Senior Recruiter

Watney Robotics Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Watney Robotics Inc in San Francisco is seeking a recruiter to own candidates from outreach through offer, while ensuring an exceptional candidate experience and scalable hiring processes. You will partner with founders and operators to build a high‑touch, efficient recruiting engine for technical, operational, and executive roles.

The role emphasizes hands‑on sourcing, scheduling, and maintaining clean ATS records; you will contribute to infrastructure that supports rapid growth and top‑tier

Qualifications

• 2+ years in recruiting coordination or full-cycle recruiting at startup or tech
• Excellent organizational skills and candidate-centric process
• Clear, warm communication and ability to handle ambiguity

Responsibilities

• Own candidates from first outreach through offer and onboarding
• Support outbound sourcing: research, list building, outreach
• Coordinate interviews and candidate communications
• Maintain accurate ATS records and help scale hiring infrastructure
• Draft and post job descriptions and manage scheduling
• Keep pipeline moving without bottlenecks

Skills

Recruiting coordination

Full-cycle recruiting

Organized

Clear communication

Attention to detail

Warm candidate experience

Tools

Ashby ATS

Job description

About The Role

Watney is looking for a Recruiter to join our fast‑growing talent function and help us build one of the most exceptional teams in robotics. You’ll work closely with our founders and team to keep candidates moving efficiently through our process, making sure every person who touches Watney has an exceptional experience.

This is the operational backbone of our recruiting engine: sourcing, scheduling, coordinating, communicating, and making sure nothing falls through the cracks. You’ll be hands‑on from the start: owning candidate experience and helping us build the infrastructure to scale hiring across technical, operational, and executive roles.

We’re looking for someone who takes candidate experience personally, loves a well‑run process, and is energized by working at a company that is doing something genuinely hard and important.

What You’ll Do

• Own candidates from first outreach through offer, reflecting Watney’s approach to an exceptional, high‑touch candidate experience
• Support outbound sourcing efforts: creative research, list building, and outreach
• Work cross‑functionally with founders and operators to keep hiring running smoothly
• Maintain clean, accurate records in our ATS (Ashby) and help build out our tracking infrastructure
• Coordinate interviews, work trials, and candidate communications across all active searches
• Help draft and post job descriptions, assist with scheduling, and keep the pipeline moving without bottlenecks

You May Be a Good Fit If You

• Have 2+ years of recruiting coordination or full‑cycle recruiting experience, ideally at a fast‑moving startup or tech company
• Are obsessively organized and take pride in running a tight, candidate‑friendly process
• Communicate clearly and warmly: candidates feel cared for, not processed
• Are comfortable navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities without losing track of the details
• Learn tools quickly and are comfortable in Ashby or a comparable ATS
• Are genuinely curious about robotics, AI, or deep tech. You don’t need to be an engineer, but you should be excited by what Watney is building

We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive team. At Watney Robotics, we welcome people of all backgrounds and identities, and we make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential. If you’re passionate about robotics but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply!