AI-Powered People Ops Engineer

Lightning; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health Coverage

Meaningful Equity

401(k) matching

Unlimited PTO

Winter Break

Parental & Family Leave

Learning & Development Allowance

Wellness stipend

Sabbatical program

Hybrid work model

In-Office Meals

Job summary

Lightning AI is hiring a data-driven People Operations specialist to build, ship and administer People workflows and systems that power our AI-native organization.

You’ll design secure, scalable processes for hiring, onboarding, and employee support, with a focus on data privacy, compliance, and cross-functional collaboration. Join a fast-moving team and help shape our People program and tooling at Lightning AI.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in Tech with holistic People Operations service delivery and administration
• Experience with people data, business systems, analytics platforms, or enterprise data infrastructure (BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks, SQL, Excel)
• Deep familiarity with HRIS and / or ATS platforms (Rippling, Greenhouse, Ashby, or similar)
• Experience designing secure systems with role-based access control and data permissioning
• Strong product instincts and end-to-end thinking
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional partnership with Finance, Legal, IT
• Experience building processes and products from scratch and taking them to production

Responsibilities

• Design secure systems with role-based permissions and appropriate data access.
• Build agents, workflows, dashboards, and decision-support tools for People.
• Support payroll and benefits administration, including changes, audits, and enrollments.
• Serve as a point of contact for employee questions across pay, benefits, leave, policies, and systems.
• Keep People data and systems accurate and reliable through audits and maintenance.
• Support recurring People programs and operational cycles.
• Partner with the broader People team to identify, scope, and ship internal solutions end to end.
• Build integrations, reporting, and automated workflows across People systems.
• Build solutions that meet legal and compliance requirements for handling employee data across jurisdictions.

Skills

People operations

Product instincts

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

HRIS/ATS familiarity

Tools

Rippling

Greenhouse

Ashby

Ramp

Carta

Tilt

Job description

Lightning AI is hiring a data-driven People Operations specialist to build, ship and administer People workflows and systems that power our AI-native organization.

You’ll design secure, scalable processes for hiring, onboarding, and employee support, with a focus on data privacy, compliance, and cross-functional collaboration. Join a fast-moving team and help shape our People program and tooling at Lightning AI.