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Lead Recruiter

123k – 158kSan Francisco, CANew York, NYLos Angeles, CASeattle, WARemote5+ YOE
Summary

Leads full-cycle recruiting for Engineering, GTM, and G&A teams at a fast-growing payroll startup. Partners with hiring managers to shape roles, source top talent using AI tools like Ashby, and maintain high hiring standards during rapid scaling. Requires 5+ years recruiting experience and strong stakeholder influence.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own full-cycle recruiting across Engineering, GTM, and G&A with an outcomes-focused mentality. Partner with hiring managers to define needs, clarify what great looks like, and engage with top talent.
  • Be a true partner to hiring managers from day one: shape roles, drive intake conversations, challenge assumptions, and align teams on Check's standards.
  • Run sourcing, outreach, and pipeline-building campaigns that keep candidate flow rich for highest-priority roles, optimizing for quality over quantity.
  • Drive recruiting operations within Ashby, leveraging AI-augmented sourcing, search, and pipeline tools.
  • Set and maintain a high performance bar for talent while moving fast, ensuring strong long-term staffing decisions.
  • Work in the open as a public partner to hiring managers and an active voice in recruiting channels.
  • Partner closely with the Head of People to build creative hiring loops, competitive compensation structures, effective training programs, and executive reporting.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of in-house recruiting experience across multiple disciplines (technical and non-technical), preferably in fast-paced startup or growth-stage environment.
  • AI fluency as a core competency — proven ability to leverage AI tools for sourcing, outreach, screening, and decision-making.
  • Fluency with Ashby and LinkedIn Recruiter (or proven ability to ramp quickly on Ashby).
  • Proven ability to own full-cycle recruiting independently — sourcing through coordination, closing, and offer management.
  • Strong sourcing capability, including outbound outreach and pipeline building for hard-to-fill roles.
  • Clear, direct communication and exceptional storytelling; adept at influencing senior stakeholders and selling candidates.
  • Strong judgment to maintain high talent bar under time pressure.
  • Bias toward visibility — working in the open, speaking up in cross-functional spaces.
  • Comfort with ambiguity.

Compensation

  • San Francisco, NYC, LA, Seattle: $144,000 - $158,400
  • All other locations: $122,500 - $155,000
  • Stock options, flexible PTO and sick leave, 9 annual holidays, generous paid parental leave, 401k, $100 monthly stipend for home internet and mobile, medical/dental/vision/disability/life insurance.
Skills
AshbyLinkedIn RecruiterAI sourcingfull-cycle recruitingoutbound sourcingpipeline buildingcandidate outreachhiring manager partnershiptalent bar settingrecruiting operations
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