Founding Recruiter

Raindrop • San Francisco, CA

20h • Onsite

About The Position

Raindrop is a monitoring platform for AI agents, helping engineering teams detect and diagnose silent failures in production. The company is building technology that identifies agent issues across production data and, with Raindrop 2.0, helps close the loop by enabling coding agents to fix issues and turn those fixes into evaluations that prevent regressions.

As an early team member, the Founding Recruiter will own Raindrop’s end-to-end recruiting function and help scale the team. The role includes building a strong candidate pipeline, strengthening the company’s reputation as a destination for top talent, and using recruiting metrics to inform hiring strategies. The recruiter will work closely with leadership and take ownership of high-impact work from day one. This is an in-person role in San Francisco, or for someone willing to relocate there.

Requirements

• Experience recruiting strong engineering teams, ideally at high-growth startups or AI or developer-tools companies.
• Proven ability to source, engage, and close standout engineering candidates in competitive markets.
• Deep understanding of technical talent and strong instincts for evaluating engineering profiles.
• Strong communication skills.
• Frequent use of AI tools and automation, with a focus on making work more efficient and scalable.
• Growth mindset.
• Highly organized and reliable.
• Willingness to do what it takes to solve a problem.
• Excited to work closely with leadership and own high-impact work from day one.
• Must be able to work in person in San Francisco or be willing to move there.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end recruiting function, including sourcing, outreach, interviewing, coordination, and closing.
• Build a strong top-of-funnel recruiting engine through outbound sourcing, referrals, content, and other creative recruiting tactics.
• Help make the company a magnet for top talent by building a reputation for talent density.
• Track and analyze recruiting metrics, including pipeline, offer acceptance rates, and time-to-hire, to inform hiring strategies.

What This Job Offers

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