Head of Talent
vibehackers
Mentions vibe coding and using AI to automate workflows; provides access to AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude Code, and Cursor.
About the Role
HUD is hiring a Head of Talent to lead end-to-end recruiting and build recruiting operations to hire top engineers and GTM leaders for a small, high-bar team. The role focuses on sourcing, evaluating, and onboarding exceptional technical and go-to-market talent while partnering with founders and team leads to define roles and processes.
Job Description
Role
Head of Talent responsible for owning end-to-end recruiting across technical and GTM roles, building and optimizing recruiting operations and tooling, and partnering with founders and team leads to define role requirements, evaluation criteria, and interview processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Own full recruiting lifecycle for engineering, product, and GTM hires
- Build and optimize recruiting ops and tooling; automate workflows where possible
- Partner closely with founders and team leads to define roles, evaluation criteria, and interview processes
- Source candidates through high-signal and unconventional channels
- Screen candidates for technical competence and product/market intuition
- Support onboarding and new hire ramp
- Help define and run performance review, leveling, and feedback systems
Requirements
- Experience hiring engineering, product, and GTM roles
- Comfortable evaluating candidates via portfolios and projects as well as resumes
- Ability to understand and communicate technical concepts to engage credibly with candidates
- Highly organized with experience managing multiple roles and pipelines
- Strong instincts for talent quality and bar-setting
- Early-stage startup experience and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
Nice-to-have
- Track record of creative sourcing
- Familiarity with Ashby, Juicebox, and Clay
- Experience with vibe coding and using AI to automate workflows
- Exposure to or ownership of people/HR functions
- Experience evaluating non-traditional candidate profiles
Team & Company
- Company building infrastructure and a marketplace for RL training data and evaluations; customers include frontier labs, Fortune 500s, and startups
- Team size ~25 currently; company anticipates end state of 30-40 people
- Company stage: YC W25, raised funding (noting $15M and referenced 8-figure funding), scaling profitably
Logistics & Hiring Process
- Employment type: Full-time
- Location: San Francisco office only for this role
- Visa and relocation support available for strong candidates to the US or Singapore
- Interview process: 2 technical interviews and a 2-3 day work trial; applications rolling
- Competitive compensation
- 100% covered medical, dental, and vision (Blue Shield of CA for US employees)
- Lunch and dinner when in the office
- Company-wide holiday break (Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day), PTO, and paid holidays
- Additional perks: Equinox membership, 401(k), commuter benefits (US employees)
- Unlimited access to tokens for ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor (no practical limit observed)
Skills
Talent Acquisition Recruiting Operations Sourcing Candidate Evaluation Interviewing Onboarding Performance Management Stakeholder Partnership Technical Communication Organization Automation People/HR Familiarity Creative Sourcing Startup Experience
Experience Level
Senior
Employment Type
Full-time
- 100% medical, dental, and vision (Blue Shield of CA for US employees)
- Lunch and dinner when in the office
- Company-wide holiday break (Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day)
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Commuter benefits (US employees)
- Relocation and visa support for US or Singapore
- Unlimited access to tokens for ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor
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