Founding Recruiter

Full-cycle Recruiting

This is a full-cycle, high-ownership role partnering directly with founders and hiring managers across technical and business functions, owning sourcing, pipeline quality, and candidate experience end to end. The expectation is that this person grows into the head of recruiting over time, eventually leading a team of recruiters and RCs as the company scales.

Sourcing Infrastructure

Building and owning the sourcing infrastructure, including pipeline enrichment, outreach tooling, and AI-forward workflows that surface strong candidates faster than the competition.

Founding Partnering

Partnering directly with founders and hiring managers to calibrate on roles, build effective hiring strategies, and keep processes moving with clarity and speed.

Candidate Experience

Delivering a high-quality candidate experience from first outreach through offer, representing the company to a demanding candidate market.

Recruiting Infrastructure

• Iterating on recruiting infrastructure, including ATS hygiene, interview process documentation, and sourcing playbooks
• Using market data and sourcing signals to advise on compensation benchmarks, pacing, and where to focus sourcing effort

Qualifications

• 2-6 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a track record of owning sourcing, screening, and closing across both technical and business roles
• Prior experience recruiting at a startup, or at an agency that works primarily with startups — having been one of the first one to three recruiters at a company, or a top performer at a startup-focused agency
• Bachelor's degree from a US or Canadian university
• Hands-on sourcing experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, with comfort building and activating candidate pipelines independently
• Willingness to work in-person five days per week at the San Francisco office
• Ability to operate as a full individual contributor, including handling scheduling and RC-level coordination in the early stage before additional recruiting headcount is added

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI-forward sourcing tools such as Juicebox, Clay, or Harmonic to enrich signals and build candidate pipelines more efficiently than manual LinkedIn search
• Familiarity with Ashby or a comparable modern ATS
• Experience recruiting across both technical and GTM functions, with an informed perspective on what makes each discipline distinct
• Background that started in RC or sourcing before growing into full-cycle recruiting, bringing a strong sourcing foundation into the role