Founding Recruiter - Build Hiring Engine, Equity & Sponsorship

Aionia; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Aionia, a confidential AI-powered marketing automation startup in San Francisco, is hiring a Founding Recruiter to build the recruiting function from scratch. This is a true founding role with strategic impact and equity potential.

You'll partner with founders and hiring managers to define roles, craft job descriptions, and own full-cycle recruiting for engineering and GTM. Visa sponsorship & relocation available; in-office 5 days a week.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in full-cycle recruiting across technical and GTM roles at startups.
• Recruited both engineers and GTM hires.
• Experience at a high-growth startup (Seed to Series B).
• Proficient with Ashby or similar ATS and LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Built or owned recruiting at a startup (startup experience required).
• Ability to have conviction — pushes back on hiring managers with data-driven opinions.
• Based in San Francisco, in-office 5 days/week.
• Professional, polished LinkedIn presence (founding role is very client-facing — a must).

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting with heavy emphasis on sourcing and top-of-funnel, engaging passive candidates across engineering and GTM roles.
• Partner with founders and hiring managers to define roles, create job descriptions, and build hiring strategies from scratch.
• Manage external recruiting agencies and calibrate them on ideal candidate profiles.
• Build and maintain recruiting infrastructure — Ashby, Calendly, Slack channels, interview processes, and documentation.
• Iterate with new sourcing tools and AI-forward workflows.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Sourcing

Contract negotiation

Data-driven decisions

Client-facing

Tools

Ashby

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

Aionia, a confidential AI-powered marketing automation startup in San Francisco, is hiring a Founding Recruiter to build the recruiting function from scratch. This is a true founding role with strategic impact and equity potential.

You'll partner with founders and hiring managers to define roles, craft job descriptions, and own full-cycle recruiting for engineering and GTM. Visa sponsorship & relocation available; in-office 5 days a week.