University Recruiter

Perplexity • San Francisco, CA

4d • $165,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Perplexity is seeking a University Recruiter to architect early-career programs and shape the strategy for attracting and evaluating top early-career talent for its technical team. This full-stack recruiting role covers the campus recruiting lifecycle, including building external relationships, partnering with internal stakeholders, and managing full-cycle recruiting. The recruiter will have latitude to design programs and candidate experiences end to end and develop effective playbooks for recruiting early-career talent.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including ownership of university, campus, intern, or early-career hiring.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage high-volume recruiting, multiple workstreams, and numerous candidates.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%, concentrated during fall and spring recruiting seasons.

Nice To Haves

• Existing relationships with top computer science, machine learning, and engineering programs, research labs, or competitive programming communities such as ICPC and USACO.

Responsibilities

• Own the full-cycle recruiting process for early-career candidates, from sourcing through closing.
• Partner with Perplexity leaders on workforce planning, hiring strategy, and candidate evaluation.
• Build and scale creative strategies to strengthen the talent brand and develop relationships that uncover exceptional talent.
• Plan and execute campus programming, including technical talks, coding competitions, hackathons, on-campus interviews, and VIP events.

What This Job Offers

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