Technical Recruiter, Contract

AegisAI; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AegisAI is seeking a Technical Recruiter to identify, attract, and hire exceptional builders across Engineering, GTM/Sales, and Operations. You’ll own full-cycle recruiting, build pipelines, and partner with founders to define ideal profiles and hiring bars.

In this high-visibility, startup-speed role you’ll run hyper-personalized outbound campaigns on LinkedIn, GitHub, X and other networks, articulate our tech stack and mission, and drive fast interview cycles with top talent.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of recruiting experience in fast-paced tech environments.
• Experience sourcing for technical roles and/or business roles.
• Ability to articulate our tech stack and mission.
• Self-starter who tests, adapts, and hits pipeline targets.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across Engineering, GTM/Sales, and Operations.
• Hunt top talent via personalized outbound campaigns on LinkedIn, GitHub, X, and networks.
• Partner with founders and leaders to define profiles and hiring bars.
• Explain the company's tech and mission to candidates.
• Maintain high-touch candidate experiences and fast interview schedules.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Tech sourcing

Relationship building

Startup experience

AI sourcing tools

Tools

LinkedIn

GitHub

AI sourcing tools

Job description

About AegisAI

We are a team of ex-Google engineers who built some of the largest defensive platforms on the planet—Safe Browsing (protecting 5B+ devices) and reCAPTCHA (protecting millions of websites). Now, backed by top-tier investors including Battery Ventures ($36M Series A), Accel, and Foundation Capital, we are striking out on our own to solve the next existential threat: Adversarial AI.

Old-school, rules-based email security systems are defenseless against modern, AI-powered attacks that evolve in real time. At AegisAI, we aren't just "using AI"—we are building a distributed network of high-precision AI Agents designed to outpace and outthink attackers.

Your Mission: Build the Elite Engine

Top talent is the single greatest multiplier of our growth. As a Technical Recruiter at AegisAI, your mission is simple: identify, attract, and hire exceptional builders across Engineering, GTM/Sales, and Operations.

You won’t be a passive recruiter waiting for applicants to roll in through an ATS. You will be a relentless talent partner who operates at startup speed, mapping markets, hunting high-caliber candidates, and pitching AegisAI’s vision to people who are already at the top 1% of their current roles.

This is a high-visibility role where execution directly dictates how fast we can scale.

What You’ll Do

• Own Full-Cycle Recruiting: Drive talent pipelines from initial outbound reach to offer negotiation across key business vectors: Engineering & AI, GTM/Sales, and Operations.
• Hunt Top 1% Talent: Run hyper-personalized, creative outbound sourcing campaigns across LinkedIn, GitHub, X, networks, and unconventional channels to engage top technical and GTM talent.
• Partner directly with Founders & Leaders: Work directly with founders, engineering managers, and sales leaders to define ideal candidate profiles, establish hiring bars, and run fast feedback loops.
• Master the AegisAI Pitch: Clearly articulate our tech stack, mission, and category-defining opportunity to technical candidates and sales drivers alike.
• Drive Velocity: Think in days, not weeks. Maintain high-touch candidate experiences, drive tight interview schedules, and remove operational friction to close candidates fast.
• Build Talent Infrastructure: Continuously test sourcing approaches, refine candidate evaluation processes, and leverage AI tools to automate workflow drag and speed up your pipeline.

Why This Is Hard (and Why It’s Fun)

• The Bar Is Extremely High: We only hire top performers. You’ll be sourcing for elite engineering standards (ex-Google, Tier-1 AI labs) and top-tier SaaS sales talent who can handle high-complexity technical products.
• Zero Playbook: In an early-stage, Series A startup, priorities shift quickly. You won't have a massive talent team or pre-packaged playbooks—you will help build the system as we run.
• Relentless Market: High-caliber AI and security candidates receive dozens of recruiter messages a week. You’ll need creativity, speed, and real hustle to cut through the noise.

Why We’ll Win

• Proven Founding Team: Our founders have built internet-scale security systems protecting billions of users, alongside serial entrepreneurs who know how to scale companies.
• Massive Category: We’re disrupting a $5B+ email security market that incumbents are too slow to protect.
• High Density of Talent: High bar for talent, zero tolerance for bureaucracy or politics.
• Fast Execution: Development and hiring cycles are measured in days, giving you the backing to close top talent quickly.

What We’re Looking For

• 1–3 years of recruiting experience in a fast-paced agency, venture-backed startup, or high-growth tech environment.
• Multi-Disciplinary Sourcing: Proven track record sourcing for technical roles (Software Engineers, AI/ML Infrastructure, Threat Detection) AND/OR business roles (AEs, BDRs, Ops).
• High Agency & Relentless Execution: You are a self-starter who doesn't wait for perfect instructions—you test, adapt, and hit pipeline targets.
• Technical & Business Literacy: You can talk shop with complex backend engineers and understand sales quotas and territory motions with GTM leaders.
• Scrappy & Adaptive: Comfort experimenting with modern AI tools, modern sourcing platforms, and rapid-fire workflows.
• Proven Track Record: Demonstrated history of sourcing, pitching, and successfully closing top-tier technical and commercial talent at this level.

Bonus Points

• Experience at an early-stage (Seed through Series B) SaaS or AI startup.
• Prior experience in cybersecurity, infrastructure, or technical AI domains.
• Network depth across San Francisco, NYC, or major US tech hubs.

Our Culture

• Flat, fast, and founder-led.
• Clear KPIs, full ownership, and direct accountability.
• Rapid iteration—what works ships immediately.
• You’ll have a visible, lasting impact on the company’s trajectory from day one.

If you want to build the team that is defining the future of AI security, work alongside world-class builders, and move at startup speed—come talk to us.