Lead Recruiter

Plotline Inc; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Plotline Inc is seeking a hands-on recruiter to own hiring end to end in a fast-growing startup. You will partner with founders to decide who to hire, run searches, and build the recruiting engine as we scale. You will close hard roles fast across engineering, sales, design, and more.

Expect a high-output, low-bureaucracy environment with direct line to founders on headcount, comp, and closing. Join a small team and influence culture by writing compelling JDs and employer branding, while

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of full-cycle recruiting, including technical roles.
• Built teams at a high-growth startup (B2B SaaS or AI preferred).
• Closed senior, hard-to-fill roles end-to-end.
• Strong with LinkedIn and an ATS; data-driven funnel metrics.
• Comfortable with funnel data: conversion, time-to-hire, source quality.

Responsibilities

• Own sourcing, pipeline and closing.
• Keep the ATS clean to show status of every role.
• Build a deep, warm pipeline for every open role.
• Beat bigger brands with outreach and fast processes.
• Understand the talent market before roles open.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Technical recruiting

LinkedIn sourcing

ATS proficiency

Tools

Ashby ATS

Job description

Join a small, high-output team building the future of in-app engagement. Work on hard problems that matter at scale.

Location

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

On-site

Department

Talent

Own hiring at Plotline, end to end. You will work with the founders to decide who we hire, run every search, and build the recruiting engine as we grow.

Plotline is backed by Elevation Capital and works with Dream11, Upstox, Zepto, and others.

Why This Role Matters

Every hire at a 30-person startup changes the company. You decide who gets in.

You own the function. No recruiting team above or below you.

Direct line to founders on headcount, comp, and closing.

About This Role

Speed: Close hard roles fast. Engineering, sales, design, and more

Bar: Move fast without lowering the bar to fill seats.

Outcomes Expected

Q1: Close 3 open roles within 45 days. 15+ qualified candidates in pipeline per open role. Structured interview loops and scorecards live for every function.

Year 1: 20+ hires closed. Time-to-hire under 30 days. Offer-acceptance above 80%. 90-day retention at 100%. Zero agency spend.

Responsibilities

Own sourcing, pipeline and closing.

Keep the ATS clean enough that anyone can see where every role stands.

Build a deep, always-warm pipeline for every open role. 15+ qualified candidates per role.

Beat bigger brands with better outreach and a faster process.

Understand the talent market for key roles before they open.

Hiring Process & Team Enablement

Work with each team to define what a great fit looks like for their role: traits, skills, and red flags, before sourcing starts.

Design the hiring process per role: stages, interviewers, scorecards, and what each round tests.

Prep founders and hiring managers for interviews and closing calls.

Employer Brand

Write JDs and hiring posts that sound like us.

Represent Plotline at hiring events and campus drives.

Requirements

4-6 years of full-cycle recruiting, including technical roles.

Built teams at a high-growth startup. B2B SaaS or AI preferred.

Closed senior, hard-to-fill roles yourself, start to finish.

Strong with LinkedIn and an ATS (we use Ashby).

Comfortable with funnel data: conversion, time-to-hire, source quality.

What We're Looking For

Quality and depth of pipeline built. Comfortable with cold calling.

Closer: You get offers signed.

High bar: You'd rather leave a role open than fill it wrong.

Direct and Fast

If you've built teams before and want to own hiring where every hire matters, talk to us.

Work at scale

Move fast

Small team, no bureaucracy. Your work goes from idea to production in days, not months.

Hard problems

Real-time triggers at sub-100ms latency, SDK performance on millions of devices, no-code UI builders — genuinely hard engineering challenges.

Customer obsessed

We work directly with world-class product and growth teams at companies like Dream11, CoinDCX, and Zepto.