Founding Recruiter
Hybrid (San Francisco)Full-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Fleet seeks a Founding Recruiter to build the recruiting function for the next growth stage, owning end-to-end recruiting and establishing scalable processes and interviewing culture.
Responsibilities
- Partner with leadership to turn company priorities into the hiring plan and recruiting flows required to grow Fleet from roughly 50 to 80+ over the next few months
- Own recruiting end to end, from role kickoff and sourcing through interviews, closing, and onboarding
- Keep the ATS accurate, identify where the hiring process is slowing down, and bring recommendations to leadership
- Increase hiring throughput while decreasing the engineering hours required per hire, without lowering the bar
- Build the recruiting function and determine the right mix of internal capacity, tooling, and external agencies
Qualifications
- Experience auditing and owning the hiring process, from company-wide planning to granular operations
- Strong candidate intuition across technical and nontechnical roles
- A builder's willingness to source, run introductory calls, and manage the ATS before hiring a team around you
- Willing to debate hiring philosophy and interview design, then adjust as the team's shared goals evolve
Benefits
- Highly competitive salary and equity
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Fleet
Fleet - AI-powered workflows
Fleet creates simulated worlds and real-world challenges to better understand and shape the behavior of artificial intelligences.
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