AfterQuery Technical Recruiter — AI Infrastructure | San Francisco
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Job Summary
Technical Recruiter AI Infrastructure San Francisco $110K$130K Base (OTE: $110K$330K) Equity -
Were partnering with one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies in the country to find their next Technical Recruiter. This is a rare high-ownership role where youll be one of the first recruiting hires working directly alongside the Head of Talent to build the engineering team powering frontier AI data infrastructure. If youve been waiting for the right opportunity to own something real at a company that actually matters this is it.
The Opportunity
This isnt a support role and it isnt a coordinator seat. Youll own full-cycle technical recruiting end-to-end sourcing screening closing across AI infrastructure and full-stack engineering roles. Youll partner directly with founders and hiring managers build sourcing pipelines and outbound sequences from scratch and iterate fast in a high-intensity environment where autonomy is the default. The ideal candidate has come up through a recruiting agency or a high-growth startup and knows how to talk to engineers move quickly and operate without a playbook.
What Youll Own
Full-cycle recruiting for technical roles: sourcing screening coordinating and closing
High-quality outbound sourcing pipelines for top engineering talent across AI infrastructure and full-stack disciplines
Direct partnership with founders and hiring managers on role requirements interview loops and hiring strategy
Recruiting sequences candidate experience workflows and outreach tooling built and iterated from scratch
Funnel metrics ownership: response rates pass-through rates time-to-hire and continuous improvement
Compensation Built to Reward Performance
This is one of the most aggressive compensation packages in technical recruiting structured to reward people who close.
Component | Details |
Base Salary | $110000 $130000 |
On-Target Earnings (OTE) | $110000 $330000 |
Upside Potential | Up to 3x base for top performers |
Equity | Competitive equity package at a VC-backed AI company |
How the variable comp works:The OTE range reflects a performance-based structure where your earnings scale directly with your output. At the low end youre covering base. At the high end $330000 youre a top-performing closer in a high-velocity recruiting environment. This isnt a stretch goal built to look good on paper; its a realistic ceiling for a recruiter who owns a full pipeline and closes consistently in a competitive engineering market.
Why the equity matters:This is a Series A-stage AI infrastructure company backed by top-tier venture capital. Early employees at companies like this particularly those in foundational roles have historically seen significant equity upside as companies scale toward Series B and beyond. The equity you receive today is priced at the earliest available stage.
What Were Looking For
13 years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience agency or high-growth startup strongly preferred
Demonstrated ability to source and close engineers in a competitive market
Comfort with ambiguity you dont need a process handed to you; you build it
Fluency in technical conversations you can hold your own with engineering candidates and hiring managers
Proficiency withAshby LinkedIn Recruiter and email sequencing tools
High ownership mindset: you ramp fast operate independently and take accountability for outcomes
Must be based in or willing to relocate toSan Francisco CA this role is onsite 5 days/week
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. All candidates must be authorized to work in the US.
Profiles We Love to See
Were looking for candidates with experience at companies where recruiting is fast technical and high-stakes. Strong backgrounds include:
Technical Recruiting AgenciesHirewell Riviera Partners TriSearch Betts Recruiting Recruiting from Scratch True Search Hunt Club Kofi Group
High-Growth AI/ML & Data Infrastructure CompaniesScale AI Anthropic Replit Cohere Anyscale Weights & Biases Hugging Face Modal Labs Databricks
YC-Backed & High-Growth Startups with Small Recruiting TeamsRetool Ramp Mercury Rippling Brex Vercel Supabase PostHog
If your background is adjacent to any of these a similar-stage company a comparable recruiting function we still want to hear from you.
Profiles That Are Not a Fit
We are specificallynotlooking for candidates whose recruiting experience is exclusively from large process-heavy enterprise organizations. If your entire background is in a slow-moving high-headcount tech org where recruiting is highly structured and committee-driven this role will likely feel like a mismatch and we want to be upfront about that.
Companies that signal this profile include: IBM Cisco Intel Google Meta Amazon Microsoft Apple Oracle
Experience at these companies is not disqualifying on its own but candidates who haveonlyworked in big tech recruiting environments without startup or agency exposure are unlikely to thrive in this role.
Why This Role Stands Out
Founding impact one of the first recruiting hires at a company building frontier AI infrastructure
Direct founder access youll partner with leadership from day one not work through layers
Exceptional compensation base up to $130K with OTE potential reaching $330K plus meaningful early-stage equity
Career trajectory early-stage roles like this define careers; the people who build the function become the leaders who run it
Interview Process
1. Intro call with the Head of Talent(30 minutes) culture fit ambiguity tolerance ability to ramp
2. Interview with the Chief of Staff(30 minutes) culture and operational mindset alignment
3. Optional take-home assessment(1 hour) sourcing and sequence-building exercise
4. Super Day on-site(full day) live sourcing building sequences and working in a real environment
Ready to Apply
If youre a technically fluent recruiter with agency or startup DNA who wants to build something from the ground up at one of the most exciting companies in AI infrastructure we want to hear from you.
Please include a brief note on your technical recruiting background the types of engineering roles youve owned and why youre drawn to an early-stage high-ownership environment.
This search is being conducted by Cube Management on behalf of our client. The company name will be shared with shortlisted candidates.
