Verified Job On Employer Career Site Job Summary: Arcade is building the world’s first AI physical product creation platform, enabling users to design, purchase, and sell custom products using generative AI. The Founder Associate role involves working directly with the CEO to address strategic and operational challenges, leading cross-functional initiatives, and shaping the future of e-commerce through innovative solutions. Responsibilities: • Lead and own cross-functional initiatives across product, growth, internal systems, and company strategy • Design and build internal tools, scripts, dashboards, and automations that increase team velocity • Partner with the CEO on strategic projects, product roadmap design, fundraising prep, investor memos, and board materials • Unblock internal bottlenecks, from recruiting to execution, with fast, scrappy systems and scalable solutions • Drive Arcade’s operating cadence: team meetings, internal comms, company-wide goal setting, and tracking • Research best-in-class consumer experiences, AI trends, and competitor moves, and synthesize them into action • Prototype workflows, tools, and dashboards using Python, SQL, Notion, Zapier, Clay, Linear, Airtable, etc • Shape the foundation of a new kind of e-commerce company built on AI and creative ownership Qualifications: Required: • Must be able to start sometime very soon: preferably by Fall 2025 • A product-minded, systems-oriented brain with exceptional execution • Experience sourcing, customizing, or building internal or cross-functional tools • Fluency in Python or SQL for analytics and tool-building • Ability to ship fast using APIs and automation platforms (Zapier, Clay, Notion, etc.) • Strong writing and communication across functions • Track record of owning outcomes, not just participating in them Preferred: • Bonus: prior founder, early-stage PM or engineer, startup operator, or investor Company: Arcade is the world’s first AI product creation platform, enabling anyone to design, purchase, and sell custom, manufacturable products with a simple text or image prompt. Founded in 2023, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, US, with a team of 11-50 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.