Member of Technical Staff - Technical Project Operations Lead

Basis AI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Basis AI is seeking a process architect to streamline project management in a fast-growing tech environment. You will empower teams, innovate workflows, and integrate AI tools to elevate efficiency. Ideal candidates thrive in high-intensity settings and have experience in rapidly scaling operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in high growth/low process organizations.
• Ability to empower teams and improve workflows.
• Versatile in scripting and automation.

Responsibilities

• Own the project management system and ensure efficiency.
• Lead team updates and cultivate a culture of continuous improvement.
• Prototype AI-driven processes to streamline development.

Skills

Building & enforcing process

Enabling multiple owners

Workflow tools

Using LLMs for work

First-principles thinking

Thrive in high-intensity environment

Tools

Linear

Retool

Notion

Job description

About Basis

Basis equips accountants with a team of AI agents to take on real workflows.

We have hit product market fit, have more demand than we can meet, and just raised $34m to scale at a speed that meets this moment.

Built in New York City. Read more about Basis here.

Why join

• World class investors: We're backed by Keith Rabois from Khosla Ventures alongside Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Aaron Levie, Adam D'angelo, Amjad Masad, Jack Altman, Jeff Dean, Larry Summers, Noam Brown and many leaders from the ML and fintech community. Check out our announcement for an expansive list

• Extremely fast growth: We’ve partnered with some of the largest accounting firms in the world, withrevenue 10x-ing over the last 5 months

• Be part of building a company: We’re scaling the team fast and the business faster, meaning there will always be more responsibility than we have people. No better place to get a ton of responsibility and ownership on day 1

• In person & interdisciplinary: We operate on the frontier of what’s technically possible. That is why being in-person is a must. We’re bringing together the brightest minds from the top engineering, ML, and accounting teams to work together in our NYC office and build production quality agentic systems

• High risk: We believe the world is about to change in profound ways. We are building Basis to be on the cutting-edge of that change for a decade to come, and we have an appetite for the risk that comes with that. The journey has just begun

• Compensation: We aim to pay competitively for cash compensation and well above market for equity compensation because the whole team is all-in, and we want you to be too

Location: NYC, Flatiron office. In-person team.

Your mission

Own the system of project management at Basis. We are a team that ships extremely fast, but also systematically - and as we grow we need more organization, structure, systems so we can build a machine. That's your job.

Oh and not just the machine today, what does an extremely high performing engineering team shipping system look like in 2027?

What you’ll actually do

• Process architect, not project owner

  • You might run some especially complex projects, but the crux of your responsibility is empowering everyone to run their own projects

  • Gather real-time feedback from founders, technical staff, customer facing team, etc; tune the playbook continuously

• Educate & coach

  • With lots of new tooling and AI-based processes, people will need to learn. It's your job to make that happen

• Tooling & automation

  • Prototype AI-driven process that leverage agents from start to finish of product development (we'll help you build it)

  • Retire anything that adds friction

  • Keep an eye on frontier LLM/agent capabilities and fold wins into the stack regularly

• Lead team updates

  • Lead state of union at all-hands

  • Broadcast launch calendars, blockers, and post-mortem insights so everyone sees around corners

• Continuous improvement culture

  • Facilitate retros, feedback sessions etc. to constantly help everyone improve

Does this sound like you?

• Have experience building & enforcing process in extremely high growth / low process orgs. Ones where headcount has 5x'd+

• Prefer enabling many owners over being the owner; instinctively ask “How can 10x more happen with 1/10th oversight?

• Treat workflow tools like Linear, Retool, Notion etc. as building blocks, not limits; comfortable scripting quick hacks to remove manual work

• Speaking of, constantly, constantly use LLMs for your own work and have the instinct to have them help you with everything

• Default to first-principles thinking: you’re designing for 2027’s AI-native workflows, not 2017’s agile ceremonies

• Thrive in an in-person, high-intensity environment; willing to do whatever’s necessary to keep the machine humming.

In accordance with New York State regulations, the salary range for this position is $100,000–$300,000. This range represents our broad compensation philosophy and covers various responsibility and experience levels. Additionally, all employees are eligible to participate in our equity plan and benefits program. We are committed to meritocratic and competitive compensation.