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Instawork

instawork.com · B2B

57open roles
7new in 30 days
7closed in 30 days
0remote-eligible
slowinghiring velocity

What they're building

Robotics data collection network (Instawork Robotics Labs, IRL) for robotics labs strong signal

Today: "Introducing Instawork Robotics" alongside an AI-powered staffing marketplace matching businesses with vetted workers

Roles: Operations Associate — Fleet Manager · QA Lead · Head of Partnerships - Instawork Robotics Labs · Head of Operations - Instawork Robotics Labs · Associate Director - Operations - Instawork Robotics Labs · Head of Quality Assurance - Instawork Robotics Labs · Field Operations Executive · Field Sales · City Business Lead – Field Sales & Operations · Data Collector & Annotator - Night Shift · Shift Supervisor

Requirements mention: AI data collection · Field workforce operations · Multi-city / multi-location scaling · Comfortable with field work and client interaction · Manage and motivate a team of Field Officers remotely · vendor acquisition

Inference: the company is scaling its field data collection operation in Bengaluru, adding senior operations, quality and partnerships leadership on top of field and shift roles.

Pipeline and platform for processing captured robotics data moderate signal

Today: Instawork Robotics data captured with Instacore rigs

Roles: Video Platform Engineer - E3 · Platform Engineer - E3 · Senior Software Engineer - Instawork Robotics

Requirements mention: FFmpeg · H.264/HEVC/AV1 · object storage · high-throughput data workflows · cloud cost management

Inference: the company is investing in the systems that turn raw video capture into training-ready data as capture volume grows.

Instacore wearable capture rig: design and fleet upkeep moderate signal

Today: Instacore rigs, shown on the site in use by a San Jose barber

Roles: Senior Mechanical Engineer - Robotics Hardware · Hardware Intern — Robotics & AI · Hardware Technician Lead || Night Shift · Field Engineering Technician

Requirements mention: design for manufacturability · impact resistance · Instacore wearable hardware · firmware installation · component-level repairs

Inference: the company is continuing to develop the rig design while staffing repair and maintenance for the deployed fleet.

US sales hiring for the staffing marketplace, mostly light industrial moderate signal

Today: Instawork's AI-powered labor marketplace that connects businesses with skilled hourly workers

Roles: Strategic Account Executive - Light Industrial · Regional Sales Manager (Chicago) · Senior Account Executive · Enterprise Account Executive - Light Industrial · Enterprise Account Executive - Light Industrial

Requirements mention: enterprise sales · light industrial enterprises · multi-threaded sales strategies · mid-enterprise deals · onboard and ramp new Account Executives

Inference: the company is continuing to hire US sellers, with an emphasis on light-industrial accounts. Three of these postings date from 2024–2025 and may be ongoing rather than new.

Automating back-office work (sales compensation, finance) with AI agents moderate signal

Today: Instawork's AI-powered labor marketplace

Roles: Revenue Operations Manager · Business Operations Associate, AI & Automation · Finance Automation Lead

Requirements mention: agentic workflow · comp plan redesign · AI/LLM-powered agents · workflow automation

Inference: sales compensation, quota-setting and finance processes such as close and collections are being rebuilt around agents and automated workflows.

Data center staffing vertical weak signal

Today: AI-powered labor marketplace for hourly workers

Roles: General Manager, Data Centers

Requirements mention: data center operations · commercial construction · site-access and safety protocols

No inference drawn; this is a single posting. It describes scaling the data center vertical 'from 1 to 10'.

Where the headcount is going

DepartmentOpen
Robotics34
Engineering5
Sales5
Product Operations4
People3
Trust and Safety2
Account Management1
Finance1
Business Operations1
Information Technology1

Of 59 open roles, 35 are in Robotics and 37 are in Bengaluru, so most hiring is for the Instawork Robotics data collection operation in India; the 22 US-based roles are spread across sales, product operations, engineering, business operations and other functions.

Who they need

Seniority: Spread across levels: 14 manager, 13 senior, 13 junior, 9 intern, 6 mid, 3 director and 1 unknown; all intern roles are in Bengaluru.

Skills named most: Google Sheets, Salesforce, Python, SQL, Zapier, WhatsApp, Instacore, SD cards, Tableau, Looker, FFmpeg, soldering

Locations: Postings list Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (37), San Francisco, California, United States (13), Chicago, Illinois, United States (7), New York, New York, United States (1), and one role across Chicago, New York and San Francisco; none are marked remote.

How to use this

If you're applying: Most openings are Bengaluru field operations, data collection, hardware support and QA roles for Instawork Robotics. Several entry-level postings, such as Data Collector & Annotator, Field Operations Executive and the internships, ask for basic smartphone, Google Sheets or communication skills rather than specialist experience. US roles are in San Francisco and Chicago, with one sales role also open in New York; none are remote.

If you're selling or recruiting: On the staffing side, the main US sales openings are the light industrial enterprise and strategic AE roles in Chicago, New York and San Francisco, though three Enterprise AE postings date from 2024–2025. On the robotics side, Bengaluru leadership roles (Head of Operations, Head of Quality Assurance, Head of Partnerships) opened in August and September 2026. Hiring pace is slowing: 6 roles opened in the last 30 days versus 11 in the prior 30, and none closed.

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Open roles (57)

TitleDepartmentLocationPosted
Enterprise Account ManagerAccount ManagementSan Francisco, California, United States2026-10-23
Trust & Safety Product Operations SpecialistTrust and SafetySan Francisco, California, United States2026-10-21
Engineering Manager/Senior Engineering Manager - Instawork RoboticsEngineeringBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-10-19
People Ops ManagerPeopleSan Francisco, California, United States2026-10-13
Finance Automation LeadFinanceSan Francisco, California, United States2026-10-09
Business Development ExecutiveRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-10-05
Hardware Technician Lead || Night ShiftRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-09-28
Operations Associate — Fleet ManagerRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-09-24
Finance AssociateRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-09-24
QA LeadRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-09-18
Video Platform Engineer - E3EngineeringBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-09-16
Platform Engineer - E3EngineeringBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-09-16
Quality Check Intern - HardwareRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-09-15
Head of Partnerships - Instawork Robotics LabsRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-09-11
Head of Operations - Instawork Robotics LabsRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-09-04
Associate Director - Operations - Instawork Robotics LabsRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-08-28
Senior Mechanical Engineer - Robotics HardwareRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-08-27
Hardware Intern — Robotics & AIRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-08-19
Regional Sales ManagerSalesChicago, Illinois, United States2026-08-05
Business Operations Associate, AI & AutomationBusiness OperationsSan Francisco, California, United States2026-08-03
Contractual || Trainer - IndiaRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-08-03
Field Operations Executive RoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-07-30
General Manager, Data CentersProduct OperationsChicago, Illinois, United States2026-07-16
Shift SupervisorRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-06-15
Senior Software Engineer - Instawork RoboticsRoboticsSan Francisco, California, United States2026-06-12
Senior Account ExecutiveSalesChicago, Illinois, United States2026-06-04
HR InternRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-06-04
Assistant Manager - Operations - Instawork Robotics LabsRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-06-04
Data Collector & Annotator - Night ShiftRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-05-29
Data Collector & Annotator — Morning / Evening ShiftRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-05-29
City Business Lead – Field Sales & OperationsRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-05-28
Office CoordinatorPeopleBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-05-25
Field Engineering TechnicianRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-04-24
Senior Software EngineerEngineeringSan Francisco, California, United States2026-04-16
Senior Software Engineer - E3EngineeringBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-04-01
Regional Sales ManagerRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-03-27
Technical Partnerships LeadRoboticsSan Francisco, California, United States2026-03-19
Trust & Safety SpecialistTrust and SafetySan Francisco, California, United States2026-03-18
Contractual || Senior Recruiter PeopleBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-03-03
IFO (Inter-State Field Officer) – Commercial Video Data CollectionRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-03-02
IT Generalist, ContractInformation TechnologySan Francisco, California, United States2026-02-10
Trainer InternRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-02-04
IT Intern – Gadget & Tech Support OperationsRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-01-21
Inventory Management InternRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-01-21
Internal Coordinator RoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-01-21
Field SalesRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2026-01-21
Field Operations Executive RoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2025-12-15
Strategic Projects LeadRoboticsSan Francisco, California, United States2025-11-24
Business Development ExecutiveRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2025-11-19
Operations Management InternRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2025-11-15
QA Interns || RoboticsRoboticsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2025-08-07
Product Operations AnalystProduct OperationsSan Francisco, California, United States2025-07-10
Product Operations AnalystProduct OperationsChicago, Illinois, United States2025-07-10
Enterprise Account Executive - Light Industrial SalesSan Francisco, California, United States2025-06-03
Enterprise Account Executive - Light Industrial SalesNew York, New York, United States2025-06-03
Enterprise Account Executive - Light IndustrialSalesChicago, Illinois, United States2024-10-17
Product Operations AnalystProduct OperationsBengaluru, Karnataka, India2024-03-25