Hiring: AI-Native Founder’s Associate Company: Aonic Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 17:57:41 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords: AI-native operations, automation, low-code tools, AI-powered workflows, product sourcing, supplier discovery, negotiation workflows, growth enablement, financial analysis, forecasting, unit economics, business intelligence, dashboards, contribution margin, systems thinking, high-agency execution Experience: - Early-career professional seeking maximum learning, responsibility, and exposure - Hands-on experience using AI tools, automation platforms, and low-code solutions to drive real outcomes - Comfort working across operations, growth, and finance - Interest in solving real-world business problems, including physical operations such as production, supply chain, warehousing, delivery, and customer experience - Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Required Skills: - Strong analytical and problem-solving ability across operations, growth, and finance - Ability to take ambiguous, high-stakes problems and turn them into structured analyses, decisions, and execution - Building AI-powered systems and workflows - Supporting and improving day-to-day operations across fulfillment, customer experience, supply chain coordination, and internal workflows - Identifying bottlenecks and designing AI-driven solutions - Owning operational projects end-to-end - Using AI to scan markets for products and ingredients and build sourcing pipelines - Building automated supplier discovery and outreach workflows - Designing AI-assisted negotiation workflows for pricing, MOQs, and terms - Supporting growth initiatives across marketing, experimentation, and performance tracking - Building AI-assisted workflows for reporting, analysis, and execution - Supporting financial analysis, forecasting, and unit economics - Building and maintaining models, dashboards, and AI-powered reporting tools - Leveraging AI, automation, and low-code tools to improve execution speed and quality - Building internal tools, scripts, and workflows to reduce manual work - Comfort moving fluidly between strategy and execution - Comfort owning problems without instructions Qualifications: - Degree from a top-tier university in engineering, science, math, business, or a related field - Candidates with a business background must have taught themselves at least basic coding and demonstrate technical fluency - AI-native mindset with hands-on experience using AI tools, automation platforms, and low-code solutions - Strong analytical and problem-solving ability - Genuine interest in solving real-world business problems, including physical operations - Extremely hungry and ambitious, actively seeking responsibility and steep growth - Strong work ethic and intensity, comfortable operating in an environment that works 8–7 Monday to Thursday and 8–5 on Fridays - Book-smart: strong academic foundation and structured thinking - Street-smart: practical judgment, prioritization, and commercial intuition - People-smart: able to work across functions without ego and communicate clearly - AI-native: naturally reaches for AI and automation as a first instinct - High-agency: sees problems, takes ownership, and executes without waiting - Content-native (bonus): loves creating content and authentic storytelling Compensation: - Base pay range: $120,000.00/yr - $140,000.00/yr - Additional compensation types: RSUs - Substantial equity (targeting 7-figure annual comp through upside) - Reports to: CEO - Location: San Francisco (Jackson Square) - onsite, high-collaboration role - Featured benefits: Medical insurance, Vision insurance, Dental insurance, 401(k), Pension plan Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!