Talent Engineer

Bobyard • San Francisco, CA

1d • $120,000 - $160,000 • Onsite

About The Position

This is a technical role inside recruiting. You'll own the systems, automations, and data pipelines that power hiring end-to-end. The goal is simple: remove manual work from the recruiting loop so the team can operate faster, with better signal, at higher volume. You'll make deliberate build-vs-buy calls. Not everything needs a SaaS subscription — some problems are a Python script and a webhook. You know the difference, and you default toward the cheaper, more controllable solution when it's the right one.

Requirements

• Comfortable with APIs, scripting, and data pipelines.
• Have built automations that run in production — not just prototypes.
• Have opinions about where LLMs are useful and where they break.
• Prefer shipping a tool over running a process manually.
• Systems mindset and high ownership are required.
• Recruiting background not required.

Responsibilities

• Build sourcing automation: Pipelines that surface candidates before they're actively looking. Structured workflows across LinkedIn, GitHub, research corpora, and referral networks.
• Build screening infrastructure: LLM-assisted triage that filters for fit before a human reviews. You'll own the prompts, the evaluation logic, and the quality checks that keep signal-to-noise high.
• Build ATS integration: Ashby as system of record. You'll wire it to sourcing tools, comms, and scheduling so candidate state updates without manual pushing.
• Build funnel analytics: Define the metrics that matter (time-to-fill, source quality, offer accept rate), instrument the pipeline, and report with enough honesty to actually change behavior.
• Build internal tooling: Dashboards and lightweight interfaces so the team has real-time visibility without living in Ashby.

What This Job Offers

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