Founding Recruiter

We're looking for a Founding Recruiter to help us continue to build one of the most talented teams in AI. You'll manage our recruiting funnel from day one — finding, closing, and onboarding the people who will define the business Antimetal becomes.About AntimetalAntimetal is building the future of infrastructure management. We're starting by creating a platform that investigates, resolves, and prevents issues—giving engineers their time back to focus on what they do best: building great products.What You’ll Do:Manage our recruiting funnel — from sourcing and outbound to offer close — across engineering, GTM, and ops searches.Run sequences, screen candidates, and partner with hiring managers to move fast without dropping quality.Run aggressive outbound — build targeted lists, write compelling outreach, and get responses from passive candidates. You will treat sourcing the way a great SDR treats a pipeline.Develop a deep understanding of our talent bar — quickly learn what great looks like at Antimetal so you can represent the role authentically and make sharp calls on who to advance.Build the system, not just fill the seats — design and iterate on our recruiting infrastructure: outreach templates, intake processes, ATS hygiene, and funnel analytics.Be a strategic talent partner — sit in on team planning, advise on comp, and contribute to org design as we continue scaling.Grow beyond recruiting — as you get your footing, partner with our Head of Ops on People strategy, candidate experience, onboarding, and other operational initiatives. This role grows with you.What you bring:2–7 years of experience in recruiting, talent, or a highly agency, people-facing role (SDR, AE, partnerships).A track record of closing candidates who have multiple, great options — you know how to sell a company, not just screen a resume.Experience running outbound recruiting or outbound sales — you know what it takes to get a response and turn it into a conversation.Comfort recruiting technical roles (engineering, infrastructure, devtools) or a demonstrated ability to get up to speed on technical concepts quickly.Strong instincts for talent — you can articulate why someone is good, not just that they checked the boxes.High agency — you figure out what needs to happen and do it. You move without waiting to be told.Excellent communication — you write well, talk clearly, and know how to move a candidate from intrigued to excited.Bonus:You've recruited engineers at a venture backed company, search firm, or on a VC talent team.You're comfortable in deeply technical environments — you've worked alongside engineers, picked up the vocabulary, and know how to earn their trust as a thought partner.You’re an operator at heart and are constantly looking for ways to optimize what we’re doing as a team.You actively use AI tools to source faster, write better outreach, and do more with less.Who you are:Identify as a builder.Are excited to work in-person from our new and spacious office in New York.A bar raiser excited to take on a founding role and se the bar for how we hire.A closer that can land top talent and do more than coordinate a funnel.Love working in a startup environment (experience in a startup or obsession with going zero-to-one).Enjoy working with people who are technical, ambitious, caring, and think in systems.Thrive in a fast-paced iterative environment where experimentation is essential.