Careers at Starnest

Build the company thatbuilds the AI economy.

We're hiring across investing, programs, engineering, design, talent, and partnerships — globally remote, with hubs in the UK, US, UAE, China and Azerbaijan.

Compounding leverage

Your work is multiplied by every founder, fellow, mentor, and partner in the network.

Global by default

Hubs across the UK, US, UAE, China and Azerbaijan. Pick the city that fits — we'll meet you there.

Builders welcome

We hire operators who've shipped, researchers who've published, founders who've started.

Open roles

18 roles open across the ecosystem.

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Investment Associate, Ventures

Hiring fast

Source, diligence, and back pre-seed and seed AI companies across foundation models, agentic infra, and applied AI.

Investing & Programs·San Francisco · New York·Full-time

Program Director, Accelerator

Run the 12-week Starnest accelerator end-to-end — curriculum, mentor circles, demo day, follow-on intros.

Investing & Programs·London · New York · remote·Full-time

Founder-in-Residence

Hiring fast

Spend 4–9 months inside Starnest building your next AI company. Pre-seed cheque + ecosystem on tap.

Investing & Programs·Any Starnest hub·Full-time

Cohort Operations Lead

Own the operating cadence of every cohort — programs, founder onboarding, mentor matching, KPI rituals.

Investing & Programs·London · Baku·Full-time

Founding ML Engineer

Hiring fast

Build the agentic infrastructure layer powering Starnest companies — model serving, eval, and observability.

Engineering·Remote (US, UK)·Full-time

AI Platform Engineer

Design the GPU + foundation-model credit fabric that every Starnest portfolio company runs on.

Engineering·Remote·Full-time

Full-Stack Engineer, Builder Tools

Ship the apply, talent, and portfolio surfaces — Next.js, TypeScript, Postgres, ship velocity in days not weeks.

Engineering·Remote·Full-time

Research Engineer (Frontier Models)

Research arm working alongside portfolio teams on agentic reasoning, eval, and post-training research.

Engineering·London · San Francisco·Full-time

Brand & Editorial Designer

Own Starnest's visual identity, narrative design, and demo day moments. Senior design IC role.

Design·Remote·Full-time

Product Designer, Builder Tools

Design the surfaces founders, fellows and partners actually live in — apply, talent, portfolio, infra.

Design·Remote·Full-time

Talent Hub Lead

Hiring fast

Build the global Starnest network of researchers, engineers, designers — fellowships, curriculum, placements.

Talent & Community·Dubai · Shanghai·Full-time

Community Manager

Run Starnest chapters across our 5 country hubs. Real meetups, real outcomes, real network density.

Talent & Community·Remote (multi-region)·Full-time

Talent Fellow

Paid 6-month fellowship inside Starnest companies — for early-career researchers, engineers, designers, operators.

Talent & Community·Any Starnest hub·Fellowship

Chief of Staff to CEO

Operating glue across investing, programs, talent, and partnerships. Highly autonomous, highly leveraged role.

Operations·Wherever the CEO is·Full-time

Finance & Ventures Operations

Fund accounting, LP reporting, portfolio operations, follow-on capital. Build with our existing fund admins.

Operations·New York · London·Full-time

Strategic Partnerships — Gaming

Hiring fast

Lead Starnest's gaming vertical, including the Xsolla × Starnest Academy + incubator partnership in Azerbaijan.

Strategic·Baku · Los Angeles · remote·Full-time

Strategic Partnerships — Fintech

Open enterprise distribution and sovereign capital relationships for the fintech corner of the portfolio.

Strategic·London · Dubai · Shanghai·Full-time

Strategic Partnerships — Sovereign

Build long-term sovereign LP and ecosystem relationships across the Gulf, Greater China and the Caspian region.

Strategic·Dubai · Baku·Full-time

Working with us looks like this.

  • Direct access to portfolio founders & operators
  • Fully remote-first, 12 physical hubs
  • Annual learning + research stipend
  • Healthcare, equipment, co-working — handled
  • Equity in Starnest's growth
  • Founder-friendly leave & flexibility