Executive Assistant

Goodfire•San Francisco, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Goodfire is a research company using interpretability to understand, learn from, and design AI systems. Our mission is to build the next generation of safe and powerful AI—not by scaling alone, but by understanding the intelligence we're building. Scaling has proven powerful, but today's approach is fundamentally limited: we can't meaningfully understand, debug, or shape what models learn. Every engineering discipline has been gated by fundamental science and AI is at that inflection point now. We're advancing the science of how AI systems actually work. Treating models as black boxes is an unnecessary handicap—we have access to the structures inside them, and understanding those structures lets us steer what models learn, make them safer and more useful, and extract the vast knowledge they contain. Our goal is to make AI that can be understood, debugged, and shaped like software. Goodfire is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco with a team of the world’s top interpretability researchers and engineers from organizations like OpenAI and DeepMind. We're backed by over $200M from B Capital, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed, Eric Schmidt, and others. About the role We’re searching for an Executive Assistant who will support our COO and Principal Investigator- someone who will make it their mission to protect their time and attention so they can stay focused on the highest-impact work. You’ll own their calendar and inboxes, orchestrate travel and meeting logistics, assist with personal tasks, coordinate internal and external meetings, and partner closely with our Operations team to create an exceptional employee experience. The work is intense and fast-paced. We’re looking for someone who can keep pace without ever lowering their standards for excellence. No two days will look the same and you’ll face problems that don’t come with a playbook. If you thrive in ambiguity, love bringing order to complexity, and find genuine joy in making helping people and an organization run better, we’d love to hear from you!

Requirements

You care deeply, have an exceptionally high bar for quality, are relentlessly organized, have strong communication skills, and are energized by solving problems.
You thrive in high-growth environments where priorities shift quickly, take pride in flawless execution, and treat every challenge, whether rescheduling a board meeting or sourcing last-minute catering, as an opportunity to do valuable and meaningful work.
You also understand that strong executive support is built on strong relationships, so you have a desire to invest in earning trust across the organization to become a reliable partner to everyone in the organization.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment
Prior experience supporting C‑level executives in a venture‑backed startup
Comfort negotiating with vendors and managing complex calendars across time zones
Demonstrated success planning multi‑day off‑sites or customer events
Proficiency with modern productivity tools (e.g., Google Workspace, Notion, Slack)

Responsibilities

Own their calendar and inboxes
Orchestrate travel and meeting logistics
Assist with personal tasks
Coordinate internal and external meetings
Partner closely with our Operations team to create an exceptional employee experience