Founding Technical Recruiter

Valerie Health • San Francisco, CA

52d

About The Position

We’re looking for a thoughtful, strategic, and hands-on Founding Recruiter to own and evolve our hiring function, with an emphasis on technical recruiting. While the role will be primarily focused on software engineering hiring, this hire will also own hiring for high priority non-technical roles that are critical to business needs. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced, early-stage environments, loves building processes from the ground up, and is excited to work cross-functionally to help us scale thoughtfully.

Requirements

• 3-8 years of experience in recruiting with at least 2+ years of experience in an early stage, start-up environment
• Strong experience specifically in sourcing and hiring high caliber technical talent, including senior hires
• Familiarity with using an ATS (Applicant Tracking System), Ashby preferred
• Strong understanding of recruiting data and reporting
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work independently
• Recruiting Skill Set. Proven ability to deliver on full-cycle recruiting for software engineers and other technical hires with an emphasis on outbound sourcing, candidate experience, and high-caliber talent. Is eager to also take on high-priority non-technical roles.
• Talent Bar. Has experience hiring in an environment of talent density and has enabled processes that prioritizes quality over quantity.
• Communication. Expresses themselves clearly and succinctly, able to adjust communication style to different hiring managers and candidates, can convey complex topics and sell candidates on the opportunity.
• Stakeholder Management. Able to work with a wide variety of hiring managers and knows how to present metrics and data in a way to effectively get buy in.
• Collaboration. Prioritizes building relationships, both with candidates and hiring managers, to achieve the best possible outcomes. Takes ownership and follows through, willing to help others even outside their scope.
• Initiative. Self-starter who takes the opportunity to act when they see a need.
• Learning & Growth. Actively seeks to learn and apply new approaches or perspectives, encourages new ways of doing things, and actively seeks to improve their skill set.

Nice To Haves

• Experience hiring non-technical roles is a nice to have

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruiting across engineering and other key roles including sourcing, screening, designing interview plans, scheduling, and managing candidates
• Build relationships with hiring managers and develop recruiting strategies to hire the best talent for the role in a structured and objective manner
• Develop and promote our top of funnel strategies across sourcing, employer brand, and referrals to help us attract the best talent
• Maintain and analyze recruiting related data in our ATS, Ashby, and report out on hiring progress
• Deliver a best in class candidate experience

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
• Work directly with senior leadership on projects critical to company growth and scale

What This Job Offers

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