Kepler AI
Founding Talent
$170K–$230K
New York City · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in recruiting; most of it technical. No upper limit; compensation scales with experience.
About the job
Own Kepler’s talent function, sourcing and closing senior hires and building the recruiting processes, network, employer brand, and team as the company grows.
What you'll do
- Source, recruit, and close senior engineering candidates, including candidates not actively seeking jobs.
- Build and improve recruiting systems, interview processes, reporting, and candidate outreach strategies.
- Shape hiring priorities and the talent function, partnering closely with the CEO and team.
What they ask for
- 5+ years in recruiting, mostly technical, including in-house experience at a fast-growing startup with a high bar.
- Personally sourced and closed senior engineers competing against offers from AI labs and big tech.
- Experience building recruiting from scratch or joining early to build pipelines, interview loops, scorecards, and reporting.
- Fluency using AI tools to build agents and automations, including Claude and Ashby.
Pay
$170K – $230K USD base salary
Tools
Claude, Ashby
AI focus
Build recruiting agents and automations using AI tools.
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