Operations Associate

Lucid Computing; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early-stage startup experience

Legal/contract exposure

Bookkeeping/finance operations

Volume recruiting coordination

Interest in AI/infra/tech policy

Job summary

Lucid Computing is building verifiable compute infrastructure and seeks an operations generalist to keep the startup running smoothly. You will manage calendars and travel for the founders, oversee finance-related processes, and own the office experience, including new-hire onboarding.

This is a growth role with room to take on broader responsibilities. You’ll thrive if you enjoy getting things done, writing clearly, and creating simple processes where none exist.

Qualifications

• Experience handling confidential information with discretion.
• Ability to follow through on tasks to completion without reminders.
• Excellent written communication for emails, documents, and candidate communications.
• Comfort with ambiguity and building new processes where none exist.
• Proficiency with modern tools (Google Workspace, Slack, Notion) and e-signature/expense platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own calendars, scheduling, and travel for the founding team, including complex multi-party coordination.
• Coordinate with the finance team on expenses, invoices, receipts, and bookkeeping hygiene.
• Own the office and in-person experience: space, supplies, equipment, and onboarding for new hires.
• Plan offsites, team events, and visits for customers or investors.
• Take on standalone projects—research, vendor comparisons, process build-out, and drafting documents.

Skills

Judgment

Follow-through

Strong writing

Ambiguity tolerance

Google Workspace

Slack

Notion

E-signature

Expense platforms

Automation instincts

Tools

Google Workspace

Slack

Notion

DocuSign

Expense platforms

Job description

The Role

Lucid is a small team building verifiable compute infrastructure. We're looking for someone to help with all things operations.

It's a job for someone who wants to see how a company actually gets built, and who's willing to do the unglamorous parts of that well.

What You'll Do

• Own calendars, scheduling, and travel for the founding team, including complex multi-party and international coordination
• Coordinate with finance team on expenses, invoices, receipts, and bookkeeping hygiene
• Own the office and the in-person experience: space, supplies, equipment, and making sure new hires have what they need on day one
• Plan offsites, team events, and the occasional customer or investor visit
• Take on standalone projects as they come up — research, vendor comparisons, process build-out, first drafts of documents and correspondence

What You'll Bring

• Judgment and discretion. You'll have visibility into fundraising, compensation, candidate pipelines, and customer terms. That has to be safe with you without anyone needing to say so.
• Follow-through. Things you take on get done, on time, without reminders. Nothing sits in your queue silently.
• Strong writing. You'll draft emails, documents, and candidate communications that go out under our name.
• Comfort with ambiguity. A lot of what you'll do doesn't have a process yet. You'll be expected to build one, not wait for one.
• Fluency with modern tooling — Google Workspace, Slack, Notion, e-signature and expense platforms — and the instinct to automate something the third time you do it by hand.

Bonus

• Experience at an early-stage startup, especially sub-50 people
• Exposure to legal, paralegal, or contract administration work
• Bookkeeping or finance operations experience
• Recruiting coordination at volume
• Genuine interest in AI, infrastructure, or technology policy

Where This Goes

This is a role with room to grow. The person who does it well will end up owning larger pieces of how the company runs — finance operations, recruiting, legal administration, or people ops, depending on where their strengths land. If you're looking for a seat that stays exactly as scoped, this isn't it.