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Founding Recruiter


Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 8 October 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 5 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About the Role

Build and own the recruiting function at a seed-stage public sector AI software startup. As the first dedicated in-house recruiter you will partner directly with the CEO to attract and close talent across technical and forward-deployed roles helping the team grow at a fast pace.

What Youll Do
  • Own full-cycle recruiting from creative sourcing and outreach through interviews and offer closing.
  • Develop inventive sourcing strategies to reach strong engineering AI and machine learning and forward-deployed candidates.
  • Manage a high-volume pipeline conduct multiple candidate screens per day and maintain a high bar for talent quality.
  • Build repeatable recruiting systems scorecards and playbooks using Ashby and AI tools.
  • Communicate the companys mission and opportunity to candidates throughout the recruiting process.
What Were Looking For
  • Two to six years of recruiting experience including experience at a high-growth startup.
  • A strong technical recruiting background with experience sourcing and closing engineering candidates including FDE FDPM or AI/ML roles.
  • Demonstrated success finding candidates through creative sourcing methods beyond relying on established processes alone.
  • Comfort working at high speed moving candidates through a recruiting cycle quickly and managing substantial daily call volume.
  • Experience with Ashby Claude or other AI sourcing tools is relevant.
  • Willingness to work on-site in New York City five days per week.
Compensation & Benefits

Annual salary range: $140000 to $220000. Visa sponsorship is available. Relocation support is provided.

Location

On-site in New York New York.