Founding Technical Recruiter for Healthcare AI Scaleup

Alt; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Annual fitness stipend

Free dinner

Snacks and specialty coffee

Unlimited PTO

401(k)

Relocation stipend

Job summary

Parakeet Health is hiring its first technical recruiter to own hiring end‑to‑end and partner with the founders to define great talent. You will stand up systems to find, attract, and close top engineers across backend, AI/ML, infra, data, and full-stack roles nationwide.

The role emphasizes an exceptional candidate experience, data-driven recruiting, and AI-assisted sourcing. You will help craft the talent brand while representing Parakeet Health in the market, with on-site coordination in San

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of technical recruiting experience, especially in early-stage startups.
• A mix of agency and in-house background with experience building pipelines from scratch.
• Proven track record hiring strong engineers across backend, AI/ML, infra, full-stack, data science.
• High agency, low ego; you fix gaps without waiting for instructions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; concise, personal, persuasive.
• Hands-on fluency with modern AI sourcing tools; value time-saving over hype.
• Genuine curiosity about engineering and healthcare; can discuss tech with senior engineers.
• Strong closing abilities; manage competing offers and negotiations calmly.
• Discipline to run multiple searches in parallel with clean ATS data.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End technical recruiting: sourcing, outreach, screening, offers, closing.
• Own candidate experience from first email to day one in the office.
• Build talent brand through talks, dinners, social posts, and thoughtful outreach.
• Design and calibrate interview processes with founders to keep bar high.
• Develop closing strategies with hiring managers before offers.
• Apply AI tools where they add real leverage and know when to rely on humans.
• Maintain ATS discipline and data integrity for reporting and optimization.
• Support people operations, onboarding and employee experience as needed.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Startup experience

Agency background

Hiring engineers

Communication skills

AI sourcing tools

Engineering curiosity

Strong closer

ATS discipline

Parallel searches

Job description

Parakeet Health is hiring its first technical recruiter to own hiring end‑to‑end and partner with the founders to define great talent. You will stand up systems to find, attract, and close top engineers across backend, AI/ML, infra, data, and full-stack roles nationwide.

The role emphasizes an exceptional candidate experience, data-driven recruiting, and AI-assisted sourcing. You will help craft the talent brand while representing Parakeet Health in the market, with on-site coordination in San