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title: 'Chief of Staff at Spawn'
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# Chief of Staff at Spawn

- **Company:** Spawn
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $125k–$225k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-04-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/spawn/am9icG9zdDokVs7H0l_bORNF6bAJkoJw

## Job description

## About Spawn

Spawn is a platform where anyone can create multiplayer games from words. You describe what you want, our AI companion Savi builds it with you, and seconds later you're playing it with friends. We're a small team (~10) building a custom game engine, a novel AI authoring system, and the runtime that ties them together. We've raised $10M and are heads-down shipping. We're looking for the person who runs the company around the company — the operational spine that lets everyone else go fast.

## The role

This is a generalist operating role reporting directly to the CEO. You will own the unsexy, high-leverage work that nobody else has time for and that the company falls apart without. On any given week you might be onboarding a new engineer in the morning, chasing down a vendor invoice at lunch, prepping a board doc in the afternoon, and coordinating with outside counsel on a contract in the evening. If "I'll just handle it" is your default reflex, keep reading.

## What you'll own

- People ops & HR. Onboarding and offboarding, benefits, payroll coordination, PTO, employee records, IACs and offer letters, the eternal task of making sure everyone has the equipment and access they need on day one.
- Accounts payable & finance ops. Invoices, expense reports, reimbursements, corporate cards, working with our bookkeeper and accountant, keeping the books clean enough that we never scramble before a board meeting.
- Vendor management. Software subscriptions, infrastructure providers, contractors, office services. Knowing what we pay for, why, and whether we still need it.
- Legal coordination. Working with outside counsel on contracts, NDAs, contractor agreements, IP assignments, and the assorted legal cleanup that accumulates at a young company.
- Logistics & scheduling. The CEO's calendar, team offsites, travel, candidate interview loops, investor meetings, the physical space.
- Whatever else is on fire. This role is defined by surface area, not scope.

## Who you are

- You have 3+ years of operational experience at a startup, in consulting, in finance, or in a similar high-rigor environment. Title doesn't matter; track record does.
- You write clearly and concisely. You can draft an investor update, a vendor email, and an offer letter in the same hour and they all sound right.
- You are absurdly organized. Things do not fall through the cracks on your watch. If they do, you have a system that catches them next time.
- You are discreet. You will see compensation, fundraising, performance, and personal information. None of it leaves the room.
- You are low-ego and service-oriented. The reward for this role is leverage and trust, not credit.
- You are technical enough to learn new tools quickly and not afraid of spreadsheets, contracts, or basic SQL.
- Bonus: you've played and loved at least one deep simulation or sandbox game. You'll be working on one.

## Why this role is good

- You'll work directly with the CEO every day and have visibility into every part of the company — engineering, fundraising, hiring, strategy, legal, finance.
- You'll build the operational foundation of a company that we believe is building something genuinely new. The systems you put in place will compound.
- The role grows with you. The first version is generalist execution. The second version, if you want it, is whatever you make it — Head of Ops, BizOps, People, or your own thing.
- Compensation is competitive: meaningful equity and an SF-market salary.

## About Spawn

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Spawn is an AI-native multiplayer game creation platform where users describe games in natural language and an AI companion named Savi builds them in real time, ready for instant publication and play.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Early-stage startup)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Gaming / Game Development Tools / AI-powered Creation
- **Target customers**: Game creators of all skill levels (B2C); also players who become creators
- **Mission**: To make multiplayer game creation as simple as having a conversation, removing all technical barriers.

## Products & Services
- **Spawn Platform**: A multiplayer-first game engine and publishing platform where users build entire games by talking to Savi. Supports 2D, 3D, top-down, side-scrolling, and MMO genres. No editor or canvas – creation happens through natural language conversation.
- **Savi (AI Companion)**: An AI game designer that generates terrain, models, game logic, NPCs with voice, music, sound effects, UI, and monetization systems. She lives inside the world and collaborates with the user in real time.
- **Spoins (In-Game Currency)**: A monetization system allowing creators to earn revenue through pay-to-play, subscriptions, cosmetics, battle passes, tips, etc. Revenue is split 50/50 between creator and Spawn.
- **Mod/Tool System**: Creators can build custom tools (e.g., cutscene editors, wave composers) with Savi and publish them as mods for others to build upon.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: 5 full-time employees (LinkedIn estimate) + 20% headcount growth year-over-year
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Growth Signals**: Small team but actively hiring across engineering, game design, and executive roles; weekly game jams (Spawnjam); growing creator community on Discord.

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-native creation**: No separate editor or canvas – everything happens in a shared multiplayer world through natural language.
- **Multiplayer by default**: Every game is multiplayer from the first message, including instancing for large audiences without server management.
- **In-house renderer**: Custom engine that runs on a fraction of the GPU while delivering consistent visuals and low latency.
- **Creator economy**: Simple 50/50 revenue split, built-in monetization tools, and no requirement to export games elsewhere.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling the platform’s AI capabilities and stability
- Growing the creator community and onboarding more game types
- Expanding the tool ecosystem through user-generated mods
- Hiring key engineering and operational talent to accelerate product development

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Small, fast-moving startup where every employee has outsized impact. Emphasis on building with AI and redefining game creation.
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: Multiple open roles are listed as “Remote or Hybrid” with in-office options in San Francisco; HQ in New York with distributed team across the US, Georgia, and Germany.
- **Perks & Benefits**: Employee stock purchase plan, healthcare benefits, and an office in Anchorage, Alaska (per Built In) plus Denver, Colorado.
- **Engineering focus**: Engineers work end-to-end on AI, real-time engines, and game feel without rigid specs – ideal for those who thrive on autonomy.

## Sources
1. [Spawn Careers (Gem)](https://jobs.gem.com/spawn)
2. [Spawn About Page](https://www.spawn.co/about)
3. [Spawn LinkedIn Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/spawnco)
4. [Spawn on Built In](https://builtin.com/company/spawn-co)

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