Founding Technical Recruiter

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Our Client has raised $17 million in funding and is building an innovative open‑source visual AI platform that allows anyone to create generative workflows through an intuitive, code‑free interface. Their platform uses a visual node‑based system that enables artists, creators, and technical teams to design complex AI processes with ease.

The ecosystem includes a large and growing library of community‑built tools and extensions, giving users the freedom to customize, experiment, and produce high‑quality creative work h strong engineering and AI expertise behind the product, Catalyst Labs is shaping the future of creative technology by making powerful AI accessible, flexible, and highly adaptable for a global community of builders.

About Us – Catalyst Labs is a leading talent agency with a specialized vertical in Talent and Recruitment. We stand out as an agency that’s deeply embedded in our clients’ recruitment operations, collaborating directly with Founders, CEOs, and Heads of People & Talent to build high‑performance teams, scale hiring infrastructure, and elevate organizational capability.

Location
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San Francisco, CA

Work type
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Full Time, Onsite

• Own full‑cycle recruiting across engineering, design, go‑to‑market, and general and administrative roles
• Build and refine the recruiting engine including interview loops, scorecards, sourcing systems, candidate experience, and applicant tracking system hygiene
• Monitor funnel health such as pass‑through rates, time to hire, and source mix while driving ongoing improvements in both quality and speed
• Partner closely with founders to plan headcount, clarify role scopes, uphold hiring standards, and maintain consistent hiring momentum
• Source creatively through open‑source communities, Git Hub, Discord, specialized technical networks, and outbound channels
• Close high‑quality candidates by clearly communicating the company mission, growth trajectory, and equity potential
• Optionally grow into a Head of Talent role by hiring and mentoring recruiters and owning end‑to‑end talent strategy

• More than 5 years of full‑cycle technical recruiting experience
• Experience hiring across engineering, machine learning and artificial intelligence, design, go‑to‑market, and general and administrative teams
• Ability to excel in fast‑moving early‑stage environments with ambiguity and rapid iteration
• Hands‑on experience building or an interest in building a recruiting function from the ground up
• Strong system design mindset for recruiting including interview frameworks, process creation, and first‑principles thinking
• Comfort working with data and speaking in terms of pass‑through rates, time to offer, and conversion metrics
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence founders and hiring managers with clarity and sound judgment
• Genuine interest in AI and modern creative tools
• Ability to build trust across different disciplines and shift context between engineering, go‑to‑market, and operations hiring
• Based in San Francisco or open to joining an in‑person high‑velocity team culture

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