses on simplifying the integration of artificial intelligence into businesses. The tools that Baseten built demolish the need for businesses to hire specialised engineers, utilising the huge strides in artificial intelligence that we’ve seen in the last few years without adding workload to businesses.
With serious funding behind it, Baseten has grown its team by three times year-over-year over the last five years, especially across engineering and marketing. Having hired talent from companies such as GitHub, Google, Uber, Amazon, and Palantir, part of Baseten's focus is on helping companies implement the tools that they have at their disposal, a long-overlooked aspect of machine learning that many businesses have been eager to champion, but uncertain on how to actually use.
Simplifying the complex world of artificial intelligence for business is no mean feat but the three founders, who met whilst working as engineers at Gumroad, have a lot of experience in how to navigate this gap in the market.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2025
$75m
SERIES C
Mar 2024
$40m
SERIES B
Total funding: $135m
Company benefits
- Remote-first work environment. The Baseten team is welcome to work from wherever they want; fully remote, in our San Francisco office, or a mix of both. Today, our team (including our founding team) is spread across the United States, Canada, and Armenia. We provide a $1,000 stipend for you to make your home-office comfortable and productive
- Regular in-person team summits. We get together as a team three times a year to plan, workshop, and most importantly, get to know each other better
- Unlimited PTO. We ask that everyone take at least 4 weeks of vacation. And we have a company-wide break between Christmas and New Year's Day
- Full healthcare coverage. Medical, dental and vision insurance for you and your family
- Paid parental leave. 16-weeks fully paid parental leave (adoptive and non-birth parents included) and flexibility with schedules while returning to work
- Company-sponsored 401(k) for you to contribute to
- Learning and development budget. We encourage you to take classes, attend conferences, and invest in your craft and we’ll cover expenses to make it happen
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Tuhin Srivastava
(Co-Founder)Previously Co-Founder at Shape, Machine Learning at Gumroad and Skulpt.
Amir Haghighat
(Co-Founder)Previously Head of Engineering at Gumroad, Software Engineer at Yelp and Engineering Manager at Clover Health.
Phillip Howes
(Co-Founder)Previously Co-Founder at Shape, Machine Learning Engineer at Gumroad and Research Assistant at the University of Sydney.
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