Founding Recruiter

Finch Legal•New York City, NY

3d•$130,000 - $180,000

About The Position

We believe every American household deserves access to counsel in life’s biggest moments. At Finch, we’re building the infrastructure to make justice radically more accessible. Our modern approach to consumer law automates the admin work and puts clients first, starting with personal injury. Since launching in April, we’ve grown 10x and are now powering pre-litigation for top law firms across the country. We combine expert operators with purpose-built AI to handle intake, claim opening, medical records, police reports, lien management, demands, and everything in between. We’re backed by Sequoia, Redpoint, and the founders & CEOs of generational companies like DoorDash, Ironclad, and Digits. We’re rebuilding how the law serves everyday Americans from first principles, and we’re hiring exceptional operators to help us scale it nationwide. This Role We’re hiring a Founding Recruiter to build the hiring engine behind Finch. This is our first recruiting hire, and it comes at a moment of fast, high-stakes growth. You’ll work directly with the CEO and founding team to source, evaluate, and close top talent across product, engineering, legal ops, growth, and strategy. You’ll also define the foundations of how we hire — narratives, processes, systems, and rituals — so that every new teammate levels up the company. You’ll Lead Initiatives Like:

Requirements

Have 3–6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally at a fast-growing startup
Have hired across technical and non-technical roles with both speed and quality
Are a compelling communicator and confident closer who can win the best candidates
Are deeply organized and can juggle multiple searches with clarity and precision
Have experience building from scratch and love creating systems that scale
Care about mission, bar, and long-term impact

Responsibilities

Driving full-cycle recruiting across technical, operational, and GTM roles
Leading top of funnel sourcing for legal operations staff as we brace for scale
Partnering with founders on org design, headcount planning, and hiring bar calibration
Creating scalable systems for sourcing, interviewing, and closing top candidates
Designing a distinctive candidate experience that reflects our culture and values
Owning our employer brand, pitch, and messaging across channels
Building structure with the tools we have now (e.g., Notion, Google Sheets) and evolving our stack as we grow