Founding Talent Partner - Product and Engineering

Overview

At Knit, talent acquisition is a craft. We're looking for hunters and connectors to map the market and pull the best people out of it. This is not a LinkedIn-all-day job, and we’re most interested in the outcomes you drive. This is an in-market super-connector role, and you'll have the trust and autonomy to find talent wherever they are.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with leadership, you'll lead hiring AI-native engineers and product managers. This isn't just filling reqs as they open. It's knowing who the great people are, and why they'd move, long before we need them.
• You'll have a seat at the table and the trust from leadership to deliver results the best way you see fit.
• Own product and engineering hiring end to end
• Be outside. You'll build proactive relationships — know the great companies, who's inside them, and who's ready to move
• Build networks of talent. We expect much of your pipeline will come from networking, referrals, and intros
• Build Knit's reputation as the place kind, ambitious people go next
• Partner closely with engineering and product leadership as a trusted advisor
• Ensure everyone has a great experience with Knit, whether or not they join

Requirements

Your background: Recruiting is your craft. You're creative, forward-looking, always sharpening your work and testing new theories

• You hold out for the right person rather than the available one
• A super-connector with a real network and the instinct to keep building it
• Strong judgment and a nose for talent, including people from non-traditional backgrounds
• Credible with engineers. You get folks excited to work here
• A trusted partner to hiring teams
• You’re a builder and are comfortable with ambiguity — you'll shape much of this role yourself

Qualifications

We're open to diverse backgrounds. You could be an experienced recruiter or high-agency career changer who wants to do the best work of their career.

Benefits

• Competitive salary + commission plan if applicable to role
• Equity Options
• Healthcare (medical, dental, and vision)
• Additional Coverage
• A company laptop and one-time, onboarding Technology Stipend
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible time-off
• Hybrid working
• Catered lunch

Pay

Salary Range: $175,000 USD - $190,000 USD

Schedule

Hybrid working