Technical Recruiter

Full-time | Hybrid (Bay Area)

Introduction:

• Join us at Fastino as we build the next generation of LLMs. Our team, boasting alumni from Google Research, Apple, Stanford, and Cambridge is on a mission to develop specialized, efficient AI.

• Fastino's GLiNER family of open source models has been downloaded more than 5 million times and is used by companies such as NVIDIA, Meta, and Airbnb

• Fastino has raised $25M (as featured in TechCrunch) through our seed round and is backed by leading investors including Microsoft, Khosla Ventures, Insight Partners, Github CEO Thomas Dohmke, Docker CEO Scott Johnston, and others.

• Own the end-to-end recruiting process for our technical teams, from role kickoff through offer acceptance, with full accountability for hitting hiring goals

• Develop and execute strategic sourcing plans to build pipelines of highly qualified candidates, with a focus on Research and AI talent

• Partner closely with hiring managers and interviewers to define what "excellent" looks like for each role and align on skills, team fit, and hiring bar

• Build and enhance Fastino's employer brand within the research and AI community to showcase our mission, culture, and values to candidates

• Track and analyze recruiting metrics such as pipeline health, time-to-fill, and conversion rates to continuously refine our process and improve quality of hire

• 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment

• Proven success sourcing and closing mid- and senior-level engineering candidates, ideally those working on GenAI or LLMs

• Strong ownership mentality with a proactive approach to driving process improvements and operating with autonomy

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to clearly distill complex information.

• Skilled negotiator with strong knowledge of today’s technical talent market.