Founding Talent Partner (AI)

Location: Downtown Palo Alto, California; in person 4–5 days per week. Candidates should be based in the Bay Area or be open to relocation.

Total compensation: $160,000–$200,000 plus meaningful equity.

Company

hirify.global is an applied AI company building a self-driving bookkeeping experience for business owners and accountants.

What you will do

• Own the full recruiting lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offers, and closing candidates.
• Recruit across GTM, Engineering, Product, and Operations roles.
• Partner with founders and hiring managers to define requirements, build scorecards, and calibrate candidate quality.
• Build recruiting infrastructure from scratch, including applicant tracking, interview processes, structured feedback loops, and employer branding.
• Source proactively through LinkedIn, networks, events, and creative channels.
• Track pipeline health, time-to-fill, and conversion rates to improve recruiting performance.

Requirements

• 3–6+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally including 1–2 years at a high-growth startup.
• Experience closing hires across both GTM and technical roles.
• Experience as an AI-native recruiter using current technologies for candidate sourcing.
• Strong sourcing, closing, organizational, and candidate-evaluation skills.
• Ability to build recruiting processes from scratch and manage 8–12 open roles at a time.
• Based in the Bay Area or willing to relocate to Palo Alto, with availability to work in the office 4–5 days per week.

Nice to have

• Recruiting experience in applied AI or FinTech companies in the Bay Area or Toronto.
• Experience building recruiting technology and process stacks from the ground up.
• Experience hiring for accounting, bookkeeping, or financial services roles.
• Experience at a company during the 20-to-100-employee growth phase.
• A network in the Bay Area or Toronto startup ecosystem, or experience partnering with external recruiting agencies.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee-friendly equity eligible for QSBS.
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Apple laptop and headset.
• Health and commuter stipends.
• Daily lunch and unlimited Verve coffee.