Recruiting Associate

About Adaptive Security

Adaptive is a fast-growing cybersecurity company built for the AI era, founded by serial entrepreneurs Brian Long and Andrew Jones—creators of Tap Commerce (acquired by Twitter) and Attentive ($500M+ revenue, Forbes Cloud 100, Deloitte Fast 500, 1k+ Employees, $7B+ valuation).

Our mission is to stop AI-powered cyberattacks—deepfake personas, real-time voice phishing, GenAI email threats, SMS phishing, and more. We're backed by top-tier investors, and our customers already include global banks, tech giants, and healthcare leaders.

Our flagship products—Adaptive Phishing and Adaptive Training—simulate advanced AI-driven attacks and train teams to stay ahead of evolving threats. And we’re just getting started: our technical team is building toward an ambitious product roadmap to defend against tomorrow’s AI-powered risks.

Adaptive is seeking a Recruiting Associate to help achieve ambitious growth goals for our top-notch technical team in NYC. You will be an integral part of building the candidate funnel, defining recruiting strategies, and developing operating procedures. You’ll interact with founders and department leadership to help them add A+ caliber talent to their respective teams. This is a great opportunity to get first hand experience with rapidly scaling a software company.

• Partner with Recruiting Leads and hiring managers to define hiring targets and attract top tier talent.

• Source high volumes of potential candidates for software engineering, product, design, and other roles that arise.

• Manage recruiting funnel in Ashby ATS.

• 0-2 years of experience in a highly metrics oriented recruiting agency.

• Understanding of high level technical concepts and terminology.

• Experience building boolean strings to source a high volume of candidates through Linked In Recruiter and other platforms.

• Passion for empire building and driving outcomes to build great teams.

• Experience working with ATS preferred (Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, Bullhorn, etc).

• An opportunity to work on a challenging product that will impact millions of people

• A culture that promotes continuous learning and growth, with access to resources and mentorship to advance your skills and career.

• A supportive, inclusive environment where every team member's contribution is valued.

• $75-$80k base salary + stock

• Competitive compensation and a fantastic office atmosphere.

• Premium healthcare and wellness benefits.

This role is located in New York City, and requires the candidate to work from our office in New York City five days a week.

If you are eager to apply your skills in a dynamic, collaborative environment, and are passionate about building systems that are both powerful and accessible, we would love to hear from you.