Founding Recruiter

Antimetal • New York, NY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

We're looking for a Founding Recruiter to help us continue to build one of the most talented teams in AI. You'll manage our recruiting funnel from day one — finding, closing, and onboarding the people who will define the business Antimetal becomes.
About Antimetal
Antimetal is building the future of infrastructure management. We're starting by creating a platform that investigates, resolves, and prevents issues—giving engineers their time back to focus on what they do best: building great products.

Requirements

• 2–7 years of experience in recruiting, talent, or a highly agency, people-facing role (SDR, AE, partnerships).
• A track record of closing candidates who have multiple, great options — you know how to sell a company, not just screen a resume.
• Experience running outbound recruiting or outbound sales — you know what it takes to get a response and turn it into a conversation.
• Comfort recruiting technical roles (engineering, infrastructure, devtools) or a demonstrated ability to get up to speed on technical concepts quickly.
• Strong instincts for talent — you can articulate why someone is good, not just that they checked the boxes.
• High agency — you figure out what needs to happen and do it. You move without waiting to be told.
• Excellent communication — you write well, talk clearly, and know how to move a candidate from intrigued to excited.
• Identify as a builder.
• Are excited to work in-person from our new and spacious office in New York.
• A bar raiser excited to take on a founding role and se the bar for how we hire.
• A closer that can land top talent and do more than coordinate a funnel.
• Love working in a startup environment (experience in a startup or obsession with going zero-to-one).
• Enjoy working with people who are technical, ambitious, caring, and think in systems.
• Thrive in a fast-paced iterative environment where experimentation is essential.

Nice To Haves

• You've recruited engineers at a venture backed company, search firm, or on a VC talent team.
• You're comfortable in deeply technical environments — you've worked alongside engineers, picked up the vocabulary, and know how to earn their trust as a thought partner.
• You’re an operator at heart and are constantly looking for ways to optimize what we’re doing as a team.
• You actively use AI tools to source faster, write better outreach, and do more with less.

Responsibilities

• Manage our recruiting funnel — from sourcing and outbound to offer close — across engineering, GTM, and ops searches.
• Run sequences, screen candidates, and partner with hiring managers to move fast without dropping quality.
• Run aggressive outbound — build targeted lists, write compelling outreach, and get responses from passive candidates. You will treat sourcing the way a great SDR treats a pipeline.
• Develop a deep understanding of our talent bar — quickly learn what great looks like at Antimetal so you can represent the role authentically and make sharp calls on who to advance.
• Build the system, not just fill the seats — design and iterate on our recruiting infrastructure: outreach templates, intake processes, ATS hygiene, and funnel analytics.
• Be a strategic talent partner — sit in on team planning, advise on comp, and contribute to org design as we continue scaling.
• Grow beyond recruiting — as you get your footing, partner with our Head of Ops on People strategy, candidate experience, onboarding, and other operational initiatives. This role grows with you.

Benefits

• Pay & ownership — Competitive salary with generous equity grants.
• Full coverage + retirement — Fully covered health, dental, and vision, plus retirement benefits.
• Unlimited PTO — Take the time you need to recharge.
• Dinner on late nights — Working late? Dinner is on us.
• Fitness stipend — Monthly support for your health and wellness.
• Tools of the trade — Any equipment you need to do your best work.
• Commute perks — Citi Bike + train benefits.

What This Job Offers

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