Technical Recruiter (Founding Team)

About Pallet

Pallet is building AI Agents to transform the physical economy a $12 trillion global industry. Weve raised $50M from top investors including General Catalyst Bessemer Venture Partners and Bain Capital under two years weve achieved 700% revenue growth and are just getting started.

Our mission is to increase the efficiency of the global supply chain by automating the manual workflows that slow supply chain teams down from scheduling and appointment setting to data entry and load management. Our flagship platform provides end-to-end visibility control and optimization while our newest product CoPallet introduces AI Agents that can understand and execute requests in real time and integrate directly with customer systems.

As companies across the physical economy look to generative AI to drive efficiency many are turning to Pallet to lead the way. With deep supply chain expertise and cutting-edge AI capabilities were positioned to build the next $10B company powering the physical economy.

Join us and work alongside leaders from Google DoorDash YC and more to shape the future of supply chain technology.

About Pallet

Pallet is building AI Agents to transform logistics a $12 trillion global industry. Weve raised $50M from top investors including General Catalyst Bessemer Venture Partners and Bain Capital under two years weve achieved 700% revenue growth and are just getting started.

Our mission is to increase the efficiency of the global supply chain by automating the manual workflows that slow logistics teams down from scheduling and appointment setting to data entry and load management. Our flagship platform provides end-to-end visibility control and optimization while our newest product CoPallet introduces AI Agents that can understand and execute requests in real time and integrate directly with customer systems.

As logistics providers look to generative AI to drive efficiency many are turning to Pallet to lead the way. With deep industry expertise and cutting-edge AI capabilities were positioned to build the next $10B company in logistics.

Join us and work alongside leaders from Google DoorDash YC and more to shape the future of logistics tech.

About the Opportunity:

Pallet is hiring our first Lead Technical Recruiter a high-impact IC role with true ownership over how we build our engineering organization.

As we scale from 100 to 200 employees engineering hiring is one of the most critical levers in the business. This role will own technical recruiting end-to-end partnering closely with our Head of Talent engineering leadership and founders to hire across Product Platform FDE and AI/ML roles.

This is not a support function. Recruiting at Pallet is a strategic partner to the business. Youll be embedded with engineering leadership deeply understand our product and technical roadmap and play a direct role in shaping the team that builds our AI agents. The impact of this role will be immediate visible and long-lasting.

Why this Role is Different:

• True 01 ownership at a company that takes hiring seriously. Youll be the first dedicated Senior Technical Recruiter at Pallet with real influence and partnership recruiting is treated as a core business function not a support role.
• High-bar white-glove technical hiring. Deep ownership and strong trust with engineering leadership and senior candidates. This role is optimized for judgment and quality not volume.
• Hands-on ownership not resource constrained. Youll personally source and close top engineering talent with budget for modern recruiting tools selective agency support and light shared sourcing resources available as needed.
• Career-defining impact at a Series B AI company. Youll help set the foundation for technical recruiting as Pallet scales with meaningful equity upside a strong engineering brand already in place and the opportunity to shape what great looks like long-term.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Own and close senior high-bar engineering roles across Product Platform FDE and AI/ML in competitive SF / NYC markets.
• Make your first hire within 45 days and sustain 2 high-quality engineering hires per month thereafter.
• Run end-to-end searches: scoping ambiguous roles sourcing pipeline management interview coordination and closing.
• Protect and scale Pallets technical hiring bar through high-signal screening thoughtful debriefs and pushback when quality is slipping.
• Build trust with senior engineering candidates through a white-glove candidate experience and calm credible selling.
• Diagnose pipeline or close issues using data and candidate feedback and adapt strategy in real time.
• Act as a true partner to engineering leadership bringing structure judgment and clarity without needing hand-holding.
• Increase leverage across the technical recruiting system while remaining hands-on personally sourcing for hard roles partnering effectively with sourcers and strengthening referral quality and conversion.

Preferred Experience:

• 510 years of recruiting experience with 3 years owning senior technical roles end-to-end.
• Proven experience hiring: Senior Software Engineers Platform / Infra / SRE Engineers ML- or data-adjacent roles bonus if youve also hired: Product Managers Designers etc.
• Track record of closing senior engineers in competitive markets.
• Experience operating in high-bar founder-led or early-stage environments.
• Strong technical recruiting judgment able to spot misalignment early and maintain a low false-positive rate.
• Calm credible communicator who can sell Pallet to engineers without hype.
• Comfortable with ambiguity high ownership and accountability for outcomes.
• Low ego collaborative and motivated by impact rather than process for processs sake.

Our Recruiting Stack:

• Greenhouse for ATS
• Juicebox Covey LinkedIn Recruiter LinkedIn InMails (400 a month) Clay
• Grammarly Pro for polished writing
• Brighthire for call recordings and Granola/Wispr for note-taking
• Modern Loop for easy scheduling
• Calendly Notion GSuite Slack etc
• Claude AI Recruiting Brain: we have Greenhouse ModernLoop and Brighthire connected so you can build your own recruiting solutions

Interview Process:

• Chat with Grace Head of Talent- 30 mins
• Short Take Home Assignment - 2-3 days to complete
• Final Interviews - 3 hours of interviews at our office in SF

We move fast and well keep you informed at every stage of the process.

Location:

As a small early-stage team building from 01 we value in-person collaboration. This role is based in our San Francisco office and we typically work from the office five days a week. That said were pragmatic flexibility is available on days with heavy calls or as needed over time. Relocation assistance can be provided for candidates interested in moving to San Francisco.

Compensation:

The estimated salary range for this role is $165000-$220000 depending on experience and skill addition to cash compensation we offer competitive equity benefits and meaningful opportunities for growth. Final compensation is determined based on experience qualifications and location.

Pallet is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Our Benefits

We invest in our people the same way we invest in our product: seriously.

• Health Vision and Dental benefits
• Take-what-you-need Paid Vacation
• Life Insurance and Accidental Insurance
• Short-Term Disability Coverage
• Generous salary and equity for all staff
• 401k option; helping you save for the future
• Paid parental leave to support growing families
• Yearly learning and development stipend
• Commuter benefits for Bay Area employees
• Uber ride stipend if you ever have to work late in the office
• Remote office home stipend to get you comfy in your space
• Daily catered lunches provided
• Onboarding trip to San Francisco HQ if you work remotely
• Monthly happy hours
• Annual Company Offsites; our last one was in Palm Springs CA

Workplace Policy

We are an in-person company. Our offices in San Francisco New York City and London are where ideas get built decisions get made and the team gets stronger. We have invested in making them genuinely great places to spend your day with catered lunches monthly happy hours and people who care about the work and each other.

Most of our team works in office five days a week. For select roles we hire remotely across the U.S. Remote employees come to one of our offices for their first week to onboard and meet the team and we cover the full trip.

Every role is different. Travel expectations are always shared upfront in the job description and confirmed in your first call with us.

Equal Opportunity

Pallet is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without discrimination on the basis of race religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran disability status or any other applicable legally protected characteristic. We prohibit any form of discrimination or harassment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including hiring.

Candidate Privacy Notice

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Accommodations

Pallet complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as amended by the ADA Amendments Act and all applicable state or local laws. We will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability during the application process and throughout employment as required by law.

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