Founding Recruiter

Forgepoint • New York City, NY

4h • Onsite

About The Position

Forgepoint is hiring a Founding Recruiter to build and own recruiting as the company scales. This is a hands-on, high-volume, full-cycle role covering engineering and go-to-market hiring, from sourcing and pipeline development through candidate experience, offers, and closing. The recruiter will work directly with founders and hiring managers to define success profiles and hiring standards, establish an effective process, and create repeatable recruiting systems. The position is based in Forgepoint’s New York City office, with in-person work five days a week.

Forgepoint builds AI workers for manufacturing back-office departments, including quoting, purchasing, invoicing, and sales coordination. Its goal is to remove administrative bottlenecks and help US manufacturers operate and compete more effectively. The company is backed by a16z speedrun and angels from Brex, Xwing, and Betterment.

Requirements

• Full-cycle recruiting experience; technical recruiting experience is ideal.
• Strong sourcing ability, including finding and engaging talent others may miss.
• Excellent candidate experience skills and ability to move quickly while staying organized and thorough.
• Organized and data-driven approach to pipeline management.
• Collaborative, low-ego approach to working with hiring managers.
• Interest in Forgepoint’s mission to strengthen the American manufacturing base.
• Willingness and excitement to work in person five days a week in the New York City office.

Nice To Haves

• Experience recruiting engineers at a startup or high-growth company.
• Experience building a sourcing or hiring process from scratch.
• Experience using AI tools to accelerate sourcing, screening, and outreach.
• Experience recruiting across both technical and go-to-market roles.

Responsibilities

• Partner with founders and hiring managers to define scorecards, ideal profiles, and rigorous interview processes for open roles.
• Build targeted pipelines for engineering and go-to-market roles using sourcing, referrals, communities, and personalized outreach.
• Own the candidate journey from initial contact and screening through interviews, references, offers, and closing.
• Assess candidates against role outcomes and company values, synthesize evidence, and calibrate hiring standards with the team.
• Run a fast, thoughtful process with strong communication, efficient scheduling, and a positive candidate experience.
• Track the recruiting funnel, forecast hiring progress, identify bottlenecks, and build repeatable systems to support growth.

Benefits

• Base salary of $140,000–$180,000, depending on level and experience.
• Opportunity to receive meaningful early-stage equity, stated as $15,000–$70,000 per year.
• Great healthcare coverage.
• Dinner provided at the office.
• Unlimited Celsius.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed