Cognition
AI
HROperations
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“HR Operations at Cognition. Build and own core HR operations. Manage onboarding”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years in people operations or HR, Solid generalist foundation across core HR, Practical experience managing US immigration cases, Direct coordination with outside counsel
What You'll Do.
Build and own core HR operations
Manage benefits administration
Manage employee relations
Design scalable systems
Create tracking systems
Manage US immigration end to end
Coordinate with outside counsel
Serve as point of contact for employees
Inform managers on immigration timelines
Inform managers on compliance requirements
Inform managers on people processes
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Coordination with outside counsel
Full Job Description
WE ARE AN APPLIED AI LAB BUILDING END-TO-END SOFTWARE AGENTS. We're the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer, and Windsurf, the AI-native IDE. Together, they represent our vision for collaborative AI teammates that enable engineers to focus on more interesting problems and empower teams to strive for more ambitious goals. Our team is small and talent-dense. Among our founding team, we have world-class competitive programmers, former founders, and leaders from companies at the cutting edge of AI including Scale AI, Palantir, Cursor, Waymo, Tesla, Lunchclub, Modal, Google DeepMind, and Nuro. Building Devin and Windsurf is just the first step—our hardest challenges still lie ahead. If you’re excited to solve some of the world’s biggest problems and build AI that can reason on real-world tasks, apply to join us. ABOUT THE ROLE We're growing fast and bringing in world-class talent from around the globe, and we're doing it differently than most. That kind of momentum doesn't run itself. We're hiring someone to build the engine behind it: the HR processes, playbooks, and systems that can scale as fast as we do. This is a rare chance to own real scope early. You'll help build and run our core HR functions from the ground up, including onboarding, benefits, compensation, compliance, and employee relations. You'll also own our immigration program end to end. Along the way you'll solve hard problems, work cases that actually matter to people's lives, and watch the things you build become how the company runs. In this role you will: - Help build and own core HR operations, including onboarding, offboarding, benefits administration, and employee relations, and keep them running well - Design the systems that make this scalable: tracking, playbooks, checklists, and documentation so nothing falls through the cracks - Manage US immigration end to end (H-1B, O-1, PERM, green cards) in close coordination with outside counsel. - Be the steady point of contact for employees
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