Technical Recruiter, Research

Cartesia; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch, dinner and snacks at the office

Fully covered medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Relocation and immigration support

Your own personal Yoshi

Job summary

A pioneering AI startup in San Francisco is seeking a Technical Recruiter to own the full-cycle hiring for engineers and researchers. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in recruiting for technical roles, strong sourcing skills, and a collaborative mindset. This role involves shaping the team culture in a fast-paced environment with high hiring standards and innovative work.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience recruiting for technical roles in a startup or high-growth environment.
• Experience recruiting for AI/ML roles or research talent is a bonus.
• Clear, confident communication with candidates and hiring managers.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment with high hiring standards.
• Experience with ATS tools (e.g. Ashby).
• Collaborative mindset and genuine interest in AI, engineering and building great teams.
• Bonus: experience recruiting for AI/ML roles or research talent.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage full-cycle recruiting for technical roles across engineering and research.
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements and interview plans.
• Build and nurture diverse pipelines through creative sourcing.
• Craft thoughtful, high-conversion outreach messages reflecting Cartesia’s voice and mission.
• Guide candidates through a smooth, respectful interview process.
• Track and report on pipeline health, hiring metrics and process improvements.
• Help build and evolve recruiting operations, tools and best practices.
• Support employer branding, events and other strategic hiring initiatives.

Skills

Sourcing and candidate engagement skills

Clear and confident communication

Collaborative mindset

Comfortable in fast-paced environments

ATS experience

Communication

AI/ML recruiting

Tools

ATS tools (e.g. Ashby)

Sourcing platforms

Job description

About Cartesia

Our mission is to build the next generation of AI: ubiquitous, interactive intelligence that runs wherever you are. Today, not even the best models can continuously process and reason over a year-long stream of audio, video and text—1B text tokens, 10B audio tokens and 1T video tokens—let alone do this on-device.

We're pioneering the model architectures that will make this possible. Our founding team met as PhDs at the Stanford AI Lab, where we invented State Space Models or SSMs, a new primitive for training efficient, large-scale foundation models. Our team combines deep expertise in model innovation and systems engineering paired with a design-minded product engineering team to build and ship cutting edge models and experiences.

We're funded by leading investors at Index Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, along with Factory, Conviction, A Star, General Catalyst, SV Angel, Databricks and others. We're fortunate to have the support of many amazing advisors, and 90+ angels across many industries, including the world's foremost experts in AI.

Role Responsibilities

We’re looking for a Technical Recruiter to help us grow our team of engineers and researchers, and drive hiring end-to-end. You’ll own full-cycle hiring across technical roles — from sourcing and outreach to offer — and partner closely with hiring managers to deliver exceptional talent pipelines. This is a high-impact role where you’ll help shape the team and culture at one of the most exciting startups in AI.

What You'll Do

• Own and manage full-cycle recruiting for technical roles across engineering and research

• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, interview plans, and sourcing strategies

• Build and nurture diverse pipelines through creative sourcing and outbound outreach

• Craft thoughtful, high-conversion outreach messages that reflect Cartesia’s voice and mission

• Guide candidates through a smooth, responsive, and respectful interview process

• Track and report on pipeline health, hiring metrics, and process improvements

• Help build and evolve recruiting operations, tools, and best practices

• Support employer branding, events, and other strategic hiring initiatives

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of experience recruiting for technical roles in a startup or high-growth environment

• Strong sourcing and candidate engagement skills and an ability to approach a search in a creative manner

• Clear, confident communication — both with candidates and hiring managers

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with high hiring standards

• Experience with ATS tools (e.g. Ashby), and sourcing platforms

• A collaborative mindset and a genuine interest in AI, engineering, and building great teams

• Bonus: experience recruiting for AI/ML roles or research talent

Our culture

🏢 We’re an in-person team based out of San Francisco. We love being in the office, hanging out together and learning from each other everyday.

🚢 We ship fast. All of our work is novel and cutting edge, and execution speed is paramount. We have a high bar, and we don’t sacrifice quality and design along the way.

🤝 We support each other. We have an open and inclusive culture that’s focused on giving everyone the resources they need to succeed.

Our perks

🍽 Lunch, dinner and snacks at the office.

🏥 Fully covered medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees.

🏦 401(k).

✈️ Relocation and immigration support.

🦖 Your own personal Yoshi.