Founding Recruiter: Build Our Talent Engine

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health insurance

401k match

Dinner covered every day

Equity in company

Job summary

Conduit is seeking a Founding Recruiter to be our first recruiting hire. You will own sourcing and first-round screens for engineers and GTM, then hand the candidates off to the team for the rest of the process. Once we decide to hire someone, you run the offer and help close them.

You report to Cole, our CEO and co-founder. This in-person role is based in our San Francisco office, 5 days a week, and candidates must be authorized to work in the US; we do not sponsor visas.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of full-cycle, in-house recruiting, with at least 15 hires you closed yourself.
• Hired both engineers and GTM roles.
• Experience at a VC-backed startup through growth, ideally 10→50 people.
• Credible first-round technical screen knowledge; you don’t need to code.
• Sourcing with AI tools and quickly picking up new ones; strong closing skills.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing for every open seat: build lists, write outreach, run sequences, referrals.
• First-round screens across engineering and GTM; provide debriefs for founders.
• Run loops in ATS: scheduling, interviewer prep, feedback, keep candidates warm.
• Offers end to end: comp conversations, references, competing offers, close.
• Maintain the hiring plan: track openings, blockers, and weekly updates with founders.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Hiring engineers

Hiring GTM

Sourcing with AI

First-round screening

Closing candidates

Tools

ATS

AI sourcing tools

Job description

Conduit is seeking a Founding Recruiter to be our first recruiting hire. You will own sourcing and first-round screens for engineers and GTM, then hand the candidates off to the team for the rest of the process. Once we decide to hire someone, you run the offer and help close them.

You report to Cole, our CEO and co-founder. This in-person role is based in our San Francisco office, 5 days a week, and candidates must be authorized to work in the US; we do not sponsor visas.