Technical Recruiter

Vapi; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

Health coverage

Team offsites

Flexible time off

Meals & stipends

Job summary

Vapi is scaling rapidly and seeks a senior technical recruiter to own and drive growth across Engineering and Product.

You will partner closely with the founders and engineering leadership on org design, headcount prioritization, and hiring strategy, building a high-quality top-of-funnel pipeline and leading full-cycle recruiting.

This hands-on leadership role focuses on closing top talent quickly while shaping the candidate experience and representing Vapi in technical communities.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of technical recruiting experience in high-growth tech.
• Proven track record hiring senior engineering talent.
• Strong sourcing and market mapping abilities with measurable results.
• Comfortable owning closing strategy including comp and equity storytelling.
• Experience building structured interview processes and analytics.
• Able to influence founders and engineering leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for engineering and product roles, from sourcing to offer.
• Build and execute scalable recruiting strategies to grow from 50 to 100+ employees.
• Partner with founders and engineering leaders on org design and headcount planning.
• Represent Vapi as a recruiting brand ambassador in tech communities.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Sourcing & research

Closing strategies

Interview design

Stakeholder management

Communication

Engineering hiring

Education

CS degree or engineering background

Job description

Vapi (/ˈwɑːpi/):

• We’re creating the shift to voice as humanity’s default interface.

• We’re the most configurable platform for deploying voice agents.

• We’re grown to 400,000 developers in 20 months, adding 2,000+ every day.

• Try talking to Vapi now!

Why We’re Hiring This Role:

• Vapi is scaling rapidly across Engineering and Product, and we need a senior technical recruiter to own and drive this growth.

• This role will build and execute the recruiting strategy that scales Vapi from 50 to 100+ employees.

• You will partner closely with founders and engineering leadership on org design, headcount prioritization, and hiring strategy.

• This is a hands‑on recruiting leadership role, not a transactional req‑management position.

What You’ll Do:

• 30 Days

  • Focus on top of funnel sourcing for Engineering and Product searches and fully ramp on Vapi’s roles, interview loops, and talent bar.

  • Build strong working relationships with the key stakeholders in engineering.

  • Assess current pipeline health, sourcing strategies, and interview pass-through rates.

• 60 Days

  • Independently run full‑cycle recruiting for priority Engineering and Product roles assigned.

  • Build high‑quality top‑of‑funnel pipeline through sourcing, outbound campaigns, referrals, and networking.

  • Partner with the Lead Technical Recruiter as well as hiring managers to refine role definitions, interview loops, and scorecards.

  • Begin influencing closing strategy and candidate experience improvements.

• 90 Days

  • Consistently close top‑tier engineering and product talent at velocity.

  • Drive funnel optimization using Ashby data and recommend improvements to hiring speed and quality.

  • Act as a thought partner on headcount planning and future hiring needs.

  • Represent Vapi externally as a recruiting brand ambassador in technical and developer communities.

Who You Are:

• 2+ years of technical recruiting experience in high‑growth technology companies; ideally hyper‑scaling startups.

• Proven track record hiring senior, high‑impact engineering talent.

• Deep sourcing and research expertise with the ability to map markets and identify exceptional candidates. (Ability to show metrics)

• Comfortable owning closing strategy, including comp, equity, and mission‑driven storytelling.

• Experienced in building or refining structured interview processes and analytics.

• High ownership mindset, bias for action, and comfort operating in ambiguity.

• Strong communicator who can influence founders, executives, and hiring managers.

• Former engineer and CS degree highly desirable.

Why Vapi:

• Generational impact: Build human interface for every business.

• Ownership culture: 90% of company is previous founders.

• Kind team: The founders Jordan and Nikhil are Canadians.

• Tier‑1 Investors: YC, KP seed, Bessemer series A.

What We Offer:

• Real stake: We offer competitive salary and excellent equity ownership.

• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision plans.

• Team love: We love hanging out and do quarterly offsites.

• Flexible time off: take what you need.

• More: catered meals and transportation, gym & coaching stipends!

• Salary Range: $150,000-170,000