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About the Role
Join an early-stage applied AI company as an early recruiting hire, owning end-to-end hiring for engineering and technical roles. You will partner closely with company leadership to establish recruiting practices and help build a strong technical team.
What You'll Do
Lead full-cycle recruiting for software engineering, infrastructure, applied AI, and product engineering roles.
Build outbound sourcing pipelines for technical talent across AI, quantitative finance, technology companies, and universities.
Partner with leadership on hiring strategy, role calibration, interview design, and candidate closing.
Create a thoughtful, efficient candidate experience.
Develop foundational recruiting systems, workflows, templates, and talent market maps.
What We're Looking For
Two to eight years of technical recruiting experience, including work at an early-stage or high-growth startup or boutique recruiting agency.
A record of sourcing, engaging, and closing engineering candidates in competitive markets, including senior, founding, or infrastructure talent.
Experience building outbound pipelines and partnering with founders, executives, or senior hiring managers.
Strong understanding of software engineering, infrastructure, full-stack, and applied AI roles.
High agency and comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment.
A bachelor's degree from a US university, with a record of sustained tenure in recent roles.
Connections across engineering, AI, startup, university, or quantitative finance communities are valuable.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $150,000 to $200,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, United States.
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