Jobs in Berkeley, CA

Company Intro

At Sift, we're redefining how modern machines are built, tested, and operated. Our platform gives engineers real-time observability over high-frequency telemetry, eliminating bottlenecks and enabling faster, more reliable development.

Sift was born from our work at SpaceX on Dragon, Falcon, Starlink, and Starship—where scaling telemetry, debugging flight systems, and ensuring mission reliability demanded new infrastructure. Founded by a team from SpaceX, Google, and Palantir, Sift is built for mission-critical systems where precision and scalability are non-negotiable.

Description

In this role, you'll be the connective tissue that keeps our offices running smoothly and feeling great. From the moment a visitor walks through the door to the moment an employee grabs a snack before a late night, you'll be responsible for the environment that makes great work possible.

This is a hands-on, ownership role for someone early in their career who thrives on variety, takes pride in the details, and wants to be part of something bigger. No two days will look the same. You might be coordinating a swag shipment in the morning, onboarding a new hire's building access at lunch, and ordering catered snacks and smoothies before a team event in the afternoon. If you're someone who notices what needs to be done before anyone asks, you'll fit right in.

What You'll Do

• Keep our offices running: Perform day-to-day operational tasks to maintain clean, functional, and well-organized facilities across our San Francisco and Los Angeles offices.
• Own building access: Issue, manage, and audit employee and visitor access credentials. Serve as the point of contact for access-related questions and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
• Manage swag: Source, organize, inventory, and fulfill swag orders for employees, customers, and events. Coordinate with vendors and ensure quality and on-time delivery.
• Stock and maintain the kitchen: Keep kitchens stocked with snacks, beverages, and supplies. Monitor inventory, place orders, and ensure spaces stay clean and welcoming throughout the day.
• Create a great first impression: Maintain a polished, organized lobby and common areas. Greet visitors and ensure they feel welcomed and taken care of from arrival to departure.
• Support office initiatives: Assist with office events, team lunches, vendor coordination, and other operational projects as needed.
• Identify and solve problems: Notice what's not working and fix it, or flag it to the right person. Bring a proactive mindset to everything from facilities maintenance to supply management.

The Skillset You'll Bring

• Strong organizational skills and an eye for detail. You catch things before they become problems.
• A positive, service-oriented attitude with a genuine interest in making the workplace better for everyone around you.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and shifting priorities without dropping the ball.
• Clear, professional communication skills, written and verbal.
• Comfort working independently and taking ownership without needing constant direction.
• 0–3 years of experience in an office coordination, facilities, hospitality, or operations role. Recent graduates and career starters are encouraged to apply.
• Availability to be on-site full-time at either our San Francisco or Los Angeles office.

The Company

A rapidly growing data consultancy founded in 2023 by a former venture-backed biotech VC data/technology leadership team in San Francisco. The firm has already delivered 20+ engagements across tech, healthcare/biotech, finance, energy, real estate, and startups - building complex data platforms, products, and AI-driven systems.

The Role

A hands-on, senior individual contributor role for engineers who still love coding. You’ll work in small teams (often 1–3 engineers) to design and build production-grade data platforms, pipelines, and products across industries.

What You’ll Work On

• High-impact, fixed-scope builds (e.g., enterprise data marts, complex migrations)
• End-to-end data platform deployments (ETL, warehouses, BI across AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Partnering with startups to build data-intensive products from 0 → 1

What We’re Looking For

Hands-on builder

• Actively writing production code today
• Not removed into management or purely architectural roles

Infrastructure ownership

• Personally deployed and operated production systems
• Cloud, CI/CD, scaling, monitoring, reliability

End-to-end ownership

• Taken products from idea → launch → ongoing operation
• Comfortable operating autonomously with stakeholders

True seniority (well beyond 5 years)

• Targeting engineers with meaningful depth and ownership
• Strong preference for backgrounds in smaller, high-ownership environments
• Experience wearing multiple hats (application + infrastructure + deployment)

Why Join

• High autonomy and real technical ownership
• Variety of industries and problems
• Small, elite engineering team
• Opportunity to shape a fast-scaling consultancy

Location: San Francisco (5 days a week on-site)

Salary: $190k-$250k + 10-20% bonus + equity + sign on bonus

Benefits: Full Health, Vision, Dental, Life Insurance, Commuter Benefits, Unlimited Time off, 401k matched.

The Strategic Sourcing and Procurement function supports the responsible and efficient scaling of advanced technology and research initiatives by ensuring strong commercial discipline, supplier governance, and operational rigor. Within this group, the Human Data and Research Services category enables business-critical workflows that rely on specialized external partners.

This role sits within the Human Data and Research sourcing pillar and works closely with cross-functional stakeholders across research, operations, finance, legal, privacy, and security to ensure suppliers are onboarded, managed, and scaled efficiently.

About The Role

We are seeking a Human Data and Research Services Strategic Sourcing Manager with a strong operational and analytical orientation to support day-to-day sourcing execution and category operations.

This position is intentionally execution-focused and designed to complement senior sourcing leaders overseeing complex, high-impact engagements. You will manage early- to mid-stage supplier relationships, own sourcing workflows end-to-end, and ensure clean, consistent execution across procurement systems and stakeholder touchpoints.

In this role, you will act as a force multiplier—helping engagements move quickly, ensuring data accuracy, surfacing risks early, and enabling scale through effective use of processes and tools.

Key Responsibilities

Sourcing & Deal Execution

• Own and execute end-to-end sourcing activities for human data and research services suppliers
• Support supplier onboarding, renewals, amendments, and scoped expansions in partnership with senior sourcing leadership
• Draft, review, and operationalize statements of work, pricing structures, and commercial terms in coordination with legal and finance partners
• Ensure supplier engagements align with category strategy, commercial guidelines, and internal policies

Operational Excellence

• Serve as a primary operator across procurement, intake, and contract management tools
• Manage intake requests, approvals, contract routing, and documentation with a high degree of accuracy and consistency
• Track deal status, approvals, spend thresholds, and execution risks across an active supplier portfolio
• Maintain clean records and reporting to support audits, leadership updates, and financial forecasting

Analytics & Insights

• Analyze supplier spend, usage patterns, deal velocity, and operational friction points
• Develop clear summaries and insights to support prioritization and decision-making by senior stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to standardize, streamline, or improve sourcing and contracting workflows

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with research, operations, finance, legal, privacy, and security teams to unblock and accelerate supplier engagements
• Act as a trusted point of contact for internal stakeholders navigating procurement and contracting processes
• Communicate clearly and concisely through written updates and real-time collaboration tools to keep workstreams aligned

Required Skills

• 6+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, operations, or vendor management
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent supplier engagements with strong attention to detail
• High operational fluency with procurement intake, contract lifecycle management, and collaboration tools
• Strong analytical skills, including comfort working with spend data, contract terms, and operational metrics
• Ability to execute independently while partnering effectively with senior stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Pay Rate

• $55-$75/hour DOE

Company Description

Ignition Leadership is a selective leadership accelerator designed for ambitious early-career professionals who want to run real businesses, not just manage tasks.

Through structured development, operational immersion, and high-accountability coaching, Ignition prepares high-potential leaders to take ownership of performance, teams, and financial outcomes.

Graduates of the Ignition Manager in Training pathway are placed into leadership roles at Stress-Free Auto Care, a fast-growing, tech-forward automotive platform operating across multiple states.

Ignition turns potential into operational leadership.

Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site leadership development role based in Northern California, Southern California, or Texas.

As a Manager in Training (MIT), you will enter the Ignition Leadership pathway and be placed into operational leadership at Stress-Free Auto Care. From day one, you will learn how to run a modern, data-driven auto repair operation while developing the leadership skills required to manage teams and own financial performance.

This is not a classroom program. It is hands-on business leadership.

You will progress through a defined career path:

• Year 1: Manager in Training → Assistant General Manager

• Year 2: General Manager (full P&L ownership)

• Years 3–4: Senior General Manager (multi-location leadership)

• Year 5+: District Manager (regional oversight)

High performers advance quickly and take on significant operational responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Learn and execute all aspects of shop operations

• Lead technicians and service advisors

• Manage workflow, staffing, and daily performance

• Deliver exceptional customer experience

• Drive revenue and operational KPIs

• Use financial and operational data to improve performance

• Support hiring, coaching, and team development

• Transition into full P&L ownership as you advance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required

• 0–3 years of professional experience

• Strong leadership potential and ambition

• Excellent communication skills

• Analytical mindset with a bias toward action

• Comfortable in fast-paced, hands-on environments

• Willingness to relocate for advancement (preferred)

About the Company

Our client's mission is to foster innovative research and collaboration in the fields of biomedical science.

About the Role

The role involves providing dedicated administrative support to two senior scientists, ensuring smooth operations and effective communication within the team.

Schedule: Monday-Friday Onsite in Downtown San Francisco8:30AM-5:30PM 1 hour lunch

Responsibilities

• Provide dedicated administrative support to 2 senior scientists (Principal Investigator & Senior Investigator)
• Heavy calendaring, scheduling, and meeting coordination
• PowerPoint presentation support
• General administrative and organizational support
• Partner closely with remote manager; must work autonomously
• Provide proactive support and gentle “push” when needed

Qualifications

• Strong, experienced administrative professional (not entry-level)
• Autonomous and able to operate independently
• Excellent customer service personality and strong interpersonal skills
• Highly organized with strong Word skills, basic Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experience supporting executives or senior leaders (healthcare, research, nonprofit, or corporate environments preferred)
• Interest in scientific research
• Experience from institutions such as UC Berkeley, Stanford, Sutter Health, or CPMC is a plus

Required Skills

• Strong administrative skills
• Excellent organizational abilities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills

Preferred Skills

• Experience in healthcare, research, nonprofit, or corporate environments
• Interest in scientific research
• Experience from prestigious institutions

Presales Solution Architect – US

Series AI Start-up - AI/ML

Location: San Francisco Bay Area (Hybrid)

Salary: Market-leading salary package + stock + benefits

The Role

As a Presales Solution Architect, you’ll operate at the intersection of enterprise AI — helping organizations unlock predictive intelligence from the structured data that powers their business. You’ll work hand-in-hand with Enterprise Account Executives and technical stakeholders to identify architectural challenges, design scalable AI solutions, and guide customers through high-impact technical evaluations that directly drive revenue.

This role is perfect for someone energized by solving complex technical problems, engaging deeply with customers, and clearly articulating how advanced AI capabilities translate into measurable business outcomes. If you thrive in fast-growth environments and want to help enterprises operationalize next-generation AI at scale, you’ll excel here.

What You’ll Do & Achieve

• Drive technical discovery sessions to identify high-impact, high-value use cases where enterprise AI delivers measurable ROI.
• Collaborate with Sales to create compelling demos, run competitive benchmarks, and prototype solutions on customer datasets to accelerate deals.
• Own the technical vision for assigned customers, cultivating deep relationships with senior stakeholders and shaping long-term adoption strategies.
• Lead end-to-end solution delivery, coordinating cross-functional teams — including engineers, IT, governance, and business stakeholders — to remove blockers and ensure alignment.
• Architect scalable, production-ready solutions and integration patterns that perform reliably in complex enterprise environments, from on-prem systems to cloud VPCs and legacy infrastructure.
• Capture patterns and insights from deployments to generate high-impact engineering feedback, informing product and model development.
• Develop repeatable deployment strategies, reference architectures, and best-practice playbooks to accelerate the impact of the broader Solutions Architect team.
• Travel up to 50% of the time to engage directly with customers and deliver hands-on solution experiences.

Who You Are

• 7+ years in customer-facing technical roles (e.g., Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, ML Engineer, Data Scientist) with proven success delivering complex AI or ML solutions.
• Track record leading enterprise-scale technical implementations, spanning modern Generative AI or traditional machine learning systems, across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Experienced navigating multi-stakeholder enterprise environments, balancing competing priorities, and driving deployments to completion.
• Exceptional communicator, capable of translating complex technical concepts for both technical and executive audiences.
• Hands-on technical expertise in data manipulation, rapid prototyping, and analysis using tools such as Python, Pandas, and SQL.
• Collaborative, cross-functional mindset — skilled at balancing trade-offs and working effectively across teams to achieve outcomes.
• Self-starter with the ability to own initiatives end-to-end, quickly fill knowledge gaps, and deliver results.

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We are seeking a seasoned Technical Project Manager with 7+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional IT initiatives within infrastructure and cybersecurity domains. This role will drive large-scale programs across enterprise infrastructure, cloud transformation, network modernization, identity & access management (IAM), and security operations.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical acumen with disciplined program governance, enabling the successful delivery of secure, scalable, and resilient enterprise solutions.

You will partner with Engineering, Security, IT Operations, Architecture, and Business stakeholders to lead end-to-end execution — from strategy and design through deployment and operational handoff — ensuring alignment to security standards, compliance requirements, and enterprise architecture principles.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-scale infrastructure and cybersecurity programs across multiple geographies
• Drive end-to-end project lifecycle: intake, chartering, design reviews, risk assessment, implementation, and post-go-live stabilization
• Partner with Security (IAM, SOC, GRC), Cloud, Network, and Infrastructure teams to deliver secure and compliant solutions

Establish governance frameworks including:

• Project charters
• Risk registers
• RAID logs
• Milestone tracking
• Executive dashboards
• Manage cross-functional dependencies across IT, Security, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, and Business units
• Ensure alignment with enterprise security controls, regulatory requirements (e.g., SOX, GDPR, data protection policies), and audit readiness
• Drive SLA and KPI definition, tracking, and reporting
• Proactively identify risks and implement mitigation strategies to prevent security, operational, or compliance gaps
• Lead escalation management and executive-level communication
• Facilitate war rooms, incident coordination, and remediation tracking when required
• Ensure operational readiness including documentation, training, and transition to support teams

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience managing IT infrastructure and/or cybersecurity programs
• Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure environments and cybersecurity including Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Network architecture (SD-WAN, firewalls, VPNs, segmentation), Identity & Access Management (Okta, SailPoint, AD), Cloud security posture improvements
• Strong understanding of SDLC and secure development practices
• Proven ability to manage large cross-functional teams across regions
• Experience defining and tracking KPIs, SLAs, and executive reporting metrics
• Strong risk management and issue resolution capabilities
• Ability to translate technical complexity into clear executive-level updates
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, ServiceNow, and Microsoft Suite
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

About Us

BAGGU is a design focused bag company based in San Francisco, California. We are a small but hard-working team of people dedicated to making bags that feel good to use.

For more information on our company visit us at or follow us on social media @baggu.

Please note that is used for Customer Experience inquiries - please do not use this channel for Application inquiries.

About the Role

BAGGU is looking for a strategic Social Media Manager to lead our digital presence in a way that serves our evolving marketing, brand, and business goals. The ideal candidate knows how to build and engage an active community while driving measurable results. We're seeking someone with proven experience working with high-visibility brands, cultivating passionate online communities, and translating insights into action.

Location and Working Hours

• Open to San Francisco Bay Area based candidates
• Hybrid - 2 days in office, 3 days remote
• Working hours are 10am - 6pm PT, with some weekend availability and travel required

Responsibilities

• Lead social media strategy across all platforms to drive traffic and conversions to our website through engaging content and storytelling
• Develop and execute comprehensive social content strategy that aligns with marketing initiatives while maintaining consistent brand presence across platforms
• Create detailed content calendars (short and long term); partner with Creative team to produce and optimize platform-specific assets that resonate with target audiences
• Monitor and analyze social media metrics, customer behavior trends, and campaign performance to optimize strategy and ROI
• Manage community engagement by monitoring customer sentiment and overseeing responses to comments, DMs, and public forums.
• Proactively identify and capitalize on emerging opportunities, including new platforms, features, and moments to maximize brand visibility and engagement
• Oversee product seeding initiatives by identifying and managing relationships with key influencers and brand partners
• Oversee curation and integration of user-generated content across marketing materials such as website, email, and product pages

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of experience in social media management, preferably in fashion e-commerce
• Demonstrated success managing social media presence for a high-visibility brand with 500K+ engaged followers across platforms and engaging with online communities
• Strong analytical skills; expert in tracking and reporting on performance, and translating data into strategic direction
• Proven track record of growing social media engagement and driving conversions through organic and paid social initiatives
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to adapt concepts across different platforms
• Experience developing creative briefs and providing strategic direction to creative teams
• Proficiency in social media management tools and analytics platforms
• Demonstrated knowledge of current social media trends, best practices, and platform-specific content strategies
• Experience in influencer relationship management and product seeding campaigns
• Strong project management skills with ability to coordinate multiple initiatives simultaneously

Nice to Haves

• Track record of working on long lead timelines and is familiar with fashion/DTC release schedule
• Understanding of e-commerce customer journey and conversion optimization
• Experience working with external brand partners

Benefits

• Time Off: 16 days PTO + 11 company holidays
• WFH Stipend
• Health Insurance (with optional Dental and Vision)
• Optional: FSA/HSA and commuter benefits
• 401k: Eligible after 1 year
• Other Perks: Virtual Yoga Classes and BAGGU employee discount

Pay Transparency

• $100,000 Base salary
• Exempt (not eligible for overtime)

Job Description: Transit City Manager

Employment Type: Full-time

Work Type: Remote

Duration: 12 months (Annual Renewal)

Location: San Francisco

Role Objective:

The team works on keeping Maps Data current and reflective of real-world changes. They work on issues submitted by end users of Maps or test the location results of user queries submitted via Web Search or Maps interface. The Mapping Maintenance Expert will be responsible for improving & maintenance of city / country transit data and providing country specific expertise. The Maintenance Expert will be responsible for developing and maintaining transit data pipelines and establishing the ground truth for the countries they would be responsible for maintenance.

Role & Responsibilities as a Maintenance Expert:

Communicating with City Experts & other stakeholder teams and achieving the project objectives.

Identify transit user expectations, broken critical user journeys, data gaps and provide insights to the product.

Validate quality of new and updated data in the data management platform.

Make necessary edits for all transit data types.

Flag issues to Program Managers to communicate with the partner/provider about required data fixes or inform about problematic data areas.

Develop outages and alerts capabilities in their assigned city.

Manage city specific data pipelines through the transit data management platform, including updating pipelines using basic programming skills.

Experience / Skills:

6 months +

Graduate or equivalent experience

Good Communication skills in English - additional languages are preferred

Experience with Transit projects - GTFS knowledge preferred

Proficiency in GIS mapping tools and knowledge of the country's transit/traffic network.

Knowledge of traffic laws, landmarks, political modeling and key mapping features of the city/country

Comfortable with a rapidly changing environment

Strong problem-solving skills and excellent attention to detail

About Nucleus

Nucleus is a research-driven talent and intelligence platform for the next generation of investors, built at the intersection of data, experimentation, and community. We hire investors for some of the best firms in the world and are building the network, community, and intelligence layer around the people shaping the future of venture and company building.

The Role

This is a foundational hire working directly with the founder across research, community, events, client relationships, fellow experience, and search execution. One day you may be building cap tables. Another you may be running a mixer for 40 fellows or sitting in on a GP hiring conversation at a top firm.

The title is intentional. You will be in the room early, learning how the best firms operate and earning responsibility as you prove you can carry it. Over time you will own projects and workstreams. The starting point is proximity, pattern recognition, and high output across a wide surface area.

The founder focuses on strategy, vision, brand, community, and high-trust client relationships. Your role is to absorb the operational surface area so his time goes to the work only he can do. Nothing drops while he goes deep.

What the work looks like

• Work side by side with the founder across research, community, content, events, and client delivery
• Own the operational follow-through: prep materials, follow-ups, scheduling, and keeping workstreams moving between meetings
• Conduct research on investors and firms. Build and maintain the Nucleus Brain so the founder can go deeper on priority engagements.
• Collaborate on candidate shortlists and search materials for active client work
• Help coordinate NEXT Fellowship programming, pod logistics, and fellow experience
• Plan and execute community events: mixers, firesides, dinners, partner programming
• Draft and edit external communications: emails, proposals, partnership materials, client decks • Contribute to content across Nucleus Intelligence, Substack, social, and the Rise podcast
• Help shape brand and media presence
• Pick up whatever needs to get done so nothing falls through the cracks

Who you are

• 1 to 2 years in a high-intensity environment: investment banking, management consulting, executive search at a top firm, or an operating role at a venture-funded startup
• Genuinely curious about venture capital, the people in it, and how the industry actually works
• Technical bias. At the least, you are highly analytical by nature and can find information others can't and synthesize it clearly
• Warm, high-energy, and natural with people. You make rooms better when you walk in.
• Excellent writer with a tight, dense style
• Comfortable with ambiguity and context-switching in a fast-moving, founder-led environment
• Based in San Francisco or NYC. Remote will be considered. Must be in the US and be willing to travel.

Why this role

You will have a front-row seat to how the best venture firms operate, hire, and think about talent. You will build relationships with builders, investors, LPs, and emerging managers that most people spend years trying to access. And you will help build a company from the ground floor with real revenue, real clients, and a vision that extends well beyond search.

Promotions follow ownership and output, not tenure. We stay intentionally lean. Earn it, and the path to real ownership is short.

Compensation

Base: $120-180k DOE

Bonus eligible day one

Profit sharing with meaningful upside as the business grows

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