Growth Associate

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About the role

ABOUT AFTERQUERY

AfterQuery https://www.afterquery.com/ is an applied research lab curating data solutions for foundation model development. We serve every frontier AI lab with the mission of delivering the best data to power the best models. In doing so, we can make expertise that once took a lifetime to build available to anyone who needs it.

Our customers are the ones building the foundation models themselves and our work sits directly in the loop of how those systems improve. This is a rare opportunity to join a company at a defining moment in AI. Forbes reported that we could be YC's fastest unicorn, reportedly raising at a $3.2 billion valuation. We're based in San Francisco and backed by leading investors including Altos Ventures, BoxGroup, and Y Combinator and angels from Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta Superintelligence Labs, and Microsoft AI.

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WHY APPLY

Massive Opportunity: Forbes reported that we could be YC's fastest unicorn, reportedly raising at a $3.2 billion valuation, and we're not slowing down.

Founding Impact: You will own and architect core infrastructure systems that power our platform from the ground up.

Equity & Growth: Competitive salary and meaningful equity. As we scale, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the engineering organization and lead major technical initiatives.

Strong Team: Our founding team has experience from Citadel Securities, Meta, Google, Silver Lake, and Morgan Stanley — work alongside world-class engineers and researchers.

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OVERVIEW

AfterQuery is hiring Growth Associates to architect and scale the expert supply engine powering frontier AI training. You will own both manual and automated acquisition pipelines to grow our expert network from 100K to hundreds of thousands and beyond. This role blends GTM automation engineering, talent acquisition, marketing, conference planning, partnership building, purchasing, and distribution.

This is not a typical “growth” role. It is an operational, and strategic position working directly with our founding team. You will design scalable systems, run experiments, recruit elite experts and operators, build automation stacks, represent AfterQuery at conferences and panels, and drive brand amplification / marketing initiatives.

The work

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build, optimize, and scale automated expert sourcing pipelines
• Leverage LinkedIn and similar platforms to identify and bring on professionals from diverse industries
• Lead purchasing efforts in the up and coming data acquisition field
• Expand AfterQuery's Conference footprint
• Expand Campus Partnership efforts with elite universities and MBA/PHD programs
• Collaborate with Marketing to improve brand awareness and social media strategy
• Work hand in hand with Engineering on Product Design Optimization

Who they want

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience scaling talent networks or marketplaces, recruiting, or outbound sales/lead generation
• Scrappiness, thriving in ambiguity, and being able to overcome bottlenecks on the fly
• Demonstrated track record of elite operational execution
• Analytical rigor; comfort with funnel modeling and pipeline analytics
• Exceptional written and verbal communication
• Evidence of high agency, resourcefulness, and competitive drive

Nice to have

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Proficiency with GTM tooling (Clay, Instantly, Apollo, Zapier, scripts, scrapers)
• Willingness to operate in a 5-6 day startup cadence
• Passion for frontier AI and ambition to build category-defining systems

What you get

COMPANY BENEFITS (FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES)

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions are made without regard to legally protected characteristics under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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• Health Insurance: Medical, Vision, Dental
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Daily Meals: Daily UberEats Stipend
• Monthly Wellness Stipend