Founding Technical Recruiter

About the job Founding Technical Recruiter Our Client Has raised seventeen million dollars in funding and is building an innovative open source visual AI platform that allows anyone to create generative workflows through an intuitive, code free interface. Their platform uses a visual node based system that enables artists, creators, and technical teams to design complex AI processes with ease. The ecosystem includes a large and growing library of community built tools and extensions, giving users the freedom to customize, experiment, and produce high quality creative work at scale. With strong engineering and AI expertise behind the product, they are shaping the future of creative technology by making powerful AI accessible, flexible, and highly adaptable for a global community of builders. About Us Catalyst Labs is a leading talent agency with a specialized vertical in Talent and Recruitment. We stand out as an agency that’s deeply embedded in our clients’ recruitment operations. We collaborate directly with Founders, CEOs, and Heads of People & Talent who are building high-performance teams, scaling hiring infrastructure, and elevating organizational capability. We take pride in facilitating conversations that align with your long-term growth trajectory in the evolving world of modern talent acquisition. Work type : Full Time, Onsite Own full cycle recruiting across engineering, design, go to market, and general and administrative roles Build and refine the recruiting engine including interview loops, scorecards, sourcing systems, candidate experience, and applicant tracking system hygiene Monitor funnel health such as pass through rates, time to hire, and source mix while driving ongoing improvements in both quality and speed Partner closely with founders to plan headcount, clarify role scopes, uphold hiring standards, and maintain consistent hiring momentum Source creatively through open source communities, GitHub, Discord, specialized technical networks, and outbound channels Close high quality candidates by clearly communicating the company mission, growth trajectory, and equity potential Optionally grow into a Head of Talent role by hiring and mentoring recruiters and owning end to end talent strategy Qualifications More than 5 years of full cycle technical recruiting experience Experience hiring across engineering, machine learning and artificial intelligence, design, go to market, and general and administrative teams Ability to excel in fast moving early stage environments with ambiguity and rapid iteration Hands on experience building or interest in building a recruiting function from the ground up Strong system design mindset for recruiting including interview frameworks, process creation, and first principles thinking Comfort working with data and speaking in terms of pass through rates, time to offer, and conversion metrics Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence founders and hiring managers with clarity and sound judgment Genuine interest in AI and modern creative tools Ability to build trust across different disciplines and shift context between engineering, go to market, and operations hiring Based in San Francisco or open to joining an in person and high velocity team culture #J-18808-Ljbffr