Core Operations Lead

Core Operations Lead San Mateo, CA Job Details Full-time 1 day ago Qualifications Project team coordination Automation Startup experience Event coordination Workflow management (operations management method) Research Mid-level Improving operational efficiency Entrepreneurship Scripting Recruiting Organizational skills AI Cross-functional team management Full Job Description 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