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# Founding US People & Talent Partner at Nothing

- **Company:** Nothing
- **Location:** San Francisco California, United States
- **Posted:** 2026-05-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://careers.nothing.tech/?gh_jid=4821346101

## Job description

## About Nothing

Nothing exists to make tech feel exciting again.

We’re building a different kind of technology company, one that puts design, emotion, and human creativity at the heart of everything we do. From the way our products look and feel to how we communicate and show up in culture, we believe technology should make you feel something.

Founded in London in 2020, we’ve grown from idea to global challenger in just a few years. Backed by GV (Google Ventures), EQT Ventures, and C Ventures, and investors like Tony Fadell (iPod), Casey Neistat, and Kevin Lin (Twitch), we’re now sold in 40+ markets with millions of users worldwide.

## About the Team

Nothing's Talent Acquisition team is 8 people spread across London, Asia, and now the US for the first time. As we build out our San Francisco presence, this role is half talent, half people: recruiting the people who'll define the next decade of personal technology, and keeping the US team running day to day. You'll be the person who both finds great hires and looks after them once they've joined.

## What You'll Do

- Recruit across roles in the SF market, owning your pipeline from sourcing through offer close.
- Act as the day-to-day people partner for the US team, fielding contract basics and general employee questions.
- Run equity education sessions so new US hires actually understand their equity.
- Handle light finance tasks tied to people ops, including invoices and vendor payments for the people function.
- Partner with the office manager on anything people-related that touches the physical workspace, without owning it.
- Build relationships across SF's tech and commercial scene, so people know Nothing before they're looking.
- Feed what you learn back to the global TA and People teams, so Nothing gets sharper about the US market.

## What We're Looking For

- A few years of recruiting experience, ideally with some exposure to the SF Bay Area market.
- Comfortable moving between full-cycle recruiting and general people ops work in the same week.
- You've handled contracts, benefits questions, or ESOP basics before, even if HR wasn't your whole job.
- You're happy picking up light finance tasks like invoicing alongside the people side of the role.
- You build relationships without waiting to be asked. A warm intro from you carries weight.
- You bring good judgement to ambiguous situations and know when to solve it yourself versus escalate.
- You care about candidate and employee experience equally. Recruiting doesn't stop once someone signs.

## How We Work

- Location: San Francisco (Jackson Square office)
- Working Pattern: Full-time, in-office. We can work around personal needs where it makes sense, but being together is how we do our best work.
- Salary Range: $140,000 - $200,000

## About Nothing

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Nothing builds smartphones, audio products, and AI tools that look good and make life easier, aiming to make tech fun again for the next generation of creatives.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C funding, total $691.5M raised)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Carl Pei, Akis Evangelidis, David Sanmartín García, Steven Gao, Levi Li (among others)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Consumer electronics (smartphones, audio wearables) with a growing focus on AI software.
- **Target customers**: B2C – design-conscious consumers, creatives, and tech enthusiasts globally, with a strong presence in India, Europe, and expanding in North America.
- **Mission/purpose**: “Make tech fun again” – rebel against the status quo by creating bold, beautiful, and unusual designs that aid creativity and reduce distraction.

## Products & Services
- **Phone (3a) / Phone (3a) Pro** – Mid-range smartphones (Snapdragon 7s Gen 3) with Essential Space AI. Launched March 2025.
- **Phone (3)** – Flagship smartphone (Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, Glyph Matrix LED, periscope telephoto camera). Launched July 2025.
- **Phone (4a) / Phone (4a) Pro** – Latest mid-range models launched March 2026.
- **Ear (3)** – True wireless earbuds with transparent design and active noise cancellation. Launched 2025.
- **Headphone (1)** – Over-ear headphones. Launched July 2025.
- **CMF by Nothing** – Budget-oriented sub-brand (spun off as a separate company in 2025) offering affordable design-led devices.
- **Nothing OS** – Custom Android skin focused on minimalism and speed.
- **Essential Space** – AI-powered content management tool (second memory) activated by a dedicated Essential Key.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed (private company).
- **Key Metric (Revenue)**: $560M annual revenue (as of 2025–2026). Lifetime sales surpassed $1B by 2024.
- **Total Funding**: $691.5M across 11 rounds, including:
  - Seed (2020): $6.7M led by Tony Fadell, Casey Neistat, Kevin Lin, Steve Huffman.
  - Series B (2022): $70M.
  - Series C (2023): $96M led by Highland Europe.
  - Previous rounds included GV (Google Ventures), EQT Ventures, Tiger Global.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Highland Europe, GV, EQT Ventures, Tiger Global, Tony Fadell, Casey Neistat, Kevin Lin, Steve Huffman. In May 2026, Charli XCX became Global Brand Ambassador and shareholder.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 1,278 employees (+33.4% YoY).
  - Fastest-growing smartphone brand in India (577% YoY growth in 2024).
  - Expanded to 60+ countries and opened flagship stores in London Soho and Bengaluru.
  - Active job postings up 100% YoY (42 open roles as of mid-2026).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Distinctive design language**: Transparent hardware, Glyph Interface (LED lighting on phone backs), and a rebellious aesthetic that stands out from incumbents.
- **Community co-creation**: A global community of 6M+ fans influence product development and marketing.
- **Essential Space AI**: A unique hardware + software integration (Essential Key) for on-device AI assistance, differentiating from standard Android offerings.
- **Talent density**: Heavily recruited from OnePlus, Apple, Xiaomi, OPPO, Amazon – strong engineering and design pedigree.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI integration**: Deepening Essential Space and AI tools across the product line, positioning Nothing as a “AI-first” consumer brand.
- **Global expansion**: Targeting the US market with the Phone (3) launch and building retail presence.
- **Sub-brand independence**: CMF by Nothing spun off into a standalone India-based company to capture budget segment without diluting the main brand.
- **Sustainability & longevity**: Offering 5 years of OS updates and a confirmed upgrade path for older devices.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Nothing describes itself as “rebelling against the status quo” – a flat, creative environment where design and community matter. Emphasis on doing “the fun stuff big tech can’t.”
- **Work style**: Hybrid/office presence likely (London HQ, Bengaluru office, and other global hubs). Retail stores also operate in Soho and Bengaluru.
- **Growth opportunities**: Rapidly scaling company (33% headcount growth YoY) with roles in engineering, design, marketing, and sales across 60+ countries.
- **Notable perks**: Employee reviews (LinkedIn) rate compensation at 2.7/5 and culture at 2.3/5 – mixed sentiment, but the brand’s mission and product excitement are strong draws for design and engineering talent.
- **Recent hires**: Many ex-OnePlus, Apple, and Xiaomi employees; talent pool indicates a high-performance, hardware-focused environment.

## Sources
1. [nothing.tech](https://nothing.tech/about) – About Us page
2. [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_(company)) – Wikipedia article
3. [uk.linkedin.com](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/nothingtech) – LinkedIn company page (financials, employees, reviews)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/nothing) – Built In company profile and perks
5. [careers.nothing.tech](https://careers.nothing.tech/) – Official careers page

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