Recruiter & People Ops Associate (100% Onsite)

Description

• Founding Recruiter & People Ops Associate

Experience

• 2 - 4 years of experience in recruiting, people ops, or HR at a startup

Work experience

• Worked at a startup (sub-50 employees preferred; growth-stage also acceptable)
• Full-cycle recruiting experience (sourcing, screening, scheduling, closing)
• People ops/HR generalist exposure (benefits, onboarding, compliance, offboarding)
• Built recruiting or people ops processes from scratch (0→1)
• ATS management experience (Ashby, Lever, or Greenhouse)
• Candidate sourcing tools proficiency (LinkedIn Recruiter, etc.)
• Highly organized; juggles many parallel processes without dropping balls
• Must be based in SF or willing to relocate; on-site 5 days/week

Project Description

• We are looking for a Founding Recruiter & People Ops Associate with 2-4 years of experience to join as the first dedicated people hire at a fast-growing cybersecurity startup. You'll work directly with the CEO to build the entire people function from scratch — owning recruiting end-to-end while laying the foundation for people ops, culture, and internal operations as the company scales from 15 to 30+ employees.

What will you be doing?

• Own full-cycle recruiting across engineering and sales roles (~8-10 hires before end of year)
• Build onboarding processes, recruiting playbooks, and people policies from zero (expense policies, parental leave, offboarding, etc.)
• Manage benefits administration, payroll support, and open enrollment
• Drive team culture — plan events, establish rituals, and handle office management needs
• Partner directly with the CEO on all hiring decisions and internal operations strategy

Key Requirements

• 2-4 years of experience in recruiting, people ops, or HR (minimum 1 year required)
• Startup experience — comfortable with ambiguity, wearing many hats, and no task being "too small"
• Recruiting experience strongly preferred (full-cycle or coordination)
• Highly organized and process-oriented — can build structure where none exists
• Must be based in San Francisco and work on-site 5 days/week (4th & Market)

Interview:

• Initial Screen 15 mins
• Hiring Manager Screen (30 minutes)
• Skills Assessment (TBD)
• On-Site (60-90 minutes)

About Client

• Client is on a mission to stop the most dominant cyberattacks on the planet.
• Client is an AI-powered cybersecurity platform that protects SMBs from account takeovers, specifically targeting Microsoft 365 environments. Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks have exploded, rising 141% year-over-year, and have become the #1 way businesses lose money to cyberattacks. Client detects more attacks and responds faster than any competitor on the market while triggering fewer false positives.
• Founded by a team of YC W24 alumni with backgrounds at Abnormal Security, Palo Alto Networks, and Bridgewater, Client found product market fit remarkably fast — going from first customer in January 2025 to mid-seven-figures in ARR within a year. The company already protects over 1.6 million users across 10,000+ businesses and wins 90%+ of head-to-head competitions.

Culture & Values:

• Feedback-first and direct — people give and receive feedback constantly
• Collaborative environment with youthful energy (team mostly in their early-to-mid 20s)
• People take their work seriously but don't take themselves too seriously
• High-output, fast-moving startup where everyone contributes to building from zero to one
• In-office five days a week for Bay Area employees, with remote options available
• Client is the secret weapon of high-growth MSPs and is scaling rapidly with the goal of reaching $20M+ in revenue in the next 12 months.

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