Monk
Founding Recruiter (Talent)
New York City · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 11, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience; no alternatives stated.
About the job
Own Monk’s end-to-end recruiting function, initially focused on engineering and GTM hiring, while building the processes and candidate experience to support company growth.
What you'll do
- Manage full-cycle recruiting, from role intake and sourcing through assessment, coordination, and onboarding.
- Build engineering talent pipelines and partner with founders and hiring managers to define roles, calibrate evaluations, and make hiring decisions.
- Develop recruiting systems and candidate experience, and use AI, automation, and tooling to improve hiring speed and rigor.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including technical hiring for high-growth startups or similarly demanding environments.
- Demonstrable track record of sourcing exceptional engineers.
- Experience building or materially improving recruiting processes, systems, and data, including owning an ATS and using funnel data.
- Excited to build in person in Flatiron, NYC.
Nice to have
- Prior founding or early recruiting hire at an exceptional startup; experience recruiting engineers for developer tools, AI, fintech, infrastructure, or other technical products; or building a talent brand, community, or recruiting-event motion.
- Experience with Ashby.
Tools
AI, Ashby
AI focus
Use AI and automation daily to research, source, personalize outreach, and operate at higher leverage; help automate recruiting workflows.
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