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Pallet · 2 days ago

Senior Technical Recruiter (Founding Team)

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$182K/yr - $214K/yr

5+ years exp

Pallet is an innovative company focused on transforming logistics through AI Agents, having achieved significant growth and investment. They are seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to take ownership of building their engineering organization, partnering closely with leadership to hire across various technical roles. This role emphasizes strategic recruiting and high-quality candidate experiences as the company scales.

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Responsibilities

Own and close senior, high-bar engineering roles across Product, Platform, FDE, and AI/ML in competitive SF / NYC markets

Make your first hire within ~45 days and sustain ~2 high-quality engineering hires per month thereafter

Run end-to-end searches: scoping ambiguous roles, sourcing, pipeline management, interview coordination, and closing

Protect and scale Pallet's technical hiring bar through high-signal screening, thoughtful debriefs, and pushback when quality is slipping

Build trust with senior engineering candidates through a white-glove candidate experience and calm, credible selling

Diagnose pipeline or close issues using data and candidate feedback, and adapt strategy in real time

Act as a true partner to engineering leadership — bringing structure, judgment, and clarity without needing hand-holding

Increase leverage across the technical recruiting system while remaining hands-on — personally sourcing for hard roles, partnering effectively with sourcers, and strengthening referral quality and conversion

Qualification

Technical RecruitingSenior Software EngineeringAI/ML RecruitingData-Adjacent RolesHigh-Bar HiringCalm CommunicationAccountabilityCollaborative MindsetAdaptability

Preferred

5–10+ years of recruiting experience, with 3+ years owning senior technical roles end-to-end

Proven experience hiring: Senior Software Engineers, Platform / Infra / SRE Engineers, ML- or data-adjacent roles bonus if you've also hired: Product Managers, Designers etc

Track record of closing senior engineers in competitive markets

Experience operating in high-bar, founder-led or early-stage environments

Strong technical recruiting judgment — able to spot misalignment early and maintain a low false-positive rate

Calm, credible communicator who can sell Pallet to engineers without hype

Comfortable with ambiguity, high ownership, and accountability for outcomes

Low ego, collaborative, and motivated by impact rather than process for process's sake