Recruiter (AI Startup)
On-sitePalo Alto, California, United States
Job Summary
Manage the full recruiting lifecycle, from role intake and sourcing through interviews, offer negotiation, and closing for technical, business, operational, and leadership positions. Partner with hiring managers to define candidate profiles and develop search strategies, while proactively sourcing high-quality candidates via LinkedIn, professional networks, referrals, and outbound approaches. Screen candidates for cultural alignment and coordinate interview processes, providing market insights and feedback to stakeholders. Build strong candidate pipelines, track hiring metrics, and help establish scalable recruiting processes and systems as the company grows. Support employer-branding, referral initiatives, and external firm evaluations to drive efficient, high-quality hiring across Evolver's expanding teams.
Required Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience as a recruiter at a major enterprise or startup company
- Demonstrated experience managing full-cycle recruiting in a startup, high-growth company, or similarly fast-moving environment
- Experience recruiting across a broad range of functions and seniority levels
- Strong sourcing capabilities and the ability to identify candidates for specialized or difficult-to-fill positions
- Ability to quickly understand unfamiliar roles, industries, technologies, and candidate markets
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong judgment and the ability to evaluate both technical qualifications and broader candidate fit
- Highly organized, responsive, and capable of managing multiple active searches simultaneously
- Comfortable working with changing priorities, incomplete information, and evolving organizational needs
- Ability to build credibility and productive relationships with executives, hiring managers, candidates, and external partners
- Strong sense of ownership and willingness to independently move searches forward
- Experience working with an applicant tracking system and recruiting tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter
Desired Qualifications
- Experience recruiting for technology, artificial intelligence, consulting, enterprise software, or professional-services organizations
- Experience supporting international or multi-region hiring
- Experience recruiting senior executives or other highly specialized candidates
- Familiarity with compensation benchmarking, employment structures, and offer development across different markets
- Experience helping build or improve recruiting processes within a growing organization
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