Lead Recruiter (Sonoma)

Lead Recruiter | AI Startup | South Bay Area | On-site | VC BackedWe're partnering with a fast-moving, early-stage AI company to find their next Lead Recruiter, someone who's built and owned a recruiting function before, and is ready to do it again.You will inherit active reqs, existing processes, and the autonomy to rebuild where you see fit. This is not a coordinator role, a support role, or a slot in a big TA org. You'll be a one-person team, trusted to run full-cycle hiring across engineering, GTM, and operations for a company building and deploying real AI systems.What You'll OwnFull-cycle recruiting across active reqs, sourcing, screening, scheduling, closingCustom outbound for the hardest technical roles to attract the best talent across the Bay AreaConstruct offers, model equity, and close candidates against competing optionsClean pipelines, structured scorecards, and fast scheduling in AshbyPartner with hiring managers and ops on each new hire's Day 1 to make sure they ramp fastCollaborate with hiring managers to build and calibrate structured interview rubricsRun data-informed debriefs, and maintain a consistent, high bar across every hiring loop.Your Background5 years plus experience as a founding recruiter or owned a function at an early-stage startup. You will also have closed hard technical hires and figured it out without a playbook. You're the person who gets things done, and people notice.Bonus if you've recruited in the deep-tech space and if you've scaled a Series A/B startup past 200 headcount.The DetailsSouth Bay SF, CA 5 days a week in-office (relocation considered)Early-stage AI companyIf this sounds like the role you've been waiting to step back into, let's talk.