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Code Metal is the leader in automated software engineering using formal methods to verify AI-generated code. The company serves defense and government contractors including the U.S. Air Force, L3Harris, RTX, and Toshiba, helping them modernize legacy code and move prototypes to production. Founded in 2023 and backed by Accel, Salesforce Ventures, and B Capital, Code Metal is rapidly expanding across Boston, San Francisco, Washington DC, and distributed teams.
As People Operations Generalist, you will own core day-to-day People Team execution and report to the Director of People Operations. This is a builder role where many processes are still young, giving you agency to improve and scale them.
Key responsibilities include:
- Employee lifecycle execution: manage onboarding, offboarding, job changes, and background checks from offer to last day; maintain accurate employee roster and Justworks data
- Execute people programs: run twice-yearly feedback cycles, compensation reviews, and new hire onboarding including timelines, manager packets, and follow-through
- Administer benefits and leave: serve as first stop for benefits questions, run open enrollment, manage leaves of absence
- Ensure compliance as the company hires in new states: manage I-9s, required postings and trainings, state registrations, handbook and policy updates; partner with Security and Facility Security Officer to meet government work standards
- Build scalable systems: evaluate PEO-to-HRIS transition, roll out new systems, automate manual workflows
- Turn people data into insights: build and maintain headcount, org, and program reports
- Be a trusted resource: answer employee and manager questions with discretion, document processes, identify patterns, and address root causes
You will work closely with Recruiting, Business Operations, Finance, IT, and Security teams.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 4+ years in People Operations or HR generalist roles, including time at a fast-growing startup
- Hands-on experience running core HR/People operations on a PEO or HRIS
- Working knowledge of U.S. employment compliance across multiple states, including Massachusetts and California
- Demonstrated execution of at least one people program end-to-end (e.g., open enrollment, review cycle, onboarding program)
- Proficiency in Google Sheets, data reconciliation across systems, building reports, and data storytelling
- Strong judgment and discretion with confidential information; ability to know when to follow policy and when to flag exceptions
- Excellent verbal and written communication with warm, clear, accessible employee engagement style
NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience at a defense, government contracting, or other regulated company
- Experience selecting or implementing an HRIS or complex software tool
- Experience running communications for people programs (rollouts, all-hands segments, manager toolkits)
- Familiarity with automation, no-code, or AI tools (Zapier, Google Apps Script, etc.)
