Founding Recruiter

Valerie Health • San Francisco, CA

23h

About The Position

We are looking for a strategic, hands-on Founding Recruiter to build our talent function from the ground up. You will serve as a strategic partner to our leadership team, directly owning the search to hire world-class engineers and strategic non-technical roles. Beyond your own requisitions, you will oversee the broader hiring machine, managing our recruiting operations and high-volume volume ops roles to ensure excellence across the board. This is not just a "seat-filling" role. This is a chance to design our recruiting engine, define our talent brand, and shape the culture of a future category leader.

Requirements

• 2-6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, including 1-2+ years in a high-growth startup, talent-dense engineering firm, and/or a top tier search firm.
• Proven track record of closing Senior/Staff level Engineers.
• Data-native. You know how to use modern ATS platforms (Ashby experience is a massive plus) to track funnel metrics and spot bottlenecks.
• Prioritize quality over quantity. You understand that in a startup, one bad hire is worse than a missed hire.
• Can sell the vision. You are able to distill complex technical requirements and pitch the "rocketship" opportunity to candidates.
• Do not operate like it’s a 9–5. You act without waiting for direction. You own outcomes end-to-end, from hands-on execution (e.g., scheduling coordination) to higher-leverage contributions (e.g., shaping hiring strategy and compensation decisions).

Nice To Haves

• Experience hiring for non-technical roles (GTM, Ops, G&A).
• Experience managing junior recruiters/sourcers.

Responsibilities

• You will own full-cycle recruiting for technical and strategic non-technical roles. You will act as a "hunter," using creative sourcing strategies to attract top-1% talent.
• You will manage a high-volume ops recruiter responsible for our delivery team, ensuring quality and consistency across all hiring verticals.
• You will work with both founders and our leadership team to amplify our story in the market, driving referrals and inbound interest.
• You will manage and implement the recruiting stack, design structured interview plans, and create data-driven reporting loops to keep hiring managers aligned.
• You will define what it feels like to interview at Valerie Health, ensuring candidates become an advocate for our brand.

Benefits

• Be a founding operator with meaningful ownership in an AI-native, high-growth startup
• Competitive salary, equity and benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) and PTO

What This Job Offers

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