Founding Recruiter — Confidential Enterprise AI Agent Startup

Founding Recruiter
Own the talent engine from day one.

Confidential Enterprise AI Agent Startup
· New York, NY

New York, NY
· On-site 5 days/week $160,000 – $210,000 + Equity Series A · $23.8M Raised Existing H-1B/O-1 Transfers Only

This company is solving one of the hardest problems in enterprise AI: models are intelligent but generic, while every business runs on specific processes that live in people's heads, stale documents, and ticket histories. It builds AI agents that reverse‑engineer how a business actually operates — learning from existing systems to create executable, white‑box knowledge that agents can act on.

Backed by Top‑Tier VC Firms, the company raised a Series A ($23.8M) and came out of stealth in early March 2025. It already counts several Fortune 500 and household‑name enterprise customers, and was founded by experienced technical leaders from a leading enterprise data company.

“You’ll own the entire talent engine from scratch — sourcing, ops, screening — partnering directly with founders at a company doubling headcount every six months.”

We are looking for a Founding Recruiter with 4+ years of experience to be the first dedicated talent hire at a Series A AI infrastructure company. You’ll be the sole owner of recruiting, responsible for helping the company double headcount every six months — primarily by sourcing and closing exceptional engineers in New York. This is a sourcing-heavy, builder’s role: no separate sourcing function, no rec‑ops team — just you, partnering directly with the founders.

• Own end-to-end technical recruiting with a heavy emphasis on outbound sourcing across Linked In Recruiter, Git Hub, Twitter, and Reddit to fill 4–5 engineering roles per month
• Conduct initial technical screens to assess candidates’ relevance — evaluating language experience, AI background, and fit before passing to engineering
• Build the entire recruiting infrastructure from scratch: ATS (Ashby), sourcing workflows, interview loops, and candidate experience
• Sit with founders and hiring managers in-office to participate in real‑time hiring decisions and calibration
• Balance the engineering team between New York and London, with immediate priority on growing the New York engineering headcount

• 2–5 years of experience sourcing and closing engineering hires at high-growth tech startups
• Sourced and closed ML, infra, or backend engineering roles
• Can technically screen engineers (languages, AI relevance)
• Built recruiting ops from scratch (ATS, pipelines, scorecards)
• Hungry, outbound-driven self‑starter who thrives without structure
• Comfortable sustaining a 4–5 hires per month pace
• Has experience recruiting engineers at early-stage startups (Series A/B)
• Expert sourcer on Git Hub, Twitter, Reddit — beyond Linked In
• Must be based in New York, in-office 5 days/week
• Experience recruiting in both US and UK markets
• Technical academic background

• Big tech background only (Meta, Google) — not hungry enough
• Agency-only background with zero in-house experience
• Relies on inbound pipelines rather than outbound sourcing

Ashby Linked In Recruiter Git Hub Twitter/X Reddit CRM / Sourcing Tools

• Initial Screen — Head of Operations:
  First conversation assessing baseline fit, sourcing background, and recruiting philosophy.
• CEO Interview:
  Direct conversation with the CEO evaluating ownership mentality, hustle, and fit for a builder’s role with direct founder access.
• On-Site:
  In-person visit to the New York office to meet the team and finalize fit.