Founding Recruiter

Valerie Health

Founding Recruiter building the talent function at Valerie Health, an AI-driven health startup. Overseeing recruiting operations and strategic hiring for technical and non-technical roles.

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $150,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You will own full-cycle recruiting for technical and strategic non-technical roles. You will act as a "hunter," using creative sourcing strategies to attract top-1% talent.
You will manage a high-volume ops recruiter responsible for our delivery team, ensuring quality and consistency across all hiring verticals.
You will work with both founders and our leadership team to amplify our story in the market, driving referrals and inbound interest.
You will manage and implement the recruiting stack, design structured interview plans, and create data-driven reporting loops to keep hiring managers aligned.
You will define what it feels like to interview at Valerie Health, ensuring candidates become an advocate for our brand.

Requirements

What you’ll need

2-6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, including 1-2+ years in a high-growth startup, talent-dense engineering firm, and/or a top tier search firm. You have a proven track record of closing Senior/Staff level Engineers.
You are data-native. You know how to use modern ATS platforms (Ashby experience is a massive plus) to track funnel metrics and spot bottlenecks.
You prioritize quality over quantity. You understand that in a startup, one bad hire is worse than a missed hire.
You can sell the vision. You are able to distill complex technical requirements and pitch the "rocketship" opportunity to candidates.
You do not operate like it’s a 9–5. You act without waiting for direction. You own outcomes end-to-end, from hands-on execution (e.g., scheduling coordination) to higher-leverage contributions (e.g., shaping hiring strategy and compensation decisions).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Be a founding operator with meaningful ownership in an AI-native, high-growth startup
Competitive salary, equity and benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) and PTO

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-cycle recruitingtechnical recruitingdata-driven reportingstructured interview plansfunnel metricshiring strategycompensation decisionssourcing strategiesclosing Senior Engineersclosing Staff Engineers

Soft Skills

creativitycommunicationleadershipadvocacyquality focusvision sellingownershipexecutionadaptabilitystrategic thinking