Why this role stands out
This is a career-defining opportunity to build the entire People function from the ground up at a cutting-edge AI company, offering a clear path to leadership as you shape the team’s culture and growth. You will thrive in this role if you are a proactive, high-energy recruiter who enjoys taking ownership of full-cycle hiring and building world-class employee experiences. Apply today to play a pivotal role in scaling this innovative organization and advancing your career in the rapidly evolving AI sector.
Quick overview
Job description
LiveX AI · Recruiter / People Operations
Palo Alto, CA · Full-time, in-person · Department: People · Reports to: CEO
Source: https://livex.ai/careers/recruiter-people-operations (posted Oct 6, 2026)
About LiveX AI
LiveX AI builds human-AI interfaces for physical spaces. Its 4K full-body AI agents greet, guide, and sell in retail flagships, hotels, hospitals, airports, convention centers, and stadiums, on-prem or in the cloud, in 140 languages.
About the Role
LiveX is growing across engineering, solutions, go-to-market, and operations, and hiring has outgrown what the founders can handle. This is the company's first dedicated People hire: no HR team, no existing processes. Own full-cycle recruiting for all open roles and the employee experience from offer acceptance through the first 90 days, plus clean exits. Roughly 70% recruiting / 30% onboarding and offboarding. Reports to the CEO, works with every hiring manager; a path to Head of People as the team grows.
Responsibilities
Recruiting (primary)
Run full-cycle recruiting for engineering (AI/ML, full-stack, hardware/edge), solution engineering, sales/GTM, and operations: intake, job posts, sourcing, screening, scheduling, debriefs, offers, closing.
Proactively build pipeline via sourcing tools, referrals, university/new-grad programs, AI and robotics communities, and events such as NVIDIA GTC; do not wait for inbound.
Run a fast, candidate-friendly process: structured interviews, scorecards, same-week feedback, weekly pipeline report for the founders.
Set up and maintain the ATS and key hiring metrics: time-to-fill, pass-through rates, offer-accept rate, cost per hire.
Manage agency and contract recruiters when used: negotiate terms, enforce quality, control spend.
Work with founders on offers: leveling, base pay, commission and equity framing, closing candidates with competing offers.
Onboarding & Offboarding
Own signed offer through day 90: offer letters, background checks, I-9 and E-Verify, new-hire paperwork, equipment/account setup with engineering, first-week schedules, 30/60/90-day check-ins.
Keep the onboarding guide current; every new hire correctly set up in payroll, benefits, and the cap table on day one.
Coordinate visa-related onboarding (H-1B, OPT/STEM OPT, TN) with outside immigration counsel: document collection, timelines, employee communication.
Run offboarding: exit checklists, equipment/access recovery, final pay timing under California rules, exit interviews, documentation.
Maintain accurate, compliant personnel files; point of contact for paperwork, benefits enrollment, and policy questions.
Requirements
3–6 years of full-cycle recruiting, including in-house at an early-stage startup (seed to Series B, under ~50 employees).
Experience hiring both software engineers and salespeople.
Hands-on onboarding and offboarding end to end, including I-9 and new-hire compliance for California employees.
Strong sourcing skills; comfortable cold-reaching senior ML engineers or enterprise AEs.
Organized and systems-minded: builds processes, keeps ATS and personnel records clean without prompting.
Excellent written and verbal communication; often the first impression of LiveX for candidates.
Discretion with compensation, equity, immigration, and personnel matters.
Early-stage operator mindset; comfortable with no existing HR function.
Able to work on-site in Palo Alto.
Nice-to-Haves
Recruiting for AI/ML, robotics, computer vision, or hardware roles.
Hands-on with a modern ATS, HRIS/payroll platform, and cap-table software.
Experience working with immigration counsel on employment visa cases.
Compensation
Base salary $110,000 – $150,000 per year, plus equity and benefits; placement depends on experience and skills.
How to Apply (original posting)
Send a resume and a short note describing the hardest role you have closed to career@livex.ai, subject "Candidate Application - Recruiter / People Operations".