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People Operations Lead

Cognition · San Francisco · On-site

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About Cognition

Cognition operates Devin, the first autonomous software engineer. Devin plans, writes, tests, and ships production code inside your existing workflows. Backed by Accel, Battery and Bessemer.

About the role

We're growing fast and bringing in world-class talent from around the globe, and we're doing it differently than most. That kind of momentum doesn't run itself. We're hiring someone to build the engine behind it: the HR processes, playbooks, and systems that can scale as fast as we do. This is a rare chance to own real scope early. You'll help build and run our core HR functions from the ground up, including onboarding, benefits, compensation, compliance, and employee relations.

What they're looking for

  • 7+ years in people operations or HR at a fast-growing startup or tech company
  • Strong end-to-end People Operations experience , with the ability to own and scale programs across areas such as benefits, immigration, compliance, systems, and employee operations
  • Experience in a fast-growing startup or technology company , with comfort operating in a high-velocity environment where priorities evolve quickly and processes are still being built
  • Strong first-principles thinking and a can-do attitude — you can break down ambiguous problems, challenge existing assumptions, and figure out practical solutions without waiting for a playbook
  • Strong data-driven, analytical, and program management skills , with the ability to use data to inform decisions, manage complex cross-functional initiatives, and drive work from idea through execution
More about this role

We're the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer.

Our team is extremely talent-dense. Among our founding team, we have world-class competitive programmers, former founders, and leaders from companies at the cutting edge of AI including Scale AI, Palantir, Cursor, Waymo, Tesla, Lunchclub, Modal, Google DeepMind, and Nuro.

Building Devin is just the first step—our hardest challenges still lie ahead. If you’re excited to solve some of the world’s biggest problems and build AI that can reason on real-world tasks, apply to join us.

We're growing fast and bringing in world-class talent from around the globe, and we're doing it differently than most. That kind of momentum doesn't run itself. We're hiring someone to build the engine behind it: the HR processes, playbooks, and systems that can scale as fast as we do. This is a rare chance to own real scope early. You'll help build and run our core HR functions from the ground up, including onboarding, benefits, compensation, compliance, and employee relations. You'll also own our immigration program end to end. Along the way you'll solve hard problems, work cases that actually matter to people's lives, and watch the things you...

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