Member of Technical Staff, Founding Finance

Mirendil•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

Mirendil is a tech-first company focused on solving core bottlenecks that unlock step-change acceleration across science and technology. Its first goal is to democratize frontier AI research and development across scientific disciplines. The company is building a frontier AI research company and training its own models end-to-end. As Mirendil’s first internal finance hire, you will own financial planning and execution, working closely with business leadership and the founders. This is a hands-on role in which finance is your defining strength, with responsibility for vendors and commercial agreements and flexibility to take on selected internal operations. The role offers a base salary of USD 250,000–350,000 and a meaningful equity grant, depending on experience and background, along with competitive benefits.

Requirements

Typically 6+ years of experience across investment banking, private equity, other investing, or strategic finance.
Strong financial training and a record of excellence.
Excellent financial modeling and accounting fundamentals, including the ability to build operating models and cash forecasts, interpret financial statements, assess financing and contract economics, and oversee external accountants effectively.
Commercial and financing judgment, including experience with financing transactions, capital investment, pricing, and significant commercial agreements.
Comfort working through terms in detail, negotiating business issues, and working with lenders, counsel, and other specialists.

Nice To Haves

Experience at a leading financial institution and at a growing technology company.
Hands-on operating or entrepreneurial experience; experience as a founder, finance leader, or operator in a growing company is strongly preferred.
Experience with debt, credit, equipment, or asset financing.
Experience with AI infrastructure, cloud services, or other businesses with substantial capital commitments.
Experience with usage-based pricing, customer credit and collections, procurement, or commercial contract negotiations.

Responsibilities

Own financial planning and cash management, including building budgets and forecasts, tracking spending and contractual commitments, managing liquidity, and establishing practical financial controls.
Model research spending, customer delivery costs, and infrastructure investments; support pricing, margin analysis, and major compute decisions.
Assess debt financing and compute ownership versus rental; evaluate proposals, coordinate lenders and advisers, and manage financing obligations.
Establish customer credit and payment terms with the commercial team, ensure accurate invoicing, and manage receivables exposure.
Oversee accountants and controllers, financial reporting, tax coordination, and audit preparation; maintain financial oversight of payroll and prepare leadership, investor, and board reporting.
Manage vendor selection, onboarding, performance, and renewals; review and negotiate vendor and customer terms, coordinate with counsel, and track contractual obligations.
Improve internal tools, approvals, and workflows; partner with People and Operations on payroll, benefits, and HR administration processes, and coordinate compliance tasks with specialists.