Founding Recruiter

Terac•San Francisco, CA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Terac is building infrastructure to connect human capability with work, initially providing specialized experts for AI training, evaluation, market research, and other expert-driven research. The company is based in San Francisco, has a team of 15, and has raised $16 million. It places thousands of experts per month and works with leading AI labs and research companies. Terac is hiring its first recruiter to own internal hiring end to end across engineering, go-to-market, operations, and strategic projects roles. The recruiter will partner directly with the CEO and CTO to build a world-class, in-person team in San Francisco. The role calls for comfort with ambiguity, strong judgment about people, and an ability to close candidates by effectively communicating Terac’s vision. The recruiter will lead full-cycle recruiting, source candidates through a wide range of channels, manage candidate closing and experience, build recruiting processes and infrastructure, and run events to develop long-term talent pipelines. Compensation includes a competitive salary, meaningful equity vesting over four years, a $10,000 relocation bonus for moving to the Bay Area, and an additional $5,000 housing bonus for moving within 0.5 miles of the office. Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, and a 401(k) with company match. As an early founding team member, the recruiter will have opportunities to shape and grow with Terac.

Requirements

2–6+ years of recruiting experience, with meaningful time at a high-growth startup or top agency.
A track record of closing hard-to-hire engineering and go-to-market talent.
Strong familiarity with LinkedIn Recruiter, Ashby or a similar ATS, and modern sourcing tools.
Strong judgment and the ability to prioritize under pressure.

Nice To Haves

Experience as an early or first recruiter at a startup and scaling a team through hypergrowth.
Exposure to marketplaces, AI, or technical hiring.

Responsibilities

Own full-cycle recruiting, including sourcing, outreach, screening, interview coordination, references, and closing across every function.
Source candidates through LinkedIn, Juicebox, referrals, investor networks, events, and other channels.
Sell candidates on Terac’s vision, run offer conversations alongside the founders, and provide a strong candidate experience whether or not candidates join.
Build recruiting processes and infrastructure, including interview loops, scorecards, Ashby workflows, pipeline metrics, and employer brand.
Run recruiting events, including dinners, hackathons, and campus outreach, to build long-term talent pipelines.