Lightning AI
Technical People Operations Specialist
New York, New York, United States · Mid
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$5,981 more — $115,981 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $115,981 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Human Resources Specialists" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- Through our merger with Voltage Park, a neocloud and AI Factory, Lightning AI combines developer-first software with cost-efficient, large-scale compute.
- We serve solo researchers, startups, and large enterprises.
Responsibilities
- In one sentence: build, ship and administer People workflows, systems and solutions that make Lightning run better. This is the core of the role.
- Design secure systems with role-based permissions and appropriate data access. People data is some of the most sensitive data in the company
- Build agents, workflows, dashboards, and decision-support tools that help the People team, managers, and leaders make better decisions faster.
- Own day-to-day People Operations administration across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, employee changes, HRIS updates, documentation, and employee data management.
- Support recurring People programs and operational cycles, pitching in wherever needed to keep the function running smoothly.
- Partner with the broader People team to identify, scope, and ship internal solutions end to end-from research and design through implementation, deployment, and iteration.
- Build and maintain integrations, reporting, and automated workflows across our People systems.
- Build solutions that meet legal and compliance requirements for handling employee data across multiple jurisdictions.
- A demonstrated People Operations specialist with strong product instincts and real experience building secure automated solutions for historically manual tasks:
- In one sentence: build, ship and administer People workflows, systems and solutions that make Lightning run better.
Requirements
- Experience with people data, business systems, analytics platforms, or enterprise data infrastructure (BigQuery, Snowflake, Databricks, SQL, Excel).
- Experience designing secure systems with role-based access control and data permissioning.
- You can turn a multi-team operational mess into a technical solution without needing a roadmap handed to you.
Nice to have
- Agile familiarity with Anthropic / OpenAI, and AI agents
- Experience with Rippling, Greenhouse, Ramp, Carta, Pave, or Tilt
- Company-Wide Winter Break: Two weeks of company closure each winter to disconnect and recharge.
Skills
- Lightning AI is the company behind PyTorch Lightning.
- Teams get the tools they need for experimentation, training, and production inference, with security, observability, and control built in.
- The Way We Work
- Here's what that looks like in practice:
- Move with Urgency:
- Take Ownership:
Compensation
- $110,000 - $160,000 USD
- Annual learning and development allowance to support your professional growth.
Benefits
- We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support our employees' health, well-being, and long-term success:
- Comprehensive Health Coverage:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents.
- 401(k) matching (U.S.) and pension contributions (U.K.).
- Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and floating holidays to support work-life balance.
- Paid Parental & Family Leave:
- Paid leave to support you and your family through life's important moments.
- Annual learning and development allowance to support your professional growth.
Company info
- Lightning AI is the company behind PyTorch Lightning. Founded in 2019, we build an end-to-end platform for developing, training, and deploying AI systems-designed to take ideas from research to production with less friction.
- Through our merger with Voltage Park, a neocloud and AI Factory, Lightning AI combines developer-first software with cost-efficient, large-scale compute. Teams get the tools they need for experimentation, training, and production inference, with security, observability, and control built in.
- We serve solo researchers, startups, and large enterprises. Lightning AI operates globally with offices in New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and London, and is backed by Coatue, Index Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and Firstminute.
- Founded in 2019, we build an end-to-end platform for developing, training, and deploying AI systems-designed to take ideas from research to production with less friction.
- Lightning AI operates globally with offices in New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and London, and is backed by Coatue, Index Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and Firstminute.
- The people who thrive here are builders who move fast, communicate openly, take ownership, and continuously improve themselves, their teams, and our company.
- Move with Urgency: We move quickly, make thoughtful decisions, and keep momentum. We value action over perfection and learn by shipping.
- Take Ownership: We own outcomes, not just our individual work. We make decisions that move the company forward and follow through.
- Communicate Openly: We communicate directly, seek to understand, and create clarity for others. Honest conversations help us move faster together.
- Build Great Teams: We lead by example, empower others, and create healthy teams where people can do their best work.
- Raise the Bar: We're always improving ourselves. We learn from feedback, consistently challenge ourselves to grow, and focus on the work that matters most.
- Think Long-Term: We design for what's next. We create scalable systems, simplify complexity, and use AI and automation to amplify our impact.
This listing is sourced directly from Lightning AI's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.