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Where HR Ops builds with AI

The Hiring Engineer Community is for HR and talent operations leaders putting AI to work in frontline hiring. Trade skills and prompts, build together in live sessions, and learn from peers who are figuring it out too.

Apply to join What you'll get

Cohort 1 starts November 18. Applications close November 15, and applying takes about 2 minutes.

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What members get

Less theory, more building

AI is changing HR Ops faster than anyone can learn alone. The community is where you get shared context, usable ideas and tools you can take straight back to your team.

Skills

Skills you can use

Claude skills and prompts for screening, scheduling, onboarding and reporting, from our team and from members.

Live

Build sessions

Regular working sessions with Fountain Labs and practitioners, hands on keyboards.

Peers

People who get it

A small group of HR Ops leaders sharing what works, what doesn't, and how they built it.

Tools

Templates and tools

Templates and calculators you can take back to your team, and first access to new ones.

Featured speakers

Learn from people who've done it

Operators and builders who bring what they've learned about frontline hiring into the sessions. More speakers to come.

  • Will Jensen

    Fountain Labs Lead

    Runs AI programs at Fountain and leads the community's build sessions. Before that, led customer experience at Fountain and enterprise partnerships at Stripe.

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  • Salim Jernite

    Chief Product Officer, Fountain

    Co-founded Clevy, which Fountain acquired, and now leads Fountain's move to AI agents across frontline hiring.

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  • Mike Marschke

    VP, GTM Operations, Fountain

    Previously led HR tech programs at Amazon. A specialist in high-volume recruiting.

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Who it's for

Wherever you are in the work

Exploring AI

You're looking for the first use cases worth automating in your hiring and HR ops.

Running agents

You have AI agents or automations in production and want to go further with peers doing the same.

How it works

Small cohorts, practical work

  1. Apply. Tell us about your work and where you are with AI. It takes about 2 minutes.
  2. Join a small cohort. We read every application and bring together a small group, so every conversation is useful.
  3. Learn, build and share. Trade ideas, try practical tools, and make progress alongside your cohort.

Apply

Join the first cohort

Spots are limited so each cohort stays small and active. We read every application and reply by email before Cohort 1 starts on November 18.

Your hosts

  • Will JensenFountain Labs Lead
  • Quentin Le GallHead of Growth, Fountain
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Questions

Who is it for?

HR, talent and people operations leaders at companies that hire frontline teams, and who want to put AI to work. Fountain customers and non-customers are both welcome.

Does it cost anything?

No. The community is free for everyone we accept.

When does it start?

Cohort 1 runs from November 18 to December 16, 2026: live sessions most Wednesdays, ending with a demo day. Applications close November 15.

Where does it happen?

In a private Slack workspace for members, plus live sessions on Zoom and a weekly email. No Slack at work? You can take part by email and join sessions from your calendar.

Who runs it?

Fountain Labs, the team at Fountain that builds what's next for frontline work with customers.