Product and Ops Lead — Sieve

Product and Ops Lead — Sieve

Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite)
Compensation: $150,000–$250,000
Visa Sponsorship: None available
Employment Type: Full-Time

About Sieve

Sieve is the only AI research company focused exclusively on video data infrastructure and video intelligence. Their thesis: video training data quality is one of the largest constraints in frontier AI model development. Sieve partners with frontier AI labs and Fortune 100 enterprise customers, operating exabyte-scale video infrastructure with a team of approximately 15. Series A backed by Matrix Partners, Swift Ventures, Y Combinator, and AI Grant.

About the Role

This is a founding operations and product role focused on building and scaling the core data operations that power AI systems. This is a high-ownership position working directly with leadership to define strategy, build processes, and scale infrastructure in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment. You will own projects end to end with full accountability for execution and outcomes.

What You'll Own

• Own and execute core operational initiatives supporting engineering and product teams
• Build and scale data operations including sourcing strategies and partnerships with content providers
• Develop and manage human-in-the-loop workflows including workforce building and quality assurance processes
• Create scalable systems for data acquisition, validation, and delivery to support AI training needs
• Identify and implement new methods for sourcing high-quality datasets
• Work cross-functionally with engineering and leadership to translate business needs into operational systems
• Contribute directly to company strategy and long-term operational direction
• Operate in highly ambiguous environments — defining problems and building solutions independently

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science
• Excellent general problem-solving skills
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to drive initiatives independently
• Comfort operating in undefined and fast-moving environments
• Ability to work onsite in San Francisco

Nice to Have

• At least 1 year of engineering experience
• Experience in operations within AI or technical environments
• Experience as an early hire at a startup
• Ability to operate across technical and non-technical domains

This Role Is NOT For

• Purely non-technical backgrounds
• Candidates with no experience working with external partners or vendors
• Profiles lacking operations or product management experience
• Low-ownership candidates who cannot work independently

Logistics

• Role is fully onsite in San Francisco — please only apply if you can commit to this
• No visa sponsorship available

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by David Joseph & Co., the recruiting partner managing this search on behalf of Sieve.