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Come do the unglamorous half of compliance properly

Trellis is pre-seed, 11 people, and working on a problem where being right matters more than being impressive. Four roles are open.

Hiring process

  1. 1. A 30 minute call with a founder
  2. 2. A paid work session on a real problem, 4 hours
  3. 3. Two conversations with the team
  4. 4. References, then an offer with the numbers explained

Two weeks end to end. We reply either way.

Open roles

Four seats

Founding Compliance Engineer

You will own the control mappings and the evidence model: the part of Trellis that decides whether a paragraph someone wrote in Notion actually satisfies CC6.

Product

Oakland, CA or remote in the United States

$170,000 to $210,000 plus equity

Read the role

Applied AI Engineer

You will own the model layer: routing, prompts, evaluation and the verification that keeps our output honest.

Engineering

Oakland, CA or remote in the United States

$180,000 to $230,000 plus equity

Read the role

Founding Account Executive

You will run the first repeatable sales motion at Trellis, selling to founders and ops leads who are blocked on a security review.

Go to market

Oakland, CA, hybrid

$120,000 base, $240,000 on target, plus equity

Read the role

Product Designer

Compliance software is where design goes to die.

Product

Remote in the United States

$150,000 to $185,000 plus equity

Read the role

How we work

Before you apply

Small on purpose, for now

Eleven people. Everyone talks to customers, including the engineers, and especially in the first month.

Written first

Decisions land in writing before they land in a meeting. It suits the product and it suits people in four time zones.

Hybrid in Oakland, remote across the United States

Two days a week in the office for those nearby, and nothing important happens only in the room.

What we pay

Bands are published on each role and we do not negotiate them differently for different people. Equity is real and we will walk you through the numbers before you accept.

Apply

One form for every role. Tell us which one and why this problem. A founder reads every application.

Trellis is an equal opportunity employer. If you need an adjustment to any part of the process, say so and we will make it. Applications also reach us at careers@trelliscore.co.