Technical Recruiter
Content + Source + Freshness • 12 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Strong offer for skilled recruiters, enhanced by the chance to shape talent acquisition in a high-growth setting.
- Competitive salary: $140,000–$190,000/year
- Senior role influencing talent and company culture
- Chance to work closely with startup leadership
Pros
- Attractive salary range ($140,000–$190,000/year) for technical recruiting roles.
- Opportunity to work closely with founders in a startup environment.
- Ability to influence hiring strategies and organizational culture.
Cons
- Role may require long hours to meet hiring demands.
- High expectations for candidate quality and speed.
- Requires expertise in the technical recruiting domain.
Who it's for
Senior • Remote/Hybrid
Good fit
- Senior technical recruiters seeking impactful roles
- Candidates passionate about recruitment in technology
- Professionals eager to shape hiring processes
Not recommended for
- Recruiters without significant experience
- Those who prefer stable corporate cultures
- Individuals not interested in technology recruitment
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
About HappyRobot
HappyRobot is the AI-native operating system for the real economy—a system that closes the circuit between intelligence and action. By combining real-time truth, specialized AI workers, and an orchestrating intelligence, we help enterprises run complex, mission-critical operations with true autonomy.
Our AI OS compounds knowledge, optimizes at every level, and evolves over time. We’re starting with supply chain and industrial-scale operations, where resilience, speed, and continuous improvement matter most—freeing humans to focus on strategy, creativity, and other high-value tasks.
You can learn more about our vision in our Manifesto.HappyRobot has raised $62M to date, including our most recent $44M Series B in September 2025. Our investors include Y Combinator (YC), Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and Base10—partners who believe in our mission to redefine how enterprises operate. We’re channeling this investment into building a world-class team: people with relentless drive, sharp problem-solving skills, and the passion to push limits in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment. If this resonates, you belong at HappyRobot.
About the Role
As a Senior Technical Recruiter, you’ll partner directly with the founders and hiring managers to attract and hire top-tier talent across engineering, product, and operations teams.
What You'll Do
- Own full-cycle recruiting for technical roles — from sourcing to close
- Build and manage strong pipelines of high-quality candidates
- Partner closely with founders and hiring managers to define role needs and scorecards
- Craft great candidate experiences — from first touch to offer
- Iterate quickly on recruiting strategies and sourcing channels
- Build scalable processes, systems, and reporting to support hiring at scale
- Help build our employer brand across LinkedIn, events, and referrals
What We're Looking For
- 5–6+ years of experience in technical recruiting, ideally in a high-growth startup
- Strong sourcing skills and creative approach to finding top talent
- Experience recruiting for roles like software engineers, product managers, and data scientists
- Ability to own roles end-to-end with minimal oversight
- Great communication, judgment, and candidate closing skills
- Deep interest in AI, technology, and building early-stage teams
- Organized, fast-moving, and excited about making hiring a strategic advantage
Why join us?
- Opportunity to work at a high-growth AI startup, backed by top investors.
- Rapidly growing and backed by top investors including a16z, Y Combinator, and Base10.
- Ownership & Autonomy - Take full ownership of projects and ship fast.
- Work With the Best - Join a world-class team of engineers and builders.
