Founding Technical Recruiter

The role

You will build the technical recruiting function and own end-to-end searches for engineering and technical roles. You will partner with engineering leadership to identify and hire talent while shaping recruiting systems and strategy.

What you will do

• Own technical searches end-to-end across Engineering and other technical functions
• Build deep pipelines of exceptional passive engineering talent
• Develop talent maps across target companies, technical backgrounds, and geographies
• Partner closely with engineering leadership to define profiles and calibrate on talent
• Source and engage highly sought-after candidates through personalized outreach
• Run a high-quality candidate process from first conversation through offer and close
• Communicate F2's technology, product, and engineering culture to candidates
• Help hiring managers build structured interview processes and scorecards
• Use recruiting data and pipeline metrics to identify bottlenecks
• Help improve recruiting systems, processes, and tools

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of recruiting experience with meaningful experience hiring technical talent
• A track record of sourcing and hiring exceptional software engineers
• Strong technical sourcing skills
• Ability to identify great candidates beyond obvious profiles
• Comfortable recruiting passive candidates in highly competitive talent markets
• Strong judgment and ability to calibrate quickly with technical hiring managers
• Excellent candidate management and closing skills
• Experience partnering directly with engineering leaders
• Comfortable managing multiple searches and priorities in a fast-moving environment
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and follow-through
• High ownership, low ego, and a willingness to jump in wherever needed
• Excited to work in person with the team in New York

Nice to have

• Experience recruiting at a high-growth AI, fintech, or B2B software company
• Experience recruiting engineers from top-tier technology companies and high-growth startups
• Experience hiring AI/ML, infrastructure, or forward deployed engineers
• Experience building technical teams at an early-stage company
• Familiarity with Ashby or similar modern recruiting tools

About the company

F2 is the AI platform transforming how private markets investors analyze deals and make investment decisions. The company is backed by NFX, Y Combinator, Left Lane, Torch, and HighlandX.