Founding Recruiter

Rockstar is recruiting for a well-funded, early-stage company building AI workers for back-office departments in American manufacturing. The client is backed by a16z Speedrun and angels from Brex, Xwing, and Betterment. The company's mission is to revitalize an industry and rebuild America's manufacturing backbone by helping US manufacturers move faster, grow, and compete globally. The Role This is a true 0→1 recruiting role. The recruiter will build the team that builds the company. The recruiter will own full-cycle recruiting across engineering and go-to-market: sourcing, pipeline, candidate experience, and close. The recruiter will be hands-on and high-volume, and will set the bar for how the company hires as it scales from a small founding team to many. The recruiter will work directly with the founders and hiring managers to define what "great" looks like for each role, run a fast and thoughtful process, and give every candidate an experience that reflects how much the company cares about the team. This is a seat for a builder who wants to shape a company through the people they bring in. What the Recruiter Will Do Partners with founders and hiring managers to define scorecards, ideal profiles, and a rigorous interview process for every open role Builds targeted pipelines for engineering and GTM roles through creative sourcing, referrals, communities, and highly personalized outreach Owns the candidate journey end-to-end, from first contact and screening through interviews, references, offer, and close Assesses candidates against role outcomes and values, synthesizes evidence clearly, and continually calibrates the hiring bar with the team Runs a fast, thoughtful process with excellent communication, tight scheduling, and a candidate experience that reflects how the company operates Instruments the recruiting funnel, forecasts hiring progress, finds bottlenecks, and builds repeatable systems that help the team scale Who the Candidate Is Has full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally technical Is an excellent sourcer who can find and engage top talent others miss Is sharp on candidate experience and moves fast without dropping the ball Is organized and data-driven about their pipeline Is low-ego and collaborative with hiring managers Cares about the company's mission, and wants to see the American manufacturing base get stronger Is excited to work in person 5 days a week in the NYC office, with a founder and growth mindset Bonus Points Has recruited engineers at a startup or high-growth company Has built a sourcing or hiring process from scratch Uses AI tooling to accelerate sourcing, screening, and outreach Has experience recruiting across both technical and GTM roles About the Company The company's mission is to revitalize an industry and rebuild America's manufacturing backbone. America builds satellites, jet engines, and semiconductors with world-class precision, but the software running factory offices is…