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About Etched Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency across both prefill and decode workloads. Our first products are heavily focused on inference. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history. Job Summary We're looking for a Stock Administrator who wants to own one of the most important functions at a rapidly scaling company. You'll be the driving force behind our equity programs, partnering with leaders across the business to support major company milestones while ensuring every employee has a world-class equity experience. If you're excited by ownership, complexity, and the opportunity to build systems that scale alongside an ambitious company, we'd love to talk. Key Responsibilities - Own the day-to-day administration of the company's global equity programs, including grants, exercises, vesting, releases, ESPP purchases, tender offers, and other equity transactions. - Maintain accurate equity records across Carta, transfer agents, and internal systems while ensuring data integrity and operational excellence. - Partner closely with Legal, Finance, Payroll, and People to ensure equity transactions are accurately reflected in payroll, accounting, tax reporting, and SEC filings. - Support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting, including ASC 718 stock-based compensation accounting and audit requests. - Ensure compliance with applicable securities laws, tax regulations, SOX controls, and company equity policies. - Serve as the primary point of contact for employee questions regarding equity awards, vesting, taxation, and liquidity events. - Manage relationships with external vendors, including transfer agents and equity administration providers. - Continuously improve equity operations by building scalable processes, automating manual workflows, and strengthening internal controls as the company grows. You may be a good fit if you have - Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. - 3+ years of equity administration experience at a high-growth technology company, public company, or leading law firm. - Experience with stock options, RSUs, ESPPs, tender offers, and other equity programs. - Strong knowledge of ASC 718, SOX, SEC reporting, and equity taxation. - Experience with platforms such as Carta, Rippling, AST, Shareworks, or similar. - Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and excellent communication skills. Strong candidates may also have experience with - Certified Equity Professional (CEP) designation. - Experience supporting an IPO or operating at a newly public company. - Experience with international equity programs and cross-border compliance. - A track record of building scalable equity operations and automating manual processes. Benefits - Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage - $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits - Housing subsidy of $2k per month for those living within walking distance of the office - Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row) - Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more - Daily lunch and dinner in our office - Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification How we’re different Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html. We are the first inference-focused frontier AI system, betting early on transformer and transformer-like architectures and on increasing model sizes. Our addressable market is the entirety of inference, unlike many of our competitors. We are a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row), and greatly value engineering skills. We do not have boundaries between engineering and res