Member of Recruiting Staff - Technical Recruiter

About the role

Liquid AI is a cutting-edge AI company spun out of MIT CSAIL. We develop efficient AI systems that can run across various deployment targets, including data center accelerators and on-device hardware. Our mission is to ensure low latency, minimal memory usage, privacy, and reliability. We collaborate with enterprises in sectors such as consumer electronics, automotive, life sciences, and financial services. We are currently scaling rapidly and are seeking talented individuals to join our team.

Opportunity

This is a full-cycle role based in San Francisco, responsible for hiring across multiple areas including engineering and research, product, solutions architecture, GTM, and G&A. The environment is highly ambiguous and requires building new roles from scratch. The role involves running searches with high agency, defining new roles, coaching stakeholders, and bringing in exceptional talent.

What We're Looking For

• Operates as a talent partner, not just a recruiter
• Builds in ambiguity and creates structure where there is none
• Thinks strategically and proactively, anticipating and unblocking issues before they become problems
• Prioritizes ruthlessly, knowing where their time creates the most leverage
• Bridges the gap between the business and the talent pool, bringing genuine passion for the craft
• Runs autonomously, with high agency, and thrives with minimal supervision

Work

• Own full-cycle hiring across the spectrum as the in-person anchor in San Francisco, running on-sites and closing senior and executive hires face-to-face
• Coach stakeholders and partner with senior leaders and the C-suite to define brand-new roles before they kick off
• Identify the best talent: go beyond LinkedIn and build the evidence for why a candidate is the best, not just available
• Build rigorous, role-specific evaluation from scratch: define what 'good' looks like, assess for the attributes and values that predict success, and make the process itself a reason candidates want to join
• Win and close the candidates that matter, and prioritize ruthlessly: sharpen the value proposition, read the data to unblock stalling searches before they become problems, and gather market intel
• Close the loop on quality and run a clean operation: measure quality of hire and run look-backs, keep Ashby data reportable, document process in Notion, and use AI-enabled workflows to move faster

Desired Experience

• Proven depth in full-cycle recruiting for research, engineering, or other deeply technical roles, with the seniority to own complex searches end-to-end
• A track record of winning competitive closes: competing offers, equity education, total-compensation narrative, creative engagement, and in-person closes
• Builder in ambiguity: you have defined roles, rubrics, and evaluation processes from scratch and coached hiring managers, including first-timers
• Strong ATS discipline (Ashby or comparable) plus recruiting-data rigor: structured screens, scorecards, calibrated loops, and accurate, reportable metrics (time-to-fill, pass-through, quality of hire)
• Based in San Francisco and able to work from the office 4+ days per week and host candidate onsites

Nice-to-have

• AI / ML or deep-tech recruiting experience
• Early-stage (seed to Series C) team-building experience, where you helped build the motion rather than execute a mature playbook
• Experience building quality-of-hire and retention loops: onboarding check-ins, hire look-backs, and calibration back into evaluation
• Demonstrated range across product, GTM, G&A, and customer-facing technical roles (or a clear, evidenced ability to flex into them)

Success

• You own and close a full book across engineering, product, solutions architecture, GTM, and G&A end-to-end
• New and ambiguous roles get clear, role-specific rubrics and evaluation loops, and hiring managers are measurably better at hiring because of how you coach them
• P0 roles close faster, and you have quality-of-hire and look-back loops running that feed back into our evaluation

What We Offer

• Real ownership with a direct mentor and room to grow: Run your searches end to end, and your judgment directly shapes who joins Liquid as we scale
• Compensation: Competitive base salary with equity in a unicorn-stage company
• Health: We pay 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and dependents
• Financial: 401(k) matching up to 4% of base pay
• Time Off: Unlimited PTO plus company-wide Refill Days throughout the year