Compensation: $120,000 - $200,000 base salary (negotiable based on experience) plus bonus and equity.

Location: In-office 5 days a week in San Francisco. Candidates must live in the San Francisco area and be willing to work primarily onsite.

Why This Role Is Compelling

This is an opportunity to join a fast-growing, AI-driven software company that’s redefining how internal teams operate by automating complex workflows traditionally handled by legacy enterprise tools. The product is already seeing significant inbound demand from modern, tech-forward customers, creating a rare chance to recruit into a business with real traction—not a concept-stage startup.

You’ll be the first senior recruiting hire, responsible for building the talent function from the ground up as the company scales aggressively over the next year. This role offers high ownership, direct partnership with founders and engineering leadership, and the chance to shape hiring standards, processes, and culture from day one.

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Technical Recruiter to own full-cycle hiring for engineering and technical roles in a high-growth startup environment. You’ll design sourcing strategies, build recruiting infrastructure, and partner closely with leaders to scale the team while maintaining an extremely high talent bar.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys ambiguity, moves quickly, and thrives in hands-on, builder-style environments.

What You’ll Do

• Own full-cycle recruiting for technical roles, from sourcing through close
• Develop creative and proactive sourcing strategies to attract top-tier engineering talent
• Partner with hiring managers to define roles, align on priorities, and close candidates
• Build recruiting processes and infrastructure, including tooling and interview workflows
• Use data and feedback to continuously improve hiring outcomes and candidate experience

What We’re Looking For

• 5–8 years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience
• Background recruiting at high-growth startups (Series A–E preferred)
• Experience building or scaling recruiting functions from scratch
• Exposure to talent-dense engineering environments is a strong plus
• Strong understanding of technical roles and engineering skill sets
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Highly scrappy, proactive, and willing to do the hard work required early on
• Collaborative partner to founders and engineering leadership

Not a Fit If You

• Prefer highly structured, established environments only
• Avoid hands-on sourcing or early-stage operational work

Role Details

• Location: San Francisco (onsite, 5 days/week)
• Compensation: $120,000–$200,000 base salary + meaningful equity
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Visa Sponsorship: Not available
• Hiring Timeline: Immediate (1–2 hires planned)

Who is Rainier Recruiting?

Rainier Recruiting is a boutique, award winning national staffing agency and executive search firm. Using an approach that “treats every candidate like an executive search”, we offer positions in contract-to-hire, Full-Time, and executive search. Named the #1 Best Workplace in Washington State in 2022, recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm, and identified as a top recruitment firm by multiple business journals, Rainier Recruiting is fast becoming a respected company. We are no longer the “best recruiters you have never heard of”. Rainier Recruiting is also proud to share our clients have a 93% repeat business rate. Rainier Recruiting is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and for the candidates we represent. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of every organization that we partner with.