Founding Technical Recruiter

Founding Technical Recruiter San Francisco, CA

Seeking a recruiter who will shape how we find, attract, and close the people who define the organization from engineers and ML practitioners to designers, storytellers, and GTM operators. You will design systems that power our growth, including sourcing strategies, interview loops, candidate experience, and the overall rhythm of our hiring process. Work closely with founders and early team members to grow an organization that combines equal parts creativity and technical expertise helping build one of the most loved creative tools in AI.

Responsibilities

• Own full cycle recruiting across engineering, design, GTM, and G&A
• Build and optimize the recruiting engine: design interview loops, scorecards, and ATS hygiene (we use Ashby) while tracking funnel health pass-throughs, time-to-hire, and source mix to continuously improve quality and speed
• Partner with founders to forecast headcount, refine scopes, and uphold both bar and velocity
• Source creatively: engage top talent through open-source communities, GitHub, Discord, and niche networks
• Close candidates by articulating the organizations mission, trajectory, and equity value versus larger alternatives
• Optionally scale into a Head of Talent role by hiring and mentoring recruiters and owning talent strategy company-wide

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree
• Must have experience in fast-growth AI startups, like Decagon
• MUST have hands-on full-cycle recruiting experience across technical and creative domains
• Balance outbound hustle with in-house process ownership and discipline
• Ability to build a recruiting function from scratch
• Approach recruiting with first-principles thinking you design systems that reflect clarity, judgment, and craft rather than convention
• Communicate with clarity and calm confident enough to push back with taste and judgment
• Are data-literate: you speak in pass-throughs, conversion, and time-to-offer, not just anecdotes and know that quality always trumps quantity
• Are curious about AI, creative tools, and the people shaping them
• Build trust across disciplines comfortable hiring engineers today and GTM or ops leaders tomorrow
• Are SF-based or open to joining our in-person
• Are excited by the chance to grow into a Head of Talent role as we scale