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Goodfire · 1 week ago

Senior Founding Recruiter

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $280K/yr

5+ years exp

Goodfire is an AI interpretability research company focused on understanding and designing AI systems that people can trust. We are seeking a Senior Founding Recruiter to build our entire talent acquisition function as we scale, focusing on quality hiring across AI/ML research engineering, product, and go-to-market roles.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIInformation Technology

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end recruiting across AI/ML research scientists, research engineers, ML infrastructure, security, and non-technical roles (ops, GTM, etc) as needed

Build and maintain a proactive pipeline of top AI talent so we're never starting from zero when a role opens

Stay embedded in the AI community: actively participate in SF/Bay Area AI events, networking meetups, and conferences; maintain relationships that generate warm intros

Design interview loops, ensure bar alignment, and build recruiting infrastructure that will scale with the company while executing all IC recruiting work yourself

Protect the bar: You default to skepticism, looking for reasons candidates won't work. You're comfortable with rigorous evaluation processes (work trials, deep reference checks, behavioral interviews) and high rejection rates

Qualification

AI/ML recruitingTechnical recruitingStartup experienceSourcing candidatesBuilding recruiting infrastructureNetworkingBehavioral interviewsQuality over quantity mindsetSTEM degreeSF/Bay Area AI ecosystem