What the role involves
Chief of Staff & Automation Lead
About Shadeform
At Shadeform, we're building the cleanest and easiest way to rent and use GPUs anywhere. Our GPU Cloud marketplace is used by the Fortune 100, startups, and more to find and deploy affordable, reliable compute. We're building a multi-cloud distributed compute platform to run inference and training workloads anywhere.
We're a capital efficient organization, profitable, and focus on scaling by automating processes rather than growing headcount. We're looking for team members who are excited to build in this space and leverage AI as much as they can.
The Role
As our Chief of Staff & Automation Lead at Shadeform, you'll work directly with our founders to streamline our business while building systems that scale. You'll identify opportunities to automate repetitive tasks across the company, helping us maintain our capital-efficient approach to growth. This hands-on role combines operational leadership with technical implementation—giving you the opportunity to make a significant impact as we scale our GPU cloud marketplace.
What You'll Do
Build automation solutions for business processes across sales, support, and operations
Use AI tools to maximize efficiency across the organization
Develop systems and workflows that allow us to scale without proportionally increasing headcount
Design metrics and tracking systems to identify improvements
Optimize workflows to enhance productivity and scalability
Review and negotiate contracts with partners and service providers
Work with external counsel to manage legal compliance and review documents
Collaborate on financial planning and resource allocation
Identify and mitigate operational and business risks
Build relationships with key stakeholders, including investors and partners
Ideal Requirements
Experience with automation tools and scripting (Python, JavaScript, etc.)
Strong operational background at a fast-growing tech startup
Track record of implementing systems that improve efficiency
Proficiency with AI tools, agents, and coding assistants (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude, etc.)
Experience leveraging AI for workflow automation and operational improvements
Excellent communication and project management skills
Experience with legal document review and contract negotiation (preferred)
Background in AI/ML infrastructure or cloud computing (preferred)
What We Offer
Competitive compensation with significant equity
San Francisco based (remote possible)
Off-sites and conferences
Career development opportunities
About Shadeform
Teams struggling with GPU availability use our platform to unlock capacity immediately for their growing AI workloads. Shadeform has a unified, easy-to-use API and platform to access and provision GPUs and deploy models for inference to any provider. With our aggregated availability and pricing data, we can help ensure your on-demand inference and training jobs will run on time at optimal cost.
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