Chief of Staff

Warp: We're Building the Platform for Agentic Development

Warp began with the vision of reimagining one of the fundamental dev tools—the terminal—to make it more usable and powerful for all developers. As AI has advanced, Warp has evolved beyond its terminal roots into the platform for Agentic Development: a workbench for dispatching agents to code, deploy, and debug production software.

With over 700k active developers and revenue that has grown over 20x this year so far, Warp is now one of the fastest growing startups in the exploding AI development space. We believe that soon developers will be “tech leads” for groups of agents; rather than opening a code editor to write code or a terminal to write commands, they will open Warp and prompt their computer to build features, fix bugs, and diagnose production issues.

With its starting point as a reimagined command line, Warp is well-positioned to support agent-first workflows: It sits at the lowest level in the dev stack, has access to all of a developer’s context, and is set up for multitasking and long-running processes. In addition, Warp has state-of-the-art code editing features and built-in team knowledge sharing. It’s the right interface for the agentic future.

Our mission has remained the same even as AI has advanced: to empower developers to ship better software more quickly, freeing them to focus on the creative and rewarding aspects of their work.

For more information on our team and culture, we highly recommend reading our How We Work.

Why this role?

Warp is a fast growing startup, and as we grow the complexity of running the business has increased. We have operational needs around finance, legal, IT, people, talent and more that we are seeking an experienced operator to oversee.

In addition to operational needs, there are also business opportunities we are leaving on the table – everything from partnerships to business development to pricing & packaging, and more. We want a strategic, analytical generalist who can help the business succeed wherever our current needs are greatest.

The person in this role will be joining the executive team, reporting directly to the founder and CEO. 

As our Chief of Staff, you will…

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and executive leadership, providing strategic insights, recommendations, and solutions to support effective decision-making
• Manage nascent functions of the business as we scale, with potential tours of duty across finance, legal, IT, people and talent – you will be responsible for making sure that as Warp scales we set up the right systems for long term success while being pragmatic about what we need right now
• Help hire and possibly manage functional ops leaders as the business grows, e.g. helping hire leaders and teams in legal, finance, IT, people, and talent
• Help manage the company’s operating rhythm, leading the structured cadence of key processes, meetings, activities and offsites
• Lead high-impact, cross-functional projects – for example, exploring partnerships, working on pricing and packaging with the product team, and generally applying high business acumen to whatever the company’s biggest business challenges are
• Be a close partner to the CEO on key initiatives like fundraising, BOD meetings, etc

You may be a good fit if…

• 5+ years of experience in a senior leadership role (e.g., Chief of Staff, Director or VP of Strategy, Director or VP of Operations) within a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Experience working closely with CEO and executive leadership teams. Ability to build trust and influence at all levels of the organization
• Strong bias to action and resonance with Warp’s company operating principles and values: see https://warpdev.notion.site/
• Strong background in project management, process optimization, and results-driven execution
• You spike on general business thinking – this is a generalist role and we specifically are not hiring for a vertical leader in HR, finance, People, etc at our stage
• Founder experience is strongly preferred – you get the challenges of scaling companies and enjoy tackling whatever our current problem is, while still keeping an eye on achieving our long-term vision and mission
• Software development experience is a plus, but not required.  The best fit for this role is someone who can learn our space quickly.

At Warp, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway! Most of us are learning new skills for the first time (like our engineers learning to program Warp in Rust). You might be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Salary Transparency

Total compensation at Warp consists of two parts: 1) a competitive base salary, and 2) meaningful equity.

When we find the right person, we try to put our best foot forward with an offer that excites you. The budgeted compensation range for this role is targeted at $240,000 – $270,000. Final total compensation depends on experience and expertise.

All employees receive meaningful equity in the company, offering significant upside potential. We’re happy to walk you through different valuation scenarios at the offer stage.

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary & Meaningful Equity
• Full Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits (80% dependent coverage)
• Flexible remote-first culture, optional offices in NYC and SF
• Pre-tax FSA Health Savings Plan
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 20 Days Paid Time Off
• Unlimited Sick Time
• 12 US Holidays
• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave
• Twice-a-year Company Retreats
• Monthly Gym and Internet Stipend
• Guideline 401(k)
• Complimentary OneMedical membership

Individuals seeking employment at Warp are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

About Warp

We are a company run by product-first builders, building a core product for all developers. We are committed to understanding our users deeply. We will ultimately build the best product and business if that team includes developers and designers from a wide range of backgrounds. The early team comes from Google, Dropbox, Gem, LinkedIn, and Facebook. We are looking for passionate individuals to join us and help bring Warp to the world.

We value honesty, humility, and pragmatism, and our core product principle is focusing on the user. If you’re interested in learning more about our company values and the culture of our engineering team, please take a look at our internal 'How We Work' guide.

We’re very fortunate to be backed by a great group of venture capital firms. In August 2023, we announced a $50M Series B funding round ($73M total raised), led by Sequoia Capital. Our other investors include Google Ventures, Neo, and Box Group. We are also backed by a network of passionate angels, including Dylan Field (Co-Founder and CEO, Figma), Elad Gil (early investor in Airbnb, Pinterest, Stripe, and Square), Jeff Weiner (Executive Chairman and Ex-CEO, LinkedIn), Marc Benioff (Founder and CEO, Salesforce), and Sam Altman (Co-Founder & CEO, OpenAI).

The Product

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