Miso (YC S16) is hiring for U.S. expansion

Miso, a Seoul-based company that built one of Korea’s largest home-services marketplaces (over 4 million bookings, 130,000 service professionals, and roughly $140M GMV run rate), is expanding to the U.S. and launching Miso Motion, a separate effort that supplies real-world robotics data to frontier AI labs. The company is hiring a Founding Business Lead for U.S. expansion based in San Francisco - a full-time, early-stage role paying $180K-$240K with visa sponsorship and requiring 6+ years of experience. The hire will be the first full-time Bay Area team member and will work directly with the CEO to shape the new business, leveraging Miso’s profitable core to enter the robotics and AI data market.

The role centers on partnership-building and operations: developing and executing partnerships with frontier AI labs and robotics companies, recruiting the initial U.S. team, launching and scaling San Francisco operations, representing the company at events, and handling whatever high-priority tasks arise. Ideal candidates have built difficult projects before (founder or early-employee experience preferred), thrive in ambiguity, learn technical topics quickly, and excel at long-term relationship building. Nice-to-haves include YC experience, robotics/AI background, and prior roles in partnerships, product, or operations; the package includes meaningful long-term equity and direct access to leading customers.