Executive Assistant

About Goodfire

Behind our name: Like fire, AI holds the potential for both devastating harm and immense benefit. Just as our ancestors' mastery of fire enabled them to cook food, smelt metals, and launch rockets into space, AI stands as humanity's most profound innovation since that first controlled flame. Our goal is to tame this new fire, enabling a safe transition into a post-AGI world.

Goodfire is an AI interpretability research lab focused on understanding and intentionally designing advanced AI systems. We believe that advances in interpretability will unlock the next frontier of safe and powerful foundation models.

Our flagship product is Ember - the universal platform for neural programming. Ember decodes the neurons of an AI model to give direct, programmable access to its internal representations. By moving beyond black-box inputs and outputs, Ember unlocks entirely new ways to apply, train, and align AI models — allowing users to discover new knowledge hidden in their model, precisely shape its behaviors, and improve its performance.

We’re backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, NFDG’s AI Grant, South Park Commons, Work-Bench, and other leading investors.

Working at Goodfire

Our team brings together AI interpretability experts and experienced startup operators from organizations like OpenAI and DeepMind, united by the belief that interpretability is essential to advancing AI development.

We're a public benefit corporation based in San Francisco. All roles are in-person, five days a week, at our Telegraph Hill office.

The role:

We are searching for an Executive Assistant who will become the operational right hand to our founders. You will own their calendars, orchestrate travel and meeting logistics, help with personal errands, purchase supplies, coordinate events and off‑sites, and partner closely with our new Operations Manager to keep the Telegraph Hill office running smoothly. The rhythm of the work can be intense and fast‑moving; your north star is to anticipate needs before they surface, and eliminate friction.

Who you are:

You’re an experienced executive assistant, who is organized, energetic and determined. At Goodfire, we also care deeply about hiring those who embody our values:

• Put mission and team first All we do is in service of our mission. We trust each other, deeply care about the success of the organization, and choose to put our team above ourselves.
• Improve constantly We are constantly looking to improve every piece of the business. We proactively critique ourselves and others in a kind and thoughtful way that translates to practical improvements in the organization. We are pragmatic and consistently implement the obvious fixes that work.
• Take ownership and initiative There are no bystanders here. We proactively identify problems and take full responsibility over getting a strong result. We are self-driven, own our mistakes, and feel deep responsibility over what we’re building.
• Action today We have a small amount of time to do something incredibly hard and meaningful. The pace and intensity of the organization is high. If we can take action today or tomorrow, we will choose to do it today.

If you share our values and have at least two years of relevant experience, we encourage you to apply and join us in shaping the future.

What we are looking for:

You are relentlessly organized, a strong written and verbal communicator, and thoughtful with sensitive professional information. You thrive in high‑growth environments where priorities shift quickly, take pride in flawless execution, and treat every challenge—whether rescheduling a board meeting or sourcing last‑minute catering—as an opportunity to do valuable and meaningful work.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment
• Prior experience supporting C‑level executives in a venture‑backed startup
• Comfort negotiating with vendors and managing complex calendars across time zones
• Demonstrated success planning multi‑day off‑sites or customer events
• Proficiency with modern productivity tools (e.g., Google Workspace, Notion, Brex, Airtable).

This role offers market competitive salary, equity, and competitive benefits. More importantly, you'll have the opportunity to work on groundbreaking technology with a world-class team dedicated to ensuring a safe and beneficial future for humanity.

The expected salary range for this position is $100,000 – $200,000 USD.

This role reports to our CEO.