Founding Recruiter — AI-Driven Talent Architect (Eng & GTM)

Dover; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health insurance and 401

Dinner covered every day

Job summary

Conduit is seeking its founding recruiter to own sourcing and first-round screens for engineers and GTM roles, then pass candidates to the founders. You’ll run offers and help close hires, reporting to the CEO and co-founder Cole. This in-person role is based in San Francisco, five days a week, with visa sponsorship not available.

You’ll build the function as the first recruiter, handling sourcing, ATS loops, and credible technical screening, while helping shape talent strategy as the team grows.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of full-cycle, in-house recruiting with at least 15 hires closed personally.
• Experience hiring both engineering and GTM roles; demonstrated impact.
• Experience at a VC-backed startup during growth.
• Ability to run credible first-round technical screens (no coding required).
• Sourcing with AI tools and quick adaption to new tools.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing for every open seat: build lists, outreach, sequences, referrals.
• First-round screens across engineering and GTM with written debriefs for founders.
• Run ATS loops: scheduling, interviewer prep, feedback, keeping candidates warm.
• End-to-end offers: comp discussions, references, competing offers, closing.
• Maintain hiring plan transparency: open roles, bottlenecks, and weekly updates to founders.

Skills

Sourcing

Screening

Closing candidates

First-round screens

ATS management

Tools

ATS

AI recruitment tools

Deepline

Amplemarket

HeyReach

Job description

Conduit is seeking its founding recruiter to own sourcing and first-round screens for engineers and GTM roles, then pass candidates to the founders. You’ll run offers and help close hires, reporting to the CEO and co-founder Cole. This in-person role is based in San Francisco, five days a week, with visa sponsorship not available.

You’ll build the function as the first recruiter, handling sourcing, ATS loops, and credible technical screening, while helping shape talent strategy as the team grows.