Strategic Projects Associate

AfterQuery is seeking exceptional candidates for our Strategic Projects Associate position. This is not a typical job - you'll work directly with our founding team on high-priority projects spanning product development, research, and operations.Company OverviewAfterQuery is a research lab investigating the boundaries and capabilities of artificial intelligence through novel datasets and experimentation. Our customers are the foundation model labs, and we serve all of the frontier AI labs.We are based in San Francisco, CA, and have raised funding from top investors, including Y Combinator and BoxGroup, ex-partners from Lightspeed and Index Ventures, and senior leadership at Google DeepMind and Meta GenAI.Our founding team brings backgrounds from Jane Street, Meta, Citadel Securities, Google, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Silver Lake, Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR), and Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL).Key ResponsibilitiesWork closely with the world's leading AI labs to build next generation datasets to push the boundaries of AI to the limits, directly generating revenue for the companyManage teams of experts across a wide variety of professional domains, like finance, software engineering, and lawCreate and execute on sales memos and the development of data samplesSupport the team across various operational initiativesWhat We Are Looking ForProficiency or strong interest in AI tools and technologies and Microsoft OfficeExcellent communication skills, both written and verbalWillingness to work 6 days a week, extremely high levels of agencyAbility to learn very quickly and iteratePreference: technical skills (able to use AI tools like Claude Code)Preference: ability to start as soon as possible in-person in SFYour GrowthDevelop unparalleled AI fluency and AI hard skillsGain a network of frontier AI researchers, builders, and investorsLearn how to build a company from 0 to 1Direct mentorship from founding teamReplacement for entry-level IB and consulting roles