Talent Engineer

Latent AI; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Paid vacation

Competitive equity

Job summary

Latent AI in Bastrop, Texas is hiring a Talent Engineer to own the full hiring process, develop innovative recruiting approaches, and engage top talent. The ideal candidate will have an engineering degree, thrive in a high-growth environment, and possess exceptional interpersonal skills. We offer comprehensive benefits including medical coverage, 401(k) plan, and competitive equity. Join our dedicated team to innovate and enhance our hiring strategies on-site five days a week.

Qualifications

• Thriving in a startup or high-growth environment, adaptable and innovative.
• Building recruiting systems to attract top-tier talent.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an affinity for exceptional people.

Responsibilities

• Own the full hiring process from system design through candidate closure.
• Develop creative sourcing channels beyond traditional methods.
• Engage and attract top-tier candidates through innovative systems.

Skills

Engineering Degree

Experience in startup or high-growth environment

Technical creativity

Strong judgment in candidate assessment

Interpersonal and communication skills

Education

Engineering Degree

Job description

Talent Engineer

Bastrop, TX

OPERATIONS, Recruiting

In office

Full-time

The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more with the ultimate goal of making Hyperloop adoption viable and enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.

Talent Engineering is focused on recruiting with a first-principles and engineering mindset. The team works closely with both engineering and recruiting teams to create novel approaches for rapidly scaling the hiring of exceptional people. We operate with a flat organizational structure where all employees are hands-on, show initiative, and communicate clearly to deliver excellence.

Responsibilities

• Own the full hiring process from system design through candidate closure.
• Develop creative sourcing channels beyond LinkedIn, including referrals, event networking, hosted competitions, and targeted online communities.
• Start every hiring need by asking: “Who are the absolute best people in the world for this role?” then build and execute end-to-end systems to identify, engage, and attract them.
• Exercise strong judgment to recognize excellence across technical and non-technical domains.

Basic Qualifications

• Engineering Degree
• Experience thriving in a startup or high-growth environment, where adaptability and innovation are key.
• Experience working at organizations with exceptional talent density, including successful referrals and recruiting contributions.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Proven track record building and executing recruiting systems that identify and attract top-tier talent.
• Demonstrated technical creativity through personal projects, open-source work, or innovative hacks.
• Comfortable with “vibe coding” and rapidly grasping technical concepts to evaluate candidates across domains.
• Deep belief that assembling high-performance teams is an engineering problem.
• Natural affinity for exceptional people, with a “people person” reputation among peers.
• Nerdy engineering background combined with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Advanced judgment in assessing excellence without reliance on traditional recruiting tools.
• Ability to design scalable, repeatable processes while executing at high urgency.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed to meet hiring timelines.
• Ability to travel for events, networking, and candidate engagements as needed.

Reporting Location: Bastrop, Texas - Headquarters (On-site 5 days/week)

Culture

We're a team of dedicated, smart, and scrappy people. Our employees are passionate about our mission and determined to innovate at every opportunity.

Benefits

We offer employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, paid vacation, and a competitive amount of equity for all permanent employees.

The Boring Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with The Boring Company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.