Recruiter

newlantern; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

New Lantern is seeking its Founding Recruiter to own the full recruitment lifecycle across engineering, product, sales, and operations. You will build scalable processes from the ground up and partner with the CEO and leadership to shape our hiring strategy.

You will own sourcing through close, design roles with hiring managers, and craft a compelling candidate experience while tracking metrics to continuously improve. This is a high-impact, early-stage role at a fast-moving startup.

Qualifications

• 2-6 years of recruiting experience in a fast-paced startup or tech environment.
• Proven success hiring across technical and non-technical roles (engineering, product, sales, operations).
• Strong sourcing ability and creative approach to finding talent.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, juggling multiple open roles.
• A passion for startups and building recruiting from scratch.
• Experience scaling teams (10 → 50+ employees) is a plus; ATS familiarity a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across engineering, product, sales, and operations.
• Partner with hiring managers to define roles, write descriptions, and set recruiting strategies.
• Build top-of-funnel from scratch using LinkedIn, referrals, and creative channels.
• Deliver an excellent candidate experience at every stage.
• Track recruiting metrics and continuously improve processes.
• Establish foundational recruiting systems, processes, and tools.
• Run first-round screens and evaluate candidates for culture add and early-stage fit.
• Represent New Lantern's mission and culture to the talent market.

Skills

Communication

Relationship building

Organized & detail-oriented

Sourcing

Startup mindset

Ambiguity tolerance

Cross-functional collaboration

Hiring across roles

Closing candidates

Tools

Ashby ATS

Greenhouse ATS

Lever ATS

Job description

Location: San Francisco, CA
Employment Type: Full-time, Mid-Level

About Us

The Role

We’re looking for our first Founding Recruiter to lead all things talent acquisition at New Lantern. You’ll own the full recruitment lifecycle across engineering, product, sales, and operations, while helping us build scalable recruiting processes from the ground up. You'd work directly with the CEO and leadership team, shaping how we find and close the people who will define this company.

What You’d Own

• Full-cycle recruiting across engineering, product, sales, and operations — you own it end-to-end, from sourcing through close.

• Partnering with hiring managers to define roles — you help shape job descriptions, set recruiting strategies, and align on what great looks like.

• Building top-of-funnel from scratch — LinkedIn, referrals, creative channels — you figure out what works and double down.

• Delivering an excellent candidate experience at every stage — you're the first impression of New Lantern for every person who enters our pipeline.

• Tracking recruiting metrics and continuously improving — you measure what matters and use data to get better and faster.

• Establishing foundational recruiting systems, processes, and tools — what you build here becomes the standard as we scale.

• Running first-round screens and evaluating candidates directly — you're assessing for culture add, drive, and early-stage fit, not just passing resumes along.

• Representing New Lantern's mission and culture to the talent market — you're our voice to the people we want to hire.

What We’re Looking For

• 2 -6 years of recruiting experience in a fast-paced startup or tech environment.

• Proven success hiring across technical and non-technical roles — engineering, product, sales, operations — with a track record of closing strong candidates.

• Strong sourcing ability and a creative approach to finding talent.

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to juggle multiple open roles simultaneously.

• A passion for startups and excitement about building recruiting from scratch.

• Experience scaling teams from 10 → 50+ employees — a plus, but not required.

• Familiarity with ATS tools (e.g., Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever) — a plus, but not required.

• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and making decisions without a complete picture.

• Thrives in a fast-moving, early-stage environment where you're building the process, not following one.

Why Join Us?

• Be the first recruiter. Shape recruiting culture, brand, and processes from day one.

• Direct access. Work closely with the founder and leadership team on company-defining hires.

• Real impact. The people you bring in will build the product that reaches radiologists doing real patient care.

• Real business. Well-funded, growing, already generating enterprise revenue — you're here to scale something that works.

• Room to grow. Clear paths into People Operations, Talent Leadership, or HR.

New Lantern is an equal opportunity employer that values inclusion and diversity across our team. We are committed to equal opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.