Founding Recruiter
San Francisco, CA$180k–$280kPosted Apr 15, 2026
TypeSafe AIFounding Recruiter LocationSan Francisco OfficeEmployment TypeFull timeLocation TypeOn-siteDepartmentOperationsCompensationBase salary: $180K – $280K • Offers EquityAbout TypeSafeTypeSafe is a frontier model lab. We build reliable and general AI systems to power economically valuable automation. Our mission is to usher in a new era of Transformative Artificial Intelligence (TAI): technology with the power to drive a societal shift on the scale of the agricultural and industrial revolutions.While others chase benchmarks and academic puzzles, we've been quietly rethinking the LLM stack from first principles — building a new kind of general frontier model designed for real-world reliability, decision-making, and autonomy in production.We're a small, fast-moving team from OpenAI, Google Brain, and Meta/FAIR, backed by top-tier investors. Since mid-2024, we've been engineering the foundation for what comes after the current "state-of-the-art" — a model that actually gets things done.About the roleWe are looking for our first internal recruiter hire to shape our hiring process and systems, build a world-class talent brand, and hire amazing team members.What you'll doOwn the end-to-end recruiting function: sourcing, recruiting, coordinating, closingShape hiring process to craft both a fantastic candidate experience at every touchpoint, from first outreach through offerRun the day to day operations such as interview coordination and quick feedback loopsUnderstand our unique culture and diverse talent needs to hire a world-class teamDevelop and execute sourcing strategies to build pipelines of highly qualified candidatesBuild out teams from scratch across multiple functionsDefine and track recruiting metrics and use data to drive continuous improvementTake a high level strategic view of talent management and planning with the executive teamWe are looking for people whoHave 5+ years of experience in full cycle recruiting with proven success, particularly in scaling strong technical teamsHave experience scaling teams in high-growth, fast-paced environmentsAre comfortable navigating ambiguity, making judgment calls with imperfect information, and operating with a high degree of autonomyAre kind, emotionally aware, and genuinely care for people's wellbeingHave a bias for action to move quickly and creatively to engage top tier talentHave exceptional organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple searches and priorities simultaneouslyAre excited about our mission and about playing an instrumental role in furthering that missionNice to have: Excited to build, test, and dogfood recruiting tooling and systemsLife at TypeSafeWe're a small, flat, close-knit team dedicated to real-world impact preparing the world for Transformative AI. Our team works fully in-person in our San Francisco office near Embarcadero station. We love what we do and care about our work a lot.We strive for excellence and craftsmanship and won't stop until we get there. When the team wins, we all win, and we enjoy collaborating and inspiring each other to grow as a team and as individuals.We also value emotional honesty, kindness, and bringing your whole self to work. We build machines; we don't try to be machines.We want you to be able to do the most impactful work of your career at TypeSafe and help define our future as a company.We provideBase salary of $180k–280k plus equity, based on leveling100% covered health insuranceDaily lunch and dinnerVisa sponsorships401K plansApply for this Job