People Operations Generalist

Location: Based in the Santa Clara office, California, United States

Company

hirify.global builds AI infrastructure and high-performance networking systems across networking, hardware, software, systems, and manufacturing.

What you will do

• Support new-hire onboarding and orientation from the initial interaction through the employee's first day.
• Coordinate recruiting activities, including interview scheduling, candidate communication, recruiting trackers, and sourcing through job boards, professional networks, and universities.
• Support campus recruiting by coordinating career fairs and university events, logistics, materials, and swag.
• Maintain accurate employee and candidate records in HR and recruiting systems and support employee lifecycle administration, including offboarding.
• Act as a first point of contact for questions about People policies and processes, escalating complex questions appropriately.
• Support People programs and events, simplify repeatable work with AI tools, and contribute to evolving People team projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2–3 years of experience in HR, People Operations, recruiting coordination, or a related role.
• Experience supporting onboarding and other employee lifecycle processes.
• Exposure to recruiting, including interview coordination or candidate sourcing.
• Experience with an HRIS and/or applicant tracking system, such as BambooHR, Rippling, or similar, and the ability to learn new tools quickly.
• Proficiency with Google Workspace, especially Sheets, Docs, and Gmail.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in data entry and record keeping.
• Experience coordinating schedules, events, or logistics.
• Clear, friendly written and verbal communication; a warm, approachable, service-minded style; discretion with confidential information; strong organization and follow-through; curiosity, ownership, initiative, and adaptability.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative startup environment.
• Comfort using AI tools to research, draft, and improve day-to-day productivity.

Nice to have

• Experience in a startup or fast-growing technology company.
• Campus recruiting or career fair experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, cross-functional work with the People team, Recruiting, IT, Finance, and hiring managers.
• Opportunity to help shape the People function and company culture as the organization grows.
• Exposure to experts across AI infrastructure, networking, hardware, software, systems, manufacturing, and recruiting.