Harper (YC W25) · 14 hours ago
Recruiting Lead
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$125K/yr - $185K/yr
4+ years expHarper is a rapidly growing company focused on revolutionizing the commercial insurance industry through AI. They are seeking a Recruiting Lead to build their talent function from the ground up, sourcing and closing candidates across engineering and GTM roles while developing scalable recruiting systems.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)FinTechInsurance
Responsibilities
Close candidates yourself — Sourcing, screening, selling, closing engineering and GTM roles
Build recruiting infrastructure — Repeatable sourcing strategies, structured interviews, calibrated scorecards
Own technical recruiting — Understand the tech stack; evaluate whether an engineer is actually good
Expand into GTM and operations — Once technical recruiting runs, build pipelines for sales/marketing/ops
Partner with founders on hiring strategy — Push back when job specs don’t make sense
Qualification
Required
4-8 years in recruiting (6-8 preferred)
Technical recruiting background strongly preferred
Experience building recruiting processes and systems
Ability to source, sell, and close directly
Deep understanding of technical roles and talent landscape
Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate
Preferred
High-growth startup experience (Series A/B)
Background recruiting for AI-native or technical sales organizations
Employer brand and recruiting content experience
Some people management experience
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Commuter benefits
Team meals and snacks
Company
Harper (YC W25)
Harper is a commercial E&S insurance brokerage.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$0.5MKey Investors
Y Combinator
2025-03-12Pre Seed· $0.5M
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