People Partner, Engineering & ProductPosted today$200K–$220K

Fireworks AI
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The opportunity

Fireworks is the platform for specialized intelligence, enabling companies to build, train, and serve AI models tailored to their own data, workflows, and products. Founded by the team behind PyTorch and backed by AMD, Atreides, Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures, Lightspeed,…

What you'll do

  • Serve as an embedded, trusted advisor to Eng and Product leadership, with: deep context on roadmaps, team structure, and where the org is stretched. Surface risks and opportunities early and challenge leaders candidly on the highest-leverage problems.

  • Partner with leaders and Recruiting to protect the talent bar, calibrating on: role scope, leveling, and what “great” looks like across engineering, research, product, and design.

  • Work with senior leadership to shape how we develop and enable managers in: this org, building the practical coaching, frameworks, and support that help first-time and newly hired managers lead well.

  • Shape performance and growth approaches that work for different roles and: groups across technical teams, including clear leveling expectations, fair calibration, and career paths for both IC and management tracks.

  • Equip leaders to hire well, set clear expectations, give direct feedback, and: navigate change (reorgs, team splits, role and level changes) with clarity and care.

  • Use headcount, performance, attrition, and engagement data to flag where: talent density needs attention and to identify top talent and flight risks early, informing retention conversations.

What they're looking for

  • Manage employee relations with sound judgment, recommending pragmatic,: business-appropriate resolutions and knowing when to coach, act, or escalate, while reinforcing company-wide values.
  • –8 years of progressive HR experience, with meaningful time as an HRBP or: People Partner supporting engineering, product, or R&D organizations, ideally in a high-growth tech or AI environment
  • Genuine fluency in how technical orgs operate (team structures, IC vs.: management paths, what motivates engineers, researchers, and PMs) and the ability to speak that language directly with leaders
  • Experience partnering with all levels of management, from VP+ leaders to first-time managers