Recruiter

About the Role

A fast-growing AI infrastructure company in San Francisco is hiring its first dedicated Recruiter. The team is intentionally lean and high-caliber — currently around 15 people — and every hire meaningfully shapes the company's trajectory. You'll work directly alongside founders and world-class AI researchers to identify and sign exceptional engineers and GTM leaders. This is a high-ownership, in-person role with a strong people-ops component.

The company operates in the AI/ML space, building infrastructure for reinforcement learning environments and post-training data — a technically sophisticated product you'll need to understand deeply in order to pitch it credibly to top candidates.

What You'll Do

• Own end-to-end recruiting across engineering, product, and GTM roles.

• Build and optimize recruiting operations and tooling, automating workflows wherever possible.

• Partner closely with founders and team leads to define role requirements, evaluation criteria, and interview processes.

• Develop a strong working knowledge of the product to effectively pitch technical candidates.

• Source top candidates through high-signal and unconventional channels.

• Screen candidates for both technical competence and product/market intuition.

• Support onboarding and new hire ramp.

• Help define and run performance review processes, leveling, and feedback systems.

What We're Looking For

Must-haves:

• 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience owning technical (engineering, product) and GTM roles end-to-end.

• Ability to understand and communicate complex technical concepts — you can hold your own in a conversation with an engineer.

• Hands-on experience at an early-stage startup; comfortable working independently in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

• Experience building and optimizing recruiting ops and tooling, including workflow automation.

• Proven track record of sourcing through high-signal and non-traditional channels.

• Experience evaluating candidates via portfolios and projects, not just resumes.

Nice-to-haves:

• Familiarity with recruiting tools such as Ashby, Juicebox, or Clay.

• Experience with AI-assisted or "vibe coding" approaches to automating recruiting workflows.

• Exposure to or ownership of People Ops / HR functions (onboarding, performance reviews, leveling).

• Experience evaluating non-traditional candidate profiles.

• Strong instincts for bar-setting and talent quality in elite, small-team environments.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $100,000 – $150,000 per year

• Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

This role is on-site in San Francisco, CA. The team works in-person and values the tight-knit culture that comes with it. Remote work is not available for this position.