Rama — Founders Associate

1. →1 to 5 years of experience, including candidates as early as six months out of college with meaningful early-stage exposure
2. →Prior experience at an early-stage company, with demonstrated comfort operating on unstructured problems without established process
3. →Willingness and appetite for both sides of the role: outbound sales execution and operations or systems building
4. →Currently working in the US. No relocation from outside the country for this role
5. →Able to work in person in San Francisco six days per week on startup hours

• Experience at a YC-backed or comparably fast-moving early-stage company
• Consulting or analytical training combined with startup operating experience
• Prior exposure to supply chain, distribution, hardware, or industrial B2B markets
• A track record of building internal systems, automations, or tooling that improved a team's throughput

• Salary — $120,000–$150,000
• Equity — Competitive (~0.5% per outreach template)
• Annual bonus — Up to $30,000 on top of base
• On-site policy — San Francisco, 6 days/week in person, startup hours
• Visa sponsorship — None available; must already be working in the US, no relocation
• Perks — Lunch and dinner provided in the office
• Employment type — Full-time
• Location — San Francisco, CA

Not provided in source. No screening-questions section was present on the Contrario role page. (Note: Stage 3 is a take-home — either an outbound sales problem or an operations/systems-thinking problem — but no explicit screening questions were listed.)

Stage 1 — Pending Approval — Candidates awaiting initial approval. Stage 2 — Intro Chat — Intro chat with the Co-Founder and CEO. Stage 3 — Take-Home Assignment — Either an outbound sales problem or an operations/systems-thinking problem, selected based on where the open questions are for that candidate. Stage 4 — Chat with Sales Lead Stage 5 — Chat with a Member of the Founding Team Stage 6 — In-Person Trial Day Stage 7 — Offer Extended Stage 8 — Hired — Candidate accepts and starts.