Founding Recruiter at Blacksmith

📋 Description

• Own recruiting end-to-end: sourcing, outreach, screening, scheduling, closing.
• Personally source and close senior engineers and early leaders.
• Partner with founders to define hiring profiles and quality bar.
• Calibrate interview signals and continuously improve the hiring funnel.
• Build the recruiting foundation from scratch: ATS setup, interview loops, scorecards, metrics.
• Create a world-class candidate experience reflecting Blacksmith's culture and ambition.

🎯 Requirements

• Significant experience recruiting for technical roles in high-growth environments.
• Personally sourced and closed senior engineers and early leaders.
• Resourceful and thrive in ambiguity; operate with minimal structure.
• Care about quality, bar-raising, and durable teams.
• Think in systems; build scalable processes (funnels, tooling, metrics).
• Strong communicator and trusted partner to founders and hiring managers.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive base + equity.
• Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Quarterly offsite.
• Early-exercise stock options.
• 12 weeks fully paid parental leave (US).