Founding Recruiter

The role

The Founding Recruiter will own full-cycle recruiting including sourcing, screening, and closing for engineering, GTM, tax, and operations. You will build recruiting systems, design interview loops, and partner with the CEO to scale the team.

What you will do

• Own full-cycle recruiting across engineering, GTM, deployments, and account management
• Run persistent, well-written outbound to senior people
• Partner with the CEO and hiring managers to scope roles
• Design the interview loop and scorecard for each role
• Own the candidate experience from first message to signed offer
• Drive offers to close and manage comp conversations
• Stand up systems including ATS hygiene, structured interviews, and sourcing playbooks

Required qualifications

• 3-5+ years of recruiting experience with real full-cycle ownership
• Track record of closing senior or technical hires in a competitive market
• Strong written communication
• Comfort building process and systems from scratch
• Ability to hold credible conversations with engineers, sellers, and tax experts

Nice to have

• Experience as an early or first recruiter at a high-growth startup
• Technical recruiting experience across engineering and product
• Hands-on experience with Ashby or a comparable ATS
• Recruiting for GTM, fintech, or tax roles, or another complex, credibility-driven domain

Benefits

• Company-covered benefits across medical, dental, vision, etc.
• Meaningful equity
• Unlimited PTO

About the company

Taxwire is building an AI-native global sales tax engine and managed service for finance teams. They have raised approximately $25M in venture capital from firms like Headline, XYZ, and Vinyl.