Founding Recruiter — Build the Talent Engine NYC with Equity

Aionia; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Aionia in New York is seeking a Founding Recruiter to own the talent engine from day one. You’ll be the first dedicated talent hire, building recruiting from scratch and partnering directly with the founders to scale headcount.

This is a sourcing-heavy, builder’s role focused on engineering hires in New York with immediate tie-in to London. You’ll lead outbound sourcing, conduct technical screens, and create recruiting infrastructure to support rapid growth.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience sourcing and closing engineering hires at high-growth tech startups.
• Sourced and closed ML, infra, or backend engineering roles.
• Can technically screen engineers (languages, AI relevance).
• Built recruiting ops from scratch (ATS, pipelines, scorecards).
• Hungry, outbound-driven self-starter who thrives without structure.
• Comfortable sustaining a 4–5 hires per month pace.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical recruiting with a heavy emphasis on outbound sourcing across LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Twitter, and Reddit to fill 4–5 engineering roles per month
• Conduct initial technical screens to assess candidates’ relevance — evaluating language experience, AI background, and fit before passing to engineering
• Build the entire recruiting infrastructure from scratch: ATS (Ashby), sourcing workflows, interview loops, and candidate experience
• Sit with founders and hiring managers in-office to participate in real‑time hiring decisions and calibration
• Balance the engineering team between New York and London, with immediate priority on growing the New York engineering headcount

Skills

Outbound sourcing

Technical recruiting

ATS implementation

Sourcing pipelines

Candidate screening

Headcount planning

New York operations

Education

Technical degree

Tools

Ashby

LinkedIn Recruiter

GitHub

Twitter

Reddit

Job description

Aionia in New York is seeking a Founding Recruiter to own the talent engine from day one. You’ll be the first dedicated talent hire, building recruiting from scratch and partnering directly with the founders to scale headcount.

This is a sourcing-heavy, builder’s role focused on engineering hires in New York with immediate tie-in to London. You’ll lead outbound sourcing, conduct technical screens, and create recruiting infrastructure to support rapid growth.