Technical Recruiter
External
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Responsibilities
- Own the full-cycle recruiting process, from sourcing through offer, ensuring top-of-funnel quality and fast, high-signal decision-making
- Build strong partnerships with hiring managers and advocate for both candidates and company needs
- Attend AI meetups, technical conferences, and community events to proactively build pipelines
- Source candidates in unconventional places-e.g., GitHub repos, preprint authors on arXiv, contributors to Apache mailing lists, or insightful Twitter threads
- Facilitate structured interview loops, track candidate performance, and lead debriefs alongside hiring managers and leadership
- Manage offers and close processes in collaboration with hiring managers and the CEO
- Continuously improve our recruiting systems, workflows, and candidate experience
- You may be a good fit if you have
- Have 5+ years of experience recruiting technical talent in highly competitive markets
- Can evaluate both technical depth and cultural fit with nuance and clarity
- Are resourceful in finding exceptional candidates beyond the obvious platforms
- Thrive in ambiguity and enjoy building systems from scratch
- Care deeply about candidate experience and operational excellence
- Strong candidates may also have experience with (Nice-to-have qualifications)
- Familiarity with the AI, semiconductor, or hardware engineering talent landscape
- A track record of hiring exceptional engineers in niche or emerging fields
Benefits
Additional Information
About Etched Etched is building the world's first AI inference system purpose-built for transformers - delivering over 10x higher performance and dramatically lower cost and latency than a B200. With Etched ASICs, you can build products that would be impossible with GPUs, like real-time video generation models and extremely deep & parallel chain-of-thought reasoning agents. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history. Job Summary As we scale, we're looking for a Technical Recruiter to build and own some of the most high-leverage, relationship-driven parts of our recruiting function. This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of a company poised to become the next NVIDIA. To maintain our competitive edge as we approach production, we're expanding our team with a data-driven and inventive recruiter. You'll work closely with hiring managers, engineers, and the broader recruiting team to identify, engage, and hire world-class technical talent. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced, high-talent-density environments and loves the hunt-especially when it means going beyond traditional sourcing channels.
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