People&Talent

Few people get to build a bank from scratch. Even fewer get to build one at a moment when banking itself is being reinvented. The dollar is the best product in the history of the world, with practically infinite global demand, but distribution is broken. Global clearing runs on legacy banks that are closed 115 days a year, built for humans and take two days to settle. Augustus is the update to the internet era. We received conditional approval from the OCC to charter America’s first stablecoin-native clearing bank that is always open, made for machines, at the speed of compute. We are a group of operators, unicorn early employees, ex-founders and people who walked away from degrees because they believe this is an industry and career defining opportunity. We're backed with $40M from Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Creandum and founders of Ramp, Deel and Circle. We are regulated in Europe and live with Euro and Stablecoin clearing today. Now, we are building the US team from the ground up, while continuing to grow rapidly in Europe. THE ROLE Augustus is standing up the team, the office, and the culture at the same time. You are here to make that happen. For the first six months the focus is recruiting: building pipelines, closing hires, and protecting the bar. Over time the role grows - onboarding, business partnering, and whatever else a fast-growing regulated startup needs from a sharp, low-ego people person who gets things done. You are the first People hire on the ground in the US - working closely with the founders and senior leadership. YOUR FIRST 6 MONTHS - Months 1-2: You get up to speed on the company, the open roles, and the hiring bar. You start building pipelines immediately - LinkedIn, GitHub, referrals, niche communities. No dry days. You own candidate communication end-to-end: outreach, follow-up, scheduling, and keeping things moving. - Months 3-4: Recruiting runs at full pace with no handholding. You know the hiring bar well enough to push back on hirin