# Founding Recruiter
**Company:** [Nectarsocial](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/nectarsocial)
**Location:** Palo Alto, CA
**Salary:** $150K-$180K
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Full-Cycle Recruiting, Sourcing Tools, Talent Intelligence Platforms, Recruiting Analytics, Interview Frameworks, Hiring Playbooks, Employer Branding, Outbound Outreach, Candidate Engagement, Pipeline Management
**Posted:** 2025-12-03
> Builds and scales recruiting function from scratch for early-stage AI startup, owning full-cycle hiring across engineering, product, GTM, and operations. Partners with founders to source top talent and establish scalable processes. Requires 5-7+ years recruiting experience in startups.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Partner with founders and leadership to translate company goals into a clear hiring roadmap and prioritized headcount plan
- Build and scale the recruiting engine, including structured interview processes, hiring frameworks, and decision-making systems
- Own full-cycle recruiting across technical and non-technical roles including engineering, product, GTM, and operations
- Source, engage, and close exceptional candidates through outbound outreach, referrals, communities, and creative sourcing strategies
- Establish recruiting metrics and dashboards to track pipeline health, time-to-hire, and quality of hire
- Deliver an exceptional candidate experience from first outreach through onboarding
- Partner with marketing and leadership to strengthen Nectar’s employer brand and talent narrative
- Train and enable hiring managers with interview frameworks, calibration processes, and hiring playbooks
- Manage external recruiting partners and agencies when necessary while maintaining a strong in-house sourcing strategy

## Requirements
- 5–7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in early-stage startups or fast-growing technology companies
- Proven ability to identify, engage, and close exceptional candidates across technical and non-technical roles
- Experience building recruiting processes that balance speed, creativity, and operational rigor
- Strong prioritization skills and a bias toward action in fast-moving environments
- High talent bar with strong judgment around culture add, role fit, and long-term potential
- Comfort working closely with founders and leadership teams in high-ownership roles
- Startup mindset: resourceful, adaptable, low ego, and comfortable operating in ambiguity
- Willingness to collaborate in person with the team in Palo Alto

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience building recruiting functions from 0 to 1 at an early-stage startup
- Strong network within engineering, product, or GTM talent ecosystems
- Experience building employer brand programs or talent marketing initiatives
- Familiarity with modern recruiting analytics, sourcing tools, or talent intelligence platforms

## Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive compensation and early equity
- Health, vision, and dental benefits + 401(k) match
- Clear career growth opportunities as the company scales
- Free lunch in the heart of University Ave. in Palo Alto
- Deep exposure to cutting-edge AI tooling
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