# Founder's Associate

**Company:** [Nango](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/nango)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Business Operations
**Salary:** $140k – $180k/yr
**Skills:** AI, APIs, automations, Python, JavaScript, research, strategy, operations, finance, legal
**Posted:** 2026-07-23

> Work directly with founders on high-impact projects spanning strategy, product, GTM, operations, finance, and hiring at a YC-backed AI integrations startup. Build AI-powered tools and automations while owning ambiguous initiatives end-to-end; ideal for technical candidates aspiring to found or lead a company.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Partner directly with the founders on the highest-leverage problems across the company, spanning product, go-to-market, strategy, operations, finance, and hiring.
- Own ambiguous, high-impact projects end-to-end (e.g. reshape pricing, lead discovery for new AI opportunities, prepare groundwork for launching a new product, rethink positioning based on customer and market research).
- Research markets, ICPs, competitors, customer needs, and emerging trends in AI and developer tools to help define company growth.
- Work closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Sales to turn strategy into execution and ensure priorities are met.
- Build AI-powered systems, automations, and internal tools to help the company scale.
- Lead company-wide initiatives such as offsites, ESOP administration, certifications, compliance projects, internal tooling, or other cross-functional programs.
- Own and continuously improve core business operations, including finance, legal, billing, vendor management, contracts, and other operational processes.
- Act as an extension of the founders, working on whatever is most important to building the company.

## Requirements
- Technical background and comfortable writing code, working with APIs, and building automations (likely an engineer by training or experience).
- Use AI extensively to research, write, analyze, prototype, and automate work.
- Fascinated by startups, B2B SaaS, developer tools, and AI; enjoy understanding products, markets, customers, and company strategy.
- Exceptionally analytical, structured, and able to quickly learn unfamiliar domains (pricing, legal, finance, compliance, go-to-market).
- Comfortable owning ambiguous problems without a playbook and driving them to completion.
- Communicate clearly, think independently, and earn trust across technical and non-technical teams.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Been a founder, an early startup employee, contributed to open source, built developer products, or have experience in a fast-growing B2B software company.

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