Kick
Founding Talent Partner
$160K–$200K
Palo Alto, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Apr 16, 2026
- Experience
- 3–6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience; ideally 1–2 years at a high-growth startup.
About the job
Own full-cycle recruiting across GTM, Engineering, Product, and Operations, while building Kick’s recruiting processes and infrastructure from scratch.
What you'll do
- Source, screen, coordinate interviews, manage offers, and close candidates across multiple functions.
- Partner with founders and hiring managers to define roles, create scorecards, and calibrate candidate quality.
- Build recruiting infrastructure, track hiring metrics, and improve the candidate experience and process.
What they ask for
- Experience closing hires across both GTM and technical roles.
- AI-native recruiting experience, using new technologies to find candidates.
- Based in or willing to relocate to the Bay Area, with in-office attendance 4–5 days per week.
- Able to manage 8–12 open roles at a time.
Nice to have
- Recruiting experience at a high-growth startup; Applied-AI or FinTech hiring in the Bay Area or Toronto is a bonus.
- Experience building recruiting technology and processes from the ground up.
Pay
$160,000–$200,000 total compensation
Tools
AI focus
Use AI-native recruiting approaches and new technologies to find candidates; the company builds an applied-AI bookkeeping product.
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