Founding Technical Recruiter

The RoleWe're looking for a Founding Technical Recruiter to own recruiting from zero to one.This is not a "fill reqs" role. You'll work directly with the founders and hiring managers to define what great looks like, build sourcing and interview systems, raise the talent bar, and close exceptional people across engineering, product, design, GTM, and operations.Our ambition is to build a team on the level of the best engineering and product organizations of the last decade. The right person for this role has that same standard internalized — and gets energized, not intimidated, by it.Because we're early, the role will also include some people operations: onboarding, employee experience, internal rituals, and the broader people work that comes with building a company.What You'll OwnFull-cycle recruiting across multiple high-priority roles, from sourcing through closeStrong pipelines for both technical and non-technical hiresPartnering with founders and hiring managers to define role requirements, leveling, interview loops, and hiring barsCrisp recruiting processes: sourcing, outreach, screening, coordination, feedback, references, offers, closingManaging and improving our ATS, workflows, dashboards, and recruiting operating cadenceA candidate experience that reflects the quality and ambition of Mem0Recruiting brand: thoughtful outreach, events, referrals, community presencePeople operations: onboarding, employee experience, team eventsBringing structure without adding bureaucracyWhat We're Looking For4–7 years of recruiting experience, ideally at high-growth startupsStrong track record hiring technical talent — engineers, product builders, infra, AI/ML, or other high-bar technical profilesExcellent sourcing instincts: you know how to find exceptional people before they're actively lookingStrong judgment on talent: you can distinguish good from great and calibrate quickly with foundersHigh ownership — you don't wait for perfect process or perfect instructionsOperating discipline to run 5+ searches at once without dropping detailsClear communicator with excellent follow-throughComfortable being on-site five days a week in San FranciscoLow ego, high urgency, energized by ambiguityExcited to help with people operations beyond recruiting when neededNice to HaveEarly recruiting hire at a seed, Series A, or Series B companyHelped scale a company from a small team to 50+Ashby or similar modern ATS experienceHiring background in AI, infrastructure, developer tools, or technical productStrong network in SF startup talent circles