HR Administrator

About Backblaze

Backblaze is the object storage leader in the open cloud movement, fueling customer success with cloud storage built purposefully to unlock budgets, unburden administrators, and unleash innovators. Together with our partners, we’re helping customers break free from the restrictive, overpriced legacy solutions that hold them back, and blaze forward with the full power of the open cloud in their hands.

Founded in 2007, we scaled the business with less than $3 million in outside funding until 2021, when we did a traditional IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Today, Backblaze generates over $136M ARR and is the leading specialized storage cloud - managing over three billion gigabytes of data storage for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries, including businesses, developers, IT professionals, and individuals.

But while there is a lot to celebrate in our past, there is almost as much opportunity ahead of us. We’re seeking a HR Administrator to join our team!

About the Role:

We’re looking for a detail-oriented HR Administrator to support day-to-day people operations and administrative work across the employee lifecycle. This role partners closely with the HR Operations Specialist to ensure smooth onboarding, accurate HR records, and consistent execution of core HR processes.

This is a hands-on individual contributor role ideal for someone who enjoys coordination, organization, and supporting a growing People function.

What You’ll Do:

• Onboarding Support 
• Coordinate pre-boarding tasks for new hires, including system access, documentation, and readiness checks
• Schedule orientation sessions and prepare onboarding materials
• Maintain and evolve new hire checklists; track task completion to ensure a smooth onboarding experience
• HR Administration
• Provide first-level support for employee benefits inquiries, including eligibility, enrollment timelines, and general program information; escalate complex matters to the HR Operations Specialist as appropriate
• Support benefits administration tasks such as new hire enrollments, qualifying life event documentation, and open enrollment coordination
• Monitor and manage the HR inbox; respond to routine inquiries and route more complex issues appropriately
• Prepare and process HR documents, such as Separation Agreements, employment verifications and other employment-related forms 
• Maintain digital personnel files, ensuring accuracy, completeness and compliance.
• Support HRIS data entry, updates and routine audits
• HR Operations & Compliance 
• Maintain HR documentation and internal confluence pages
• Track completion of compliance trainings and acknowledgments 
• Assist with internal audits and reporting by gathering documents and supporting data cleanup. 
• General Support 
• Provide administrative assistance to the Human Resources team
• Help coordinate HR events, training sessions and small employee programs

The Right Fit:

• 1-2 years of HR administrative, coordinator or operations support role 
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail 
• Comfortable handling confidential employee information with discretion
• Experience working with HR systems such as Greenhouse, Rippling or similar tools is preferred. 
• Working knowledge of U.S. employee benefits (e.g., medical, 401(k), leave policies) and ability to support routine employee inquiries
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Collaborative working style and a desire to build efficient, people-centered processes and a solutions-oriented attitude
• Able to learn quickly, manage multiple tasks and maintain confidentiality
• Comfortable with change and eager to grow with evolving systems and company needs
  
  

Nice to Have:

• Familiarity with ticketing or inbox management tools (Jira, shared inboxes, etc.)
• Experience maintaining internal documentation (Confluence, Google Suite, etc.)

At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the job description you're reading. Even if you don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Learning, developing, and growing are key parts of our culture. We're eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can contribute to our team in various ways. We want people to feel comfortable expressing their true selves and to come, stay, and do their best work here.

At Backblaze, we value being fair and good to our customers, partners, and employees. That’s why diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our values. We are committed to fostering a workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socio-economic status, ability, veteran status, and education. We believe that our dedication to cultivating a diverse workspace not only allows us to better serve our customers in over 175 countries but further reinforces our commitment to doing the right thing. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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