Payroll & People Ops Coordinator

Location: San Mateo, California, United States

Base salary: $150,000–$250,000 USD per year

Company

Building general-purpose robotic intelligence that adapts to unseen scenarios through large-scale, data-driven machine learning.

What you will do

• Process biweekly and semi-monthly payroll across multiple entities, including corrections, off-cycle runs, terminations, and monthly bonuses.
• Manage payroll tax filings, state tax notices, registrations, and other employment-compliance requirements.
• Own HRIS onboarding and maintain accurate employee records.
• Administer benefits, including enrollment, eligibility, carrier billing, renewals, and annual open enrollment.
• Support workers' compensation audits and subsidiary-level payroll and benefits needs.
• Identify and implement process improvements and automation across payroll and benefits workflows.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on payroll processing experience, including corrections, terminations, bonuses, and off-cycle payments.
• Experience administering employee benefits and working with a modern HRIS such as Rippling, Gusto, ADP, or Workday.
• Working knowledge of multi-state payroll tax requirements and experience resolving state tax notices.
• High attention to detail, discretion with confidential compensation and personal data, and strong organizational skills.
• Clear, professional communication with employees about pay, benefits, and leave.
• Experience with workers' compensation audits, state compliance filings, equity administration, HRIS implementation, or system migration is valuable.

Nice to have

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC).
• Experience at a startup or fast-growing company, particularly across multiple entities or subsidiaries.