Founding Recruiter ($170k-$200k + Equity) at Trysela

Job Description

• Own the end-to-end hiring lifecycle for technical and non-technical roles, personally sourcing, interviewing, and closing senior staff engineers and leadership positions.
• Implement and optimize the talent tech stack, including Ashby ATS, and design scalable outbound sourcing programs that serve as the company's primary pipeline.
• Collaborate with the CEO on headcount planning and culture building, ensuring high-quality hiring bars and long-term retention as the team grows to 55+

Why this role is remarkable

• Founding-level ownership as the first recruiter, building the talent infrastructure and strategy from scratch with a dedicated tools budget and direct CEO partnership.
• Exceptional traction with $0 to $10M revenue in just 18 months, processing 200M+ monthly calls for major US lenders and backed by Emergence Capital.
• High-impact scaling opportunity to 4x the company's headcount within a year, hiring across critical functions like AI/ML engineering, product, and GTM.

The ideal candidate

• Proven experience as the "first recruiter" or a founding member of a talent team at a fast-growing Series A/B software startup.
• Hands-on expert in sourcing and closing senior-level ICs and managers across both engineering and GTM functions, ideally within fintech or AI domains.
• Based in the San Francisco Bay Area and committed to a high-collaboration office environment (4 days per week) near Montgomery BART.