Founding Recruiter

This company is hiring its first Founding Recruiter to build the recruiting function from the ground up. This is a full-cycle high-ownership role partnering directly with founders and hiring managers across technical and business functions owning sourcing pipeline quality and candidate experience end to end. The expectation is that this person grows into the head of recruiting over time eventually leading a team of recruiters and RCs as the company scales. Recruiting is a centralized function with direct visibility into every hire across engineering marketing and sales.

Details

• Location: San Francisco CA In-person 5 days/week
• Employment: Full-time
• Experience: 2 - 6 years
• Equity: Competitive equity
• Visa & work authorization: None available

About the company
Our client is an AI-native marketing automation platform built for modern software companies. The platform lets growth teams run their entire go-to-market motion in one place from acquisition through retention with AI agents doing work legacy tools cant. Backed by $28M in funding the San Francisco-based team includes operators and engineers from well-known top-tier tech companies.

What youll own

• Full-cycle recruiting across both technical and business roles from sourcing and screening through coordinating and closing
• Building and owning the sourcing infrastructure including pipeline enrichment outreach tooling and AI-forward workflows that surface strong candidates faster than the competition
• Partnering directly with founders and hiring managers to calibrate on roles build effective hiring strategies and keep processes moving with clarity and speed
• Delivering a high-quality candidate experience from first outreach through offer representing the company to a demanding candidate market
• Iterating on recruiting infrastructure including ATS hygiene interview process documentation and sourcing playbooks
• Using market data and sourcing signals to advise on compensation benchmarks pacing and where to focus sourcing effort

What were looking for

• 2-6 years of full-cycle recruiting experience with a track record of owning sourcing screening and closing across both technical and business roles
• Prior experience recruiting at a startup or at an agency that works primarily with startups having been one of the first one to three recruiters at a company or a top performer at a startup-focused agency
• Bachelors degree from a US or Canadian university
• Hands-on sourcing experience using LinkedIn Recruiter with comfort building and activating candidate pipelines independently
• Willingness to work in-person five days per week at the San Francisco office
• Ability to operate as a full individual contributor including handling scheduling and RC-level coordination in the early stage before additional recruiting headcount is added

Nice to have

• Experience with AI-forward sourcing tools such as Juicebox Clay or Harmonic to enrich signals and build candidate pipelines more efficiently than manual LinkedIn search
• Familiarity with Ashby or a comparable modern ATS
• Experience recruiting across both technical and GTM functions with an informed perspective on what makes each discipline distinct
• Background that started in RC or sourcing before growing into full-cycle recruiting bringing a strong sourcing foundation into the role