People Operations Generalist

The role

You will work across the systems, data, and processes behind the employee lifecycle. This includes managing the HRIS, time off, payroll-impacting changes, and onboarding and offboarding.

What you will do

• Keep Rippling accurate and audit-ready for employee data, workflows, permissions, and reporting.
• Run time off administration including policy configuration, accruals, California sick leave compliance, and payroll reconciliation.
• Process payroll-impacting changes including new hires, compensation changes, transfers, leaves, and terminations.
• Coordinate onboarding and offboarding across HR, IT, Finance, Payroll, and hiring managers.
• Find and implement automation through Rippling workflows, integrations, and AI tools.
• Maintain compliance and reporting data for I-9, wage and hour records, EEO-1, California Pay Data Reporting, and ACA.
• Process leaves of absence and benefits changes.
• Provide coverage across any part of People Operations as needed.

Required qualifications

• 4–7 years in People Operations, HR Operations, or HRIS roles.
• Hands-on experience across employee lifecycle processes and systems.
• HRIS administration experience including workflow configuration, permissions, custom reporting, and data integrity.
• Direct experience administering time off and payroll-impacting processes.
• Working knowledge of California wage and hour, sick leave, and final pay requirements.
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills including lookups, pivots, and reconciling data.
• Track record in a fast-growing or early-stage environment building or rebuilding HR processes or systems from scratch.

Nice to have

• Rippling experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with Rippling’s Custom Integration Platform (CIP) or similar integration and automation tools.
• Experience supporting hourly, non-exempt workforces in manufacturing or operations environments.
• Multi-state People Operations experience.
• Experience with EEO-1, California Pay Data, ACA, and 401(k) reporting.
• Experience with Tilt, Ashby, or similar HR technology platforms.
• Experience using Claude or other AI tools to automate or improve recurring HR processes.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
• 401(k) plan with company match (100% on the first 3% of contributions, 50% on the next 2%)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options
• Commuter benefits (transit and parking)
• Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial, and personal support
• Onsite snacks and catered lunches

About the company

1X is building humanoid robots that work in homes to do chores and handle tasks. They have been working on robotics, AI, and manufacturing since 2014.