Senior Recruiter

San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Our Team

Chef Robotics is on a mission to accelerate the advent of intelligent machines in the physical world. As the rise of LLMs like ChatGPT has shown AI has the potential to drive immense change. However we believe AIs biggest impact will be in the physical world given industries like manufacturing food and transportation represent 90% of global GDP. Were starting with food with a goal to put an intelligent robot in every commercial kitchen in the world. We have signed multiple multi-year contracts with various large food companies and we are growing fast. Were backed by investors like Kleiner Perkins Construct Bloomberg BETA and Promus Ventures. We have a great team where you will be surrounded by talented engineers and tech leaders from companies like Cruise Zoox Google Verb Surgical Tesla Nuro Vicarious Amazon Robotics Strateos Built Robotics Facebook Plenty Yelp and Microsoft.

About the Role

You will be responsible for helping Chef scale by identifying engaging and hiring world-class talent. Youll partner closely with hiring managers across engineering operations and G&A functions to ensure we build a high-performing values-aligned team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a company at an inflection point and shape our hiring practices from the ground up.

Success in the role requires experience in and a commitment to maintaining an extremely high standard for hiring as well as the grit organization and indefatigable nature to build a healthy pipeline of great talent. You should be a builder and a culture champion who is able to work with a high-talent team to create a hiring process and a company that supports top talent. Experience recruiting for startups and for software physical (hardware) and AI-enabled companies is strongly preferred.

What Youll Do

Own full-cycle recruiting across multiple roles (technical and non-technical) from sourcing and screening to offers and close. The large majority of hiring will be in software AI and robotics.
Partner with hiring managers to understand headcount needs role requirements and ideal candidate profiles
Drive sourcing strategies to attract passive candidates using tools like LinkedIn Gem and referrals
Maintain a high bar for candidate experience and communication throughout the hiring process
Collaborate with the Head of People to improve and scale recruiting operations (interview training metrics tracking employer branding etc.)
Champion our mission and culture serving as the first point of contact for many future Chefs
Experiment with new sourcing channels and creative outreach tactics to build a diverse pipeline
Oversee the ATS (Applicant Tracking System) ensuring clean pipelines and strong communication at each stage for a high-touch candidate experience.
Uphold an exceptionally high hiring standard ensuring that we attract world-class talent.

What You Bring:

35 years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a fast-paced startup or tech environment
Proven ability to hire across multiple functions; technical software AI robotics recruiting experience strongly preferred.
Youre adept at prioritizing and managing multiple searches simultaneously driving results in a fast-paced environment.
Strong sourcing chopsyoure scrappy resourceful and love the hunt. You excel at sourcing engaging passive talent and getting them excited about solving challenging problems with a high-caliber team.
You possess strong communication skills and can quickly build rapport and trust with candidates.
Youre empathetic warm and able to build trust with both candidates and hiring teams
Obsessed with candidate experience and passionate about creating a thoughtful process
Youre energized by working in an early-stage dynamic environment and excited to build systems that scale
You have a strong network in robotics AI or mechatronics especially in the Bay Area.
You thrive in dynamic fast-paced environments and have experience working in startups.
You quickly grasp new technical concepts and can credibly engage with engineering experts. Experience in robotics AI/ML or other advanced technologies is strongly preferred.

$100000 - $175000 a year

Chef is an early-stage startup where equity is a major part of the compensation package. As the company secures more capital we will gradually increase salary and cash compensation. The starting salary will depend on seniority.

In addition to salary and early-stage equity we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical dental and vision insurance commuter benefits flexible paid time off (PTO) catered lunch and 401(k) matching.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color sex gender identity and expression sexual orientation national origin ancestry citizen status uniform service member and veteran status marital status age pregnancy status protected medical condition genetic information disability or any other protected status.

Multiple studies have found that a higher percentage of women and BIPOC candidates wont apply if they dont meet every listed qualification. Chef values candidates of all backgrounds. If you find yourself excited by our mission but you dont check every box in the description we encourage you to apply anyway!

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

About Our TeamChef Robotics is on a mission to accelerate the advent of intelligent machines in the physical world. As the rise of LLMs like ChatGPT has shown AI has the potential to drive immense change. However we believe AIs biggest impact will be in the physical world given industries like manuf...