Founding Technical Recruiter
New York City, NYFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Founding Technical Recruiter at Garage, a YC-backed marketplace for essential assets, based in New York City. Role focuses on building engineering, product, and design teams, owning full-cycle technical recruiting, and scaling the recruiting function as the company grows.
Responsibilities
- Own full-cycle hiring across engineering, product, design, and data science, partnering with founders to attract and close exceptional technical talent.
- Build and execute targeted sourcing strategies using outbound, referrals, communities, and technical communities to fill high-priority roles quickly.
- Run structured, high-quality recruiting processes, from screening through offer, while delivering an exceptional candidate experience.
- Track pipeline health in Ashby and build scalable recruiting systems and playbooks.
- Help grow out our recruiting team as the company grows.
Qualifications
- Full-cycle experience in hiring technical talent for software engineering, design, product development, and data science.
- A strong network with existing knowledge of the NYC startup talent market.
- Ability to close talent with a strong eye for culture fit.
- Passion for building high-performance teams in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
- Experience using Ashby, Juicebox, Metaview, Gem, Clay, ChatGPT, Claude, or other modern recruiting and AI tools.
- Strong organization in an ATS like Ashby.
Skills
Required:Full-cycle technical recruitingSourcing strategyCandidate experienceAshbyOther recruiting/AI tools
Benefits
- Competitive salary and stock options
- Health, dental and vision insurance (100% covered)
- Unlimited paid time off every year (in addition to company observed holidays)
- Daily lunch and dinner
- $100 monthly wellness stipend
- 401(k) with employer match
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Bi-annual team offsite
- Relocation assistance
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Garage
Marketplace for emergency vehicles, equipment, and more.
Garage is a marketplace for used equipment and vehicles, starting with government surplus. By automating every part of the transaction—including payments, freight, paperwork, warranty, and financing—we reduce what used to take months down to minutes. We're building the modern platform for equipment that powers America’s essential industries.
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