Our client an AI startup is seeking a seasoned Technical Recruiter to help build and scale a world-class team. As one of the earliest hiring leaders you will partner directly with the founders to shape the companys talent strategy organizational design and long-term hiring roadmap.
This is not a transactional recruiting role; its a strategic high-ownership position where you will influence company direction advise leadership and secure the technical product and legal talent required to advance cutting-edge GenAI innovation.
What Youll Do
- Serve as a strategic talent advisor to founders and hiring leaders aligning recruiting priorities with business goals and future team structure.
- Build nurture and convert top-tier talent across engineering product AI research and adjacent domains.
- Use data market insights and competitive intelligence to shape hiring strategy leveling compensation and process improvements.
- Partner with interview teams on sourcing strategy evaluation criteria candidate experience and closing strategy.
- Drive full-cycle recruiting pipeline development outreach assessments negotiation and onboarding.
- Collaborate closely with sourcing and recruiting operations to accelerate search execution and scalable hiring systems.
What Were Looking For
- 7 to 14 years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience within early-stage high-growth startups.
- Proven success in building engineering teams from the ground up.
- Experience partnering directly with founders and executives on organizational design and hiring strategy.
- Strong sourcing assessment storytelling and closing capabilities.
- Data-driven decision-making and comfort influencing leaders with insights.
- Experience with modern ATS platforms (Ashby preferred); proficiency with Juicebox required.
- A builders mindset: resourceful proactive relationship-driven and energized by ambiguity.
Salary & equity
No visa sponsorship
Recruiting advice
Traits to prioritize
- 7-1 years of experience at early-stage startups with strong engineering teams
- Full-cycle recruiting experience: sourcing screening closing
- Proven track record in building recruiting processes from scratch
Red flags to avoid
- Big Tech background with siloed recruiting experience
- Pattern of 8-12 month job tenures across multiple roles - DO NOT SUBMIT CANDIDATES WITH JUMPY RESUMES
How to make a candidate stand out
- Technical background or engineering degree
- Top school
- Experience building and scaling recruiting teams
Selling points
- Top-tier funding: Backed by Sequoia Index BCV Elad Gill
- Founding role: direct CTO report
- Elite engineering team: Extremely selective 8 months to hire first 10
- Cutting-edge AI: Applied AI team with lawyers and engineers
DO NOT CONTACT TORRENCE HYMAN AND DANISH ASIF
Our client an AI startup is seeking a seasoned Technical Recruiter to help build and scale a world-class team. As one of the earliest hiring leaders you will partner directly with the founders to shape the companys talent strategy organizational design and long-term hiring roadmap. This is not a tra...
Our client an AI startup is seeking a seasoned Technical Recruiter to help build and scale a world-class team. As one of the earliest hiring leaders you will partner directly with the founders to shape the companys talent strategy organizational design and long-term hiring roadmap.
This is not a transactional recruiting role; its a strategic high-ownership position where you will influence company direction advise leadership and secure the technical product and legal talent required to advance cutting-edge GenAI innovation.
What Youll Do
- Serve as a strategic talent advisor to founders and hiring leaders aligning recruiting priorities with business goals and future team structure.
- Build nurture and convert top-tier talent across engineering product AI research and adjacent domains.
- Use data market insights and competitive intelligence to shape hiring strategy leveling compensation and process improvements.
- Partner with interview teams on sourcing strategy evaluation criteria candidate experience and closing strategy.
- Drive full-cycle recruiting pipeline development outreach assessments negotiation and onboarding.
- Collaborate closely with sourcing and recruiting operations to accelerate search execution and scalable hiring systems.
What Were Looking For
- 7 to 14 years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience within early-stage high-growth startups.
- Proven success in building engineering teams from the ground up.
- Experience partnering directly with founders and executives on organizational design and hiring strategy.
- Strong sourcing assessment storytelling and closing capabilities.
- Data-driven decision-making and comfort influencing leaders with insights.
- Experience with modern ATS platforms (Ashby preferred); proficiency with Juicebox required.
- A builders mindset: resourceful proactive relationship-driven and energized by ambiguity.
Salary & equity
No visa sponsorship
Recruiting advice
Traits to prioritize
- 7-1 years of experience at early-stage startups with strong engineering teams
- Full-cycle recruiting experience: sourcing screening closing
- Proven track record in building recruiting processes from scratch
Red flags to avoid
- Big Tech background with siloed recruiting experience
- Pattern of 8-12 month job tenures across multiple roles - DO NOT SUBMIT CANDIDATES WITH JUMPY RESUMES
How to make a candidate stand out
- Technical background or engineering degree
- Top school
- Experience building and scaling recruiting teams
Selling points
- Top-tier funding: Backed by Sequoia Index BCV Elad Gill
- Founding role: direct CTO report
- Elite engineering team: Extremely selective 8 months to hire first 10
- Cutting-edge AI: Applied AI team with lawyers and engineers
DO NOT CONTACT TORRENCE HYMAN AND DANISH ASIF
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