Astera

Founding Technical Recruiter

Emeryville HQ. Posted a month ago

The role

The Founding Technical Recruiter will design and operate AI agent and automation workflows to handle recruiting tasks. This person will build intelligent systems for scheduling, candidate communication, and pipeline tracking to support hiring managers.

What you will do

  • Design, build, and maintain AI agent and automation workflows for the hiring lifecycle.
  • Configure and extend the ATS and integrate it with LLM-based agents and automations.
  • Evaluate and pilot new AI tools and techniques.
  • Build guardrails and escalation paths for agentic systems.
  • Monitor the end-to-end interview process and facilitate onsite interviews.
  • Ensure agent-driven communication reflects company tone and values.
  • Prepare interviewers with materials, context, and rubrics.
  • Maintain candidate records and pipeline data in Ashby/Rippling.
  • Build dashboards and automated reporting on pipeline health.
  • Partner with leadership to identify top-of-funnel sources using AI-assisted research.

Required qualifications

  • 3-6+ years of experience in recruiting or people operations.
  • Hands-on experience building or configuring automations, agents, or AI-assisted workflows.
  • Deep experience with ATS systems (e.g., Lever, Greenhouse, Ashby, Rippling) and their APIs or automation surfaces.
  • Demonstrated comfort with AI tools including prompt design, agent frameworks, no-code/low-code automation platforms, or scripting against APIs.
  • Ability to translate complex recruiting processes into reliable systems.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
  • Comfort navigating highly ambiguous environments.
  • Strong project management skills.

Nice to have

  • Direct experience deploying LLM-based agents or automations in a business or people-ops context.
  • A technical or engineering background.
  • Familiarity with scientific, engineering, or technical recruiting.
  • Experience working in early-stage or highly cross-functional teams.

About the company

Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward a better future. They have committed a $3.5B endowment to grants, investments, and in-house research programs.