People Operations Generalist
Artificial-intelligence research and product company building customizable AI systems, including the Tinker training API and Inkling open-weight models.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
Funding history
About Thinking Machines Lab
Thinking Machines Lab develops AI products that let researchers and developers fine-tune and use models, while also releasing open-weight multimodal models.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own the early employee lifecycle from offer acceptance through new-hire training. You will manage employment compliance, immigration case management, international hiring support, people programs, HRIS and payroll systems, benefits administration, and operational documentation. You will maintain dashboards and trackers, partner with finance, legal, IT, and hiring managers, and build scalable people operations infrastructure.
Requirements
- Experience in HR operations, people operations, or a related field
- Knowledge of employment compliance, including I-9 requirements, state and federal regulations, and recordkeeping practices
- Experience supporting immigration processes with outside counsel
- Experience with HRIS platforms, including Rippling, Workday, or SequoiaOne
- Written communication skills
- Judgment and discretion when handling sensitive employee information
Responsibilities
- Own onboarding from offer acceptance through completion of new-hire training
- Manage I-9 verification, employee eligibility documentation, background checks, and compliance training
- Monitor employment-law obligations and build compliant systems
- Manage immigration cases with outside counsel, including RFE responses and policy monitoring
- Support international hiring and employer-of-record arrangements
- Design and manage onboarding curricula, manager training, and coaching engagements
- Evaluate, implement, and maintain HRIS, payroll, and adjacent systems
- Administer benefits enrollment and coordinate with brokers and vendors
- Build playbooks, decision trees, self-service resources, dashboards, and trackers
- Partner with finance, legal, IT, and hiring managers
- Build scalable people operations infrastructure and operations
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid parental leave
- Relocation support as needed