Strategy & Ops Engineer

Happyrobot Inc.•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

HappyRobot is the AI-native operating system for the real economy—a system that closes the circuit between intelligence and action. By combining real-time truth, specialized AI workers, and an orchestrating intelligence, we help enterprises run complex, mission-critical operations with true autonomy. Our AI OS compounds knowledge, optimizes at every level, and evolves over time. We’re starting with supply chain and industrial-scale operations, where resilience, speed, and continuous improvement matter most—freeing humans to focus on strategy, creativity, and other high-value tasks. You can learn more about our vision in our Manifesto. HappyRobot has raised $62M to date, including our most recent $44M Series B in September 2025. Our investors include Y Combinator (YC), Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and Base10—partners who believe in our mission to redefine how enterprises operate. We’re channeling this investment into building a world-class team: people with relentless drive, sharp problem-solving skills, and the passion to push limits in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment. If this resonates, you belong at HappyRobot. We’re looking for a Strategy & Operations Engineer to systematically eliminate manual work across the company by designing, building, and owning internal systems and automations. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and business operations and is focused on creating durable leverage—replacing ad hoc processes and administrative work with scalable, technical solutions.

Requirements

Strong software engineering fundamentals and comfort shipping real systems
Experience building automations or internal tools using Python, SQL, APIs, and/or scripting languages
Ability to reason about systems, edge cases, failure modes, and long-term maintainability
Strong business intuition—understanding how operational systems affect cost, speed, and scale
Extreme ownership: you find problems, design solutions, and ship without being asked
High agency, urgency, and comfort operating in ambiguity
Clear written and verbal communication

Responsibilities

Identify manual, repetitive, and error-prone operational workflows across the company
Design and build internal tools, automations, and lightweight services to replace manual processes
Integrate systems across finance, sales, procurement, legal, and customer support
Write production-quality scripts, services, or automations (APIs, cron jobs, data pipelines, internal dashboards)
Own operational systems from design through deployment, monitoring, and iteration
Analyze operational data to prioritize high-leverage improvements and measure impact
Reduce dependency on administrative headcount through automation and system design
Improve go-to-market operations by building better tooling between sales, finance, and legal
Support contract management and procurement through structured, automated workflows
Ensure data accuracy, reliability, and observability across operational systems
Execute ambiguous, high-impact operational projects with minimal guidance

Benefits

Opportunity to work at a high-growth AI startup, backed by top investors.
Rapidly growing and backed by top investors including a16z, Y Combinator, and Base10.
Ownership & Autonomy - Take full ownership of projects and ship fast.
Work With the Best - Join a world-class team of engineers and builders.

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