Alex AI is hiring: Founding Recruiter in San Francisco

About Alex

Alex is one of the fastest-growing startups to come out of our YC batch, building at the frontier of AI and hiring. We’re generating strong revenue, are backed by strong investors, and have years of runway.

We move quickly, and we’re changing how companies hire. Our AI recruiter, Alex, conducts live job interviews, helping companies get deep hiring signals faster. Alex helps recruiters with their busy work so they can focus on higher leverage tasks and building relationships with promising candidates.

About The Role

We’re quickly scaling from a team of 20 to 100, and we need our first recruiting leader - someone who can build up our talent function from 0 to 1. This is a high trust role with massive scope and ownership, reporting to the Operations Lead. You’ll define how we hire, who we hire, and the backend systems and processes that power it all.

Founding Recruiter

• Partner directly with leadership and hiring managers to build and execute on our hiring roadmap.
• Design and implement scalable internal recruiting systems and processes, keeping our talent bar high as we grow our team.
• Source and close world-class builders across engineering, customer success, GTM, operations and more.
• Use our AI recruiter daily, giving Engineering real product feedback and influencing our product roadmap.
• Build an employer brand that attracts the best in the industry.
• You’ll start hands‑on – sourcing, interviewing, closing – with the opportunity to grow into a leadership role as the company scales.

About You

• Have experience recruiting for startups or high‑performing tech teams
• Thrive in ambiguity and move quickly without waiting for permission
• Are analytical and enjoy building systems and processes
• Love finding and convincing exceptional people to join a mission early
• Care deeply about talent quality and culture fit, not just quotas
• Are energized by spending time in person with an ambitious team in SF

What’s in it for you?

• Ownership and accountability to build our team and culture
• Direct mentorship from and collaboration with founders and team leads
• Visibility into what it takes to build and scale a YC company
• Shared upside in Alex’s success through a meaningful equity package
• Medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), unlimited PTO, paid team lunches, and great team events (including a budget to run your own)
• Opportunity to shape not only our team but how the world hires

If this sounds like you, we’d love to meet. Include the phrase “fast track” in your application and we’ll fast track your application with an interview.

Compensation Range: $90K - $160K