Role: Founding Recruiting Lead
Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite)
Industry: AI-powered Accounting / SaaS
Firm Style: Early-stage, product-focused, in-person, fast-paced, high-ownership
You’re a great fit if:
- You’re energized by building recruiting functions from the ground up and want to shape how a company hires from day one.
- You’re a full-cycle recruiting expert, especially when it comes to hard-to-fill technical roles.
- You have a strong intuition for candidate experience, and you prioritize structure, clarity, and humanity throughout the hiring journey.
- You’re excited to partner closely with founders and department leads to define and execute thoughtful hiring strategies.
- You thrive in early-stage, fast-moving environments and enjoy wearing multiple hats.
- You bring a mix of operational rigor and creative thinking to employer brand and recruiting processes.
- You’re eager to be on-site, collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with a driven and ambitious team in San Francisco.
Your responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end recruiting across all functions (engineering, design, sales, operations) with a focus on quality, speed, and experience.
- Design structured, scalable interview processes that reflect the company’s values and goals.
- Build and manage recruiting operations, from sourcing strategy to offer negotiation and onboarding.
- Partner with leadership to forecast hiring needs, prioritize roles, and align on strategy.
- Shape and strengthen the company’s employer brand through thoughtful touchpoints and messaging.
- Establish candidate experience best practices to ensure every interaction reflects the company’s ethos.
- Build and maintain a pipeline of strong, diverse candidates across multiple functions.
- Champion continuous improvement in hiring by analyzing data, testing new approaches, and iterating on what works.
Where you’ll make an impact:
You’ll be instrumental in building the team that builds the company. As the first recruiting hire, your work will shape every new teammate's experience—from first touch to first day and beyond. You’ll help define the standards, processes, and culture that make Company a destination for top talent. Your impact will be visible in every successful hire and every team milestone that follows.