Salient
Technical Recruiter
$120K–$160K
SF Headquarters · On-site · Full-time · Posted May 27, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience; startup experience required.
About the job
Own full-cycle technical recruiting at Salient, sourcing, evaluating, and closing candidates while building a continuous pipeline and improving recruiting processes.
What you'll do
- Manage full-cycle recruiting for technical roles, from sourcing and screening through offers and closing.
- Build ongoing outbound pipelines for software, AI/ML, and infrastructure talent; partner with the CEO and hiring managers to calibrate candidates.
- Track recruiting metrics, maintain candidate records in Ashby, and identify and fix process gaps.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience; startup experience required.
- Proven experience hiring engineers in software, AI/ML, or similar technical roles.
- Consistent high-volume outbound sourcing and experience closing candidates.
- Present in-office 4 days a week in San Francisco.
Nice to have
- Experience building an engineering team from the ground up at an early-stage startup.
- Experience in a founder-led hiring culture.
Pay
$120K – $160K (base salary)
Tools
Ashby, software, AI/ML, infrastructure
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