Founding Recruiter; Engineering

What You’ll Do

• Own recruiting end-to-end as the first dedicated hire, building a high-performing engineering function

• Design, execute, and continuously improve the hiring process for senior engineering roles, balancing a very high bar with fast execution.

• Partner closely with hiring managers to drive hiring velocity — proactively managing the funnel, unblocking bottlenecks, and pushing decisions forward.

• Build strong, high-signal pipelines fast, using creative and unconventional sourcing strategies that go far beyond Linked In Recruiter

• Deliver a best-in-class candidate experience grounded in empathy and clarity

• Plan and run standout Engineering-recruiting and employer branding events that attract top engineering talent

• Experience with hyper-growth, working at a high-growth tech company that scaled from roughly 20 to 200 employees from Series A to Series B, as part of an internal Talent Acquisition team

• Background in very high–technical-bar environments, primarily hiring senior engineers, with strong judgment evaluating technical talent across multiple coding languages

• An exceptionally creative and proactive sourcer, with a deep understanding of engineering excellence, able to identify the top 1% of engineering talent

• Experience designing and operating structured hiring processes, coordinating hiring managers at pace, with a track record of closing top-tier engineering talent

• Exceptional ability to sell career opportunities at Peec AI to top engineering talent with multiple competing offers

• Proven experience designing and running structured hiring processes, coordinating stakeholders, and operating modern recruiting tools and stacks (e.g. Ashby, Juicebox).

• Some technical background or hands-on technical ability.

• Experience at a top-tier recruiting agency, especially in highly competitive technical markets.

• Experience running standout employer branding or recruiting events.

• Previous involvement in building a recruiting function as the first talent hire

• A true founding operator role with significant ownership and impact

• The opportunity to shape a world-class engineering team at one of Europe’s fastest-growing Series A startups

• Competitive salary and aggressive equity package

• Regular team events and off-sites

• Paid Uber Eats & Uber home when working late

• One of the most beautiful office spaces and work environments in Berlin