People Infrastructure Lead (Systems, Data & Compensation)

Description

Upwind is a next-generation Cloud Security Platform that leverages runtime context to identify and prioritize critical risks, providing precise insights and efficient cloud security management. Unlike traditional tools, Upwind uses runtime data proactively for risk prioritization and posture insights, ensuring teams focus on what truly matters. With industry-leading efficiency and eBPF-powered sensors, Upwind delivers comprehensive capabilities — including agentless cloud posture discovery, real-time threat protection, and integrated API security. We're in a period of significant growth. There's an enormous amount to build, improve, and shape - and every hire changes the trajectory of the company.

What this role is

Think of this as the platform engineering role for our People function. Just like a platform team builds the systems that let engineers ship fast - you'll build the operational layer that lets the entire company run fast.

Real-time data. Automated workflows. Compensation logic that actually scales. No legacy systems to untangle, no inherited processes to maintain. Full ownership over how People infrastructure gets designed, built, and operated at Upwind.

This isn't traditional People Ops. It's the technical backbone behind it.

What you'll build

• Own the People infrastructure end-to-end - HiBob and the integrated ecosystem around it.
• Engineer frictionless, automated lifecycle workflows across the entire employee journey - from offer to offboarding.
• Build the compensation infrastructure from the ground up: leveling, salary bands, benchmarking, and the logic that ties them together.
• Turn organizational data into a real-time, high-fidelity source of truth that leaders actually trust.
• Deploy AI and automation to eliminate manual work — not assist it.
• Give leadership the visibility and operational agility to make fast, confident decisions at any scale.

These are the core domains. What you build within them and how - is largely up to you.

You'll thrive here if

• You've built People systems from scratch - not maintained someone else's.
• You think in systems and data, not tickets and tasks.
• You're technically comfortable - you can turn a People challenge into an automated workflow without waiting for IT.
• Compensation logic excites you, not intimidates you.
• You've worked in a high-growth environment and know exactly what breaks at scale.
• You're excited by using AI to replace manual work - not just dress it up.
• You move decisions forward instead of getting stuck in discussions.

Requirements

• Experience building or operating scalable People systems in high-growth tech environments.
• Background in People Operations / HRIS / Compensation - or BizOps / Operations with strong systems ownership.
• Hands-on with HiBob (or equivalent HRIS) and the automation layer around it (n8n, Zapier, LLMs, or similar).
• Strong grasp of organizational structure, compensation frameworks, and what it takes to scale them.
• Fluent in English - this is a global, cross-functional role.