Pensive

Founding Technical Recruiter

San Francisco. Posted 2 months ago

The role

You will build and own the AI-native recruiting agency, Builders. You will work with Pensive founders and partner company founders to define roles, source candidates, and close offers.

What you will do

  • Define roles
  • Source exceptional candidates
  • Close offers
  • Hire and place exceptional engineers quickly
  • Deliver a thoughtful, high-quality candidate experience
  • Shape recruiting strategy, processes, systems, and tooling

Required qualifications

  • 1+ year of technical recruiting experience at a fast-growing technology company or a top recruiting agency
  • Strong grasp of technical skills, engineering roles, and how engineering organizations work
  • Proven closer who has landed senior and staff-level engineers in competitive markets
  • Comfortable with speed and ambiguity
  • Autonomous and decisive
  • Comfortable using AI, automation, and new tools to improve sourcing, evaluation, and recruiting workflows

Nice to have

  • Experience working at a recruiting agency
  • CS degree or prior software engineering experience
  • Experience with AI-native or agentic recruiting tools

About the company

Builders represents exceptional builders and connects them with startups that match their ambition. They work with top Seed–Series F startups to place talent across every function.

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