# People Ops

**Company:** [Parallel](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/parallel)
**Location:** California
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $140k – $170k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** People Operations, Hris Management, Rippling, Employment Law, Benefits Administration, Onboarding, Offboarding, Employee Relations, Compliance, Process Building
**Posted:** 2026-06-16

> First People Ops hire responsible for employee lifecycle, benefits, compliance, and building scalable HR processes on top of Rippling at a $2B AI infrastructure startup.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own the full employee lifecycle from onboarding through offboarding
- Manage benefits administration and compliance infrastructure
- Handle employee relations with discretion and maintain trust
- Build processes and judgment layers on top of existing HRIS (Rippling) to support company scaling
- Ensure employment law compliance and proactively identify gaps

## Requirements
- 5+ years in People Ops, including time at a startup building new processes
- Strong knowledge of employment law and ability to spot compliance issues
- Experience managing HRIS platforms (Rippling or similar) with critical thinking
- Proven ability to handle sensitive employee matters with discretion
- Self-starter who can create processes without needing a playbook

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience scaling People Ops functions at a high-growth startup

## Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Generous equity
- Visa sponsorships
- 401K plans
- Daily lunch & office snacks
- Dinner at the office
- Unlimited vacation
- Caltrain pass reimbursement

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