Founding Technical Recruiter

BackOps AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

BackOps AI is hiring its first in-house recruiter in San Francisco to own full-cycle technical recruiting for engineering and product roles. You will craft sourcing strategies, work with hiring managers, and close top talent in a fast-growing startup environment.

The role emphasizes building robust pipelines, running rigorous interview loops, and representing our mission to attract exceptional people who will redefine supply chain infrastructure with AI.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably in startups or high-growth environments.
• Experience hiring technical talent—engineers, infrastructure, and product roles.
• Strong sourcing, screening, and closing skills with a data-driven approach.
• Clear, compelling communicator who represents company mission and culture authentically.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle technical recruiting across engineering, product, and related roles.
• Build and run sourcing strategies to surface high-caliber candidates, including passive talent.
• Partner with hiring managers to calibrate expectations and run structured interview loops.
• Track funnel metrics and improve time-to-fill and offer-accept rates.
• Represent BackOps authentically to candidates and close with conviction.
• Manage multiple searches simultaneously without compromising quality.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Technical recruiting

Sourcing strategies

Candidate closing

Communication

Market awareness

Job description

Supply chain operations are some of the most complex, high-stakes workflows in any business — and for too long, the teams running them have had to hold it together manually. Missed shipments, cascading exceptions, hours of coordination that pulls people away from the work that actually moves the business forward. The infrastructure hasn't kept up with the complexity.

BackOps is changing that. We build agentic AI that automates the operational work that supply chain teams have always had to do by hand — not by wrapping AI around legacy tools, but by rethinking the infrastructure from the ground up.

We're ~50 people, headquartered in San Francisco, and backed by investors who support category-defining companies early and with conviction: our Series A was led by Theory Ventures, with participation from Gradient, Construct Capital, and 10VC. The problem is real, the timing is right, and we're building the team that will define how this space evolves.

If you want to do work that matters, with people who take ownership seriously, at a company where what you build becomes the foundation — keep reading.

The Role

We're hiring our first in-house recruiter — someone who finds real satisfaction in the hunt: sourcing relentlessly, running a tight process, and closing candidates who weren't actively looking. This is a high-volume, full-cycle role built for someone who loves the craft and wants to go deep on it.

Technical hiring is where we need you most. Our engineering and product teams are growing fast, and the competition for this talent means inbound alone won't get it done.

You’ll report to the Head of People & Talent and own full-cycle execution across your own reqs — with real input into how you source, sell, and close. You’ll have the support and context to do it well, and the trust to run your searches your way.

What You'll Do

• Own full-cycle technical recruiting — from kickoff through close — across engineering, product, and adjacent technical roles
• Build and run sourcing strategies that consistently surface high-caliber, often passive candidates
• Partner with hiring managers to calibrate the bar and run structured, high-signal interview loops
• Track and improve your own funnel metrics — time-to-fill, offer-accept rate, source quality
• Represent BackOps authentically to candidates — tell the story, build trust, close with conviction
• Manage multiple technical searches simultaneously without compromising quality or candidate experience

What We're Looking For

• 4–7 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with meaningful time at early-stage or high-growth startups
• Proven track record hiring technical talent — engineers, infrastructure, product — with a high, well-calibrated bar
• A relentless sourcer who hunts passive candidates rather than waiting on inbound
• Strong closer with a track record of winning candidates against competing offers
• Clear, compelling communicator who can represent a company's mission and culture with authenticity
• Motivated by being the best in the market at full-cycle technical recruiting
• Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco

Why BackOps

• Be the first in-house recruiter at a company redefining supply chain infrastructure with AI
• Real input in how we build our technical team — with the strategic support to do it well
• Backed by Theory Ventures, Gradient, Construct Capital, and 10VC
• Competitive salary, meaningful equity, and comprehensive benefits