- Salary
- $110k – $140k/yr
- Location
- New York, New York, US
- Type
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Senior
- Source
- Y Combinator
Description
Beam is an ultrafast AI inference platform. We built a serverless runtime that launches GPU-backed containers in under a second and scales out to thousands of GPUs. Developers use Beam to serve apps to millions of users around the globe. We're backed by Y Combinator, Tiger Global, and prominent developer-tool founders, including the founder of Snyk and the former CTO of GitHub.
About the Role
We're hiring a Chief of Staff to be the right hand to our founding team. You'll take over a lot of what the CEO does today and own it end to end. You'll see every part of a fast-growing infrastructure company, and the role will grow as fast as you do.
What You'll Do
- Run data center operations. Bring new capacity online, track SLAs, and chase issues down until they're resolved.
- Support customers. Be a point of contact for key accounts, coordinate onboarding, and handle escalations.
- Manage contracts and partners. Do first-pass review of NDAs, MSAs and partner agreements, work through redlines with counsel, and get them signed.
- Secure hardware supply. Source hardware, negotiate with data centers and capacity partners, and move deals from first call to signed contract.
- Drive company-wide projects. This includes compliance, pricing, launches, and the internal processes that keep us moving fast.
- Support fundraising and investor relations. Draft investor updates, maintain data rooms, and prep for board meetings.
- Give the CEO leverage. Prep for meetings, follow up after them, and make sure nothing falls through the cracks.
Skills & Experience
- Extreme attention to detail
- You take ownership of mission-critical projects end to end without needing to be managed
- 3–5 years in a high-ownership role, such as an early-stage startup, operations, BizOps, consulting, banking, or a technical role you've outgrown
- Strong writer and confident negotiator with partners and vendors
- Technical enough to talk credibly about GPUs, cloud infrastructure, and developer tools (an engineering background is a plus but not required)
- Thrive with ambiguity and fast-shifting priorities
- Excited to work closely with customers and partners
Nice to have
- Experience with data centers, hardware procurement, or cloud infrastructure
- Comfort reading contracts and structuring deals
- Previous experience at a YC or venture-backed startup
Benefits
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity
- Join a fast-growing pre-Series A company on the ground floor
- Health, dental, and vision benefits with 90% coverage for you and 50% for dependents
- Opportunities to represent Beam at events across the AI and cloud infrastructure community
- Fitness stipend, learning budget, and much, much more