Senior Technical Recruiter at a16z and YC-backed AI startup

You will own end-to-end technical hiring for Engineering and Product teams at a hyper-growth Series B startup. Beyond delivery, you will architect the talent function—designing interview frameworks, sourcing playbooks, and building custom recruiting tools using Claude Code. This is a high-velocity role for a builder who thrives in early-stage environments.

• Drive the full recruitment lifecycle for technical roles in London, from initial role design and sourcing to final offer closing and onboarding.
• Partner deeply with Engineering and Product leaders to define high-quality hiring bars, push back on vague briefs, and implement structured scorecards.
• Architect the foundational talent infrastructure, including leveling guides and AI-integrated workflows that will define how the company scales globally.

• 3+ years of in-house technical recruiting experience at a startup where you successfully hired engineers before the company had established brand recognition.
• Proven ability to build technical recruiting pipelines from scratch, demonstrating deep literacy in the differences between backend, frontend, and platform engineering roles.
• A true builder mindset with demonstrable experience creating actual tools or automations using AI (like Claude Code) to gain significant operational leverage.

• Join a Series B startup that has raised ~$50M from premier investors including a16z, Y Combinator, and HV Capital while tripling in size year-on-year.
• Direct mentorship from a Head of Talent who scaled functions at Procore and Mews, with a clear pathway to eventually owning the talent function.
• Be at the forefront of AI-native recruiting by building actual tools and automations with Claude Code rather than just using basic prompts for outreach.