Technical Recruiter

Arcade•San Francisco, CA

10d•$185,000 - $255,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is for a Technical Recruiter at Arcade, a company focused on building the infrastructure for AI applications, specifically a tools catalog and platform that enables AI models to take real-world actions. The company emphasizes its strong founder-market fit, experienced team, perfect timing in the AI adoption inflection point, massive market opportunity, and backing from top investors. The recruiter will be a key extension of the engineering team, responsible for defining and hiring exceptional engineering talent and delivering an outstanding recruiting process. The role requires a balance of leveraging AI to enhance recruiting while maintaining a strong human element in candidate relationships. It offers the opportunity to build and shape recruiting infrastructure in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Requirements

Approximately 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, with a focus on engineering.
Experience at an early-stage or high-growth startup.
A track record of maintaining a high hiring bar.
Proven ability to attract and close exceptional senior engineering talent in competitive markets.
Strong relationship-building skills with candidates and hiring teams.
Experience in sharpening the practices, programs, and processes of recruiting teams.
Belief that a strong recruiting process is a company's greatest competitive edge.
Expert sourcing skills, with creative methods beyond LinkedIn and traditional tools.
Ability to activate entire talent pools, often by leveraging the expertise and networks of internal teams.
Technical fluency to hold conversations about infra, APIs, auth, and AI.
Ability to read a resume for actual signal and earn an engineer's respect.
Clarity and candor in communication.
Keen eye for message and process effectiveness.
Ability to navigate tough conversations with candidates and internal teams with directness and care.
A builder mentality, proactively creating automations, AI-assisted workflows, and tooling hacks.

Nice To Haves

Experience recruiting for dev tools, infrastructure, API, or AI/agent companies.
Ability to speak the language of the people being hired.
Experience scaling an engineering organization through a high-growth phase.
Understanding of the demands of a high-growth pace.

Responsibilities

Partner closely with the Head of Engineering to define and hire exceptional engineering talent.
Own the full-cycle recruiting process for engineering roles, from role calibration to close.
Develop a deep understanding of the work to become a trusted thought partner for the engineering team.
Help the engineering team think through how to showcase themselves as category leaders through various channels.
Craft compelling stories about roles and the company vision to attract exceptional engineers.
Attract and close senior engineering talent by highlighting the company's vision, craft, experience, and offering credible equity and compensation discussions.
Proactively map and warm relationships with exceptional technical talent, staying active in the market.
Activate the entire team's networks to build dynamic talent pipelines.
Attend events and amplify technical blogs to spread awareness of Arcade.
Own pipeline health and build pipeline reporting for hiring managers and leadership.
Act as a market-intelligence partner, providing insights on talent landscape, compensation trends, and competitors.
Partner with the team to enhance interview loops, scorecards, and the overall candidate experience.
Leverage AI and automation for sourcing and screening workflows.