Core Operations Lead
Introducing Moonlake, AI for creating world simulations.
Core Operations Lead
Location: San Mateo, CA
Type: Full-time · On-site
Overview
Moonlake is building the next generation of AI infrastructure for interactive digital worlds. Our mission is to enable anyone to create, simulate, and interact with rich environments using natural language and multimodal inputs, turning simple ideas into worlds with structure, logic, and agents that can perceive and act.
Our team has raised $28M in seed funding from NVIDIA Ventures, Threshold Ventures, AIX ventures and notable angels including Naval Ravikant and Jeff Dean to build the foundational layer for the future of AI - powering everything from creative tools and games to robotics training, simulations, and digital twins. Our goal is to make building and experimenting with these environments as accessible and scalable as publishing video on the internet.
Moonlake is actively looking for an exceptional Core Operations hire. This role is built for a highly capable generalist who thrives in ambiguity and wants a front-row seat to building a frontier AI company hand-in-hand with executive leadership across operations, product launches, events, and company building.
We consider this role ideal for a future CEO/entrepreneur.
What You'll Do
You will operate as a force multiplier across the company.
Responsibilities will include:
Founder & Company Operations
Manage high-leverage operational priorities for the CEO and leadership team
Coordinate cross-team projects and ensure execution across the company
Build and maintain internal processes that keep the organization running efficiently
Events & Community
Own logistics for hackathons, game jams, and community events
Coordinate developer events and creator programs
Support the growth of Moonlake’s developer ecosystem
Operational Systems
Manage internal tools and operational workflows
Help streamline recruiting operations and candidate coordination
Build lightweight automation and workflows where possible
Special Projects
Execute ambiguous projects across product, marketing, research, and community
Solve operational problems that don’t have obvious owners
What We're Looking For
We are looking for raw intelligence, curiosity, and ownership.
Ideal candidates may come from backgrounds such as:
Top university graduates
Startup generalists
Early-career operators
Technical builders who want exposure to company building
Signals We Value
Extremely high agency and ability to operate independently
Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
Curiosity about AI, games, and frontier technology
Comfort operating in fast-moving environments
Nice to Have
Experience building things with AI tools
Experience organizing events or communities
Technical literacy (coding, scripting, or automation)
Why This Role Exists
At our stage, many operational tasks are still handled by the founders.
A great operator in this role will unlock significant time for the leadership team to focus on research and product.
This role offers unusually broad exposure to building a frontier AI startup from the ground up.
We are committed to being an on-site, in-person team currently based in San Mateo