Why you’ll love working at Elicit
Why you might not love working here
Ambiguity aplenty
While we’ve raised a $22 million Series A round and are growing in revenue every month, we’re still a very early stage startup exploring our product market fit. That means projects and priorities will shift frequently. If you’re a person who loves a lot of clearly defined structure and certainty, this might not be the right time for you to join Elicit (yet).
Self-direction is expected
We’re a small team who loves to learn but if you need close mentorship, you might not find it here. We will support your growth, but at our stage, we need people who are excited to lead and direct their own learning, and who feel great about making impactful decisions daily.
Small teams + little hierarchy
If having lots of direct reports is meaningful to you, you might not feel fulfilled at Elicit right away. We’re growing our team (sometimes painfully) slowly, which means we don’t expect new management layers to form any time soon. We embrace leadership and opportunities to teach your teammates what you know, but if your career goals include directly managing other humans, you should know your role might not move in that direction at Elicit.
Cross-team collaboration is our norm
We are looking for people who excel in their wheelhouse, but who will also engage with and offer their perspective across different parts of the company. If you prefer to focus on your own lane, we’re probably not quite ready for you yet. We are building Elicit together, as a team, and need people who are comfortable dissenting and raising flags when we could do something better.
We like spending time in person
If you're looking for a fully-remote position, Elicit is not for you. If you won't be working from our Oakland office, we ask you to spend 1 week out of every 6 with teammates. We have co-working weeks and team retreats at this cadence, and get a lot of value (and enjoyment!) from seeing each other in-person during these times.
Benefits
Health, dental, vision, and life insurance: Full coverage for you, and generous coverage for your family
Flexible PTO: Flexible time off with a recommended minimum of 20 days per year, plus company holidays
Retirement plan: 401K with a 6% employer match, and comparable benefits offered internationally
Paid parental leave: 20 weeks of family leave for all new parents, with 12 weeks fully paid
Flexible work environment: Choice of working from the Oakland office or remotely, with required time zone overlap
AI exploration and learning budget: $1,000 per quarter to spend on AI education, tool adoption, and role-specific development
Our values
Our Team
Our team has backgrounds and interests spanning research, academia, startups, engineering, and tools for thought. When we aren’t saving the world from AI catastrophe and the slow demise of the modern concept of truth, we are making music, gardening, baking elaborately layered desserts that take multiple days to complete, “vlogging” (sort of), and spending time with our cats.
We’re backed by an outstanding group of investors, including deep tech seed fund Fifty Years, with participation from Basis Set, Illusian, Mythos, Julian Capital, and angel investors with expertise in AI & AI alignment, startups, and research, including Tom Preston-Werner, co-founder of Github, Arash Ferdowsi, co-founder of Dropbox, Thomas Ebeling, former CEO of Novartis, and Jeff Dean, Chief Scientist at Google.
