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Technical Recruiter

AfterQuery· Internal Ops
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San Francisco$150k - $230kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Technical recruiter responsible for end-to-end recruiting for engineering and technical roles, partnering with founders to define role requirements, interview loops, and hiring strategy, while building the company’s recruiting function from the ground up.

Responsibilities

  • Own full-cycle recruiting for technical roles, including software engineering, infrastructure, applied AI, full-stack, and product engineering.
  • Build high-quality outbound sourcing pipelines for top technical talent.
  • Source candidates from AI labs, high-growth startups, big tech, quant firms, and elite universities.
  • Partner with founders and hiring managers to define role requirements, interview loops, scorecards, and hiring strategy.
  • Run candidate processes end-to-end, including outreach, screens, coordination, feedback collection, offer support, and closing.
  • Create a high-touch candidate experience that reflects AfterQuery’s bar, speed, and culture.
  • Track and improve recruiting funnel metrics, including response rates, pass-through rates, offer acceptance, and time to hire.
  • Help build the foundation of AfterQuery’s recruiting function, including systems, templates, workflows, and talent market maps.

Qualifications

  • 1+ years of experience in technical recruiting, ideally at a high-growth startup, AI company, top tech company, or technical recruiting agency.
  • Proven ability to source, engage, and close strong engineering candidates in competitive markets.
  • Strong understanding of technical roles across software engineering, infrastructure, full-stack, applied AI, and systems/product engineering.
  • Experience building outbound sourcing pipelines from scratch.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong judgment on candidate quality, calibration, culture fit, and hiring urgency.
  • High agency, strong ownership, and comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment.
  • Experience partnering directly with founders, executives, or senior hiring managers.

Skills

Required:Full-cycle technical recruitingSourcing pipelinesStakeholder managementCandidate experience
Nice to have:Interview process design

Benefits

  • Health Insurance: Medical, Vision, Dental
  • 401(k) with Employer Match
  • Daily Meals: Daily UberEats Stipend
  • Monthly Wellness Stipend
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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