Special Projects

Architect Labs • Palo Alto, CA

2d

About The Position

As a member of Special Projects at Architect, you will work closely with the founders and leadership team to address the company’s highest-priority business challenges. You will take important, ambiguous problems across areas such as finance, legal, HR, recruiting, and operations, determine what needs to happen, and drive the work through completion. This is a hands-on, high-trust role for a resourceful generalist who combines sound judgment with strong execution.

Architect is a frontier AI lab for custom silicon. It partners with frontier labs, clouds and neoclouds, physical AI companies, and advanced fabs to tape out custom chips co-designed for next-generation AI workloads. The company aims to shorten end-to-end software-to-silicon timelines and maximize intelligence per watt and per dollar. Its team spans silicon, systems, software, and frontier AI.

Requirements

• Demonstrated agency and follow-through, including a track record of making difficult things happen with limited direction or resources.
• Strong business fundamentals, including the ability to navigate budgets, contracts, hiring processes, and operational tradeoffs, and to know when to bring in specialists.
• Structured, pragmatic problem-solving; ability to learn unfamiliar topics quickly, prioritize effectively, and turn ambiguity into action.
• Outstanding judgment and discretion when handling sensitive information.
• Clear communication with founders, teammates, and external partners.
• A generalist mindset and comfort with both strategy and hands-on execution.

Nice To Haves

• Experience as an early startup operator, founder, or chief of staff.
• Experience in a demanding finance, consulting, or business-operations environment.

Responsibilities

• Own critical projects end to end by turning loosely defined priorities into clear plans, coordinating stakeholders, and delivering results.
• Support financial planning, budgets, reporting, purchasing, vendor management, and operational decisions.
• Work with external counsel and advisors on contracts, compliance, and corporate matters.
• Support recruiting, onboarding, and HR processes.
• Create simple, scalable systems and use AI and automation where they meaningfully improve company operations.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, handle urgent issues, and take ownership of work across functional boundaries.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• Fast-paced startup environment with autonomy and visible impact.
• Opportunity to work directly with the founding team and help build the operating foundation of a frontier AI and silicon company.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed