Chief of Staff

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