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.