Member of Recruiting Staff - Technical Recruiter

Liquid AI is hiring fast across the business, and our high-output recruiting team is how we win the talent that defines us. This is a full-cycle role in San Francisco, owning hiring across the full spectrum: engineering and research, product, solutions architecture, GTM, and G&A. Recruiting here is a highly ambiguous, build-from-scratch environment.

Responsibilities

Own full-cycle hiring across the spectrum as the in-person anchor in San Francisco, running on-sites and closing senior and executive hires face-to-face; Coach stakeholders and partner with senior leaders and the C-suite to define brand-new roles before they kick off; Identify the best talent, going beyond LinkedIn and building the evidence for why a candidate is the best, not just available; Build rigorous, role-specific evaluation from scratch, defining what 'good' looks like and making the process itself a reason candidates want to join; Win and close the candidates that matter, prioritizing ruthlessly, reading the data to unblock stalling searches before they become problems, and gathering market intel; Close the loop on quality and run a clean operation, measuring quality of hire, running look-backs, keeping Ashby data reportable, documenting process in Notion, and using AI-enabled workflows to move faster

Requirements

Operates as a talent partner, not just a recruiter; Builds in ambiguity; Thinks strategically and proactively; Prioritizes ruthlessly; Brings genuine passion for the craft; Runs autonomously, with high agency; Proven depth in full-cycle recruiting for research, engineering, or other deeply technical roles, with the seniority to own complex searches end-to-end; A track record of winning competitive closes: competing offers, equity education, total-compensation narrative, creative engagement, and in-person closes; Builder in ambiguity: you have defined roles, rubrics, and evaluation processes from scratch and coached hiring managers, including first-timers; Strong ATS discipline (Ashby or comparable) plus recruiting-data rigor: structured screens, scorecards, calibrated loops, and accurate, reportable metrics (time-to-fill, pass-through, quality of hire); Based in San Francisco and able to work from the office 4+ days per week and host candidate onsites

Nice to have

AI / ML or deep-tech recruiting experience; Early-stage (seed to Series C) team-building experience, where you helped build the motion rather than execute a mature playbook; Experience building quality-of-hire and retention loops: onboarding check-ins, hire look-backs, and calibration back into evaluation; Demonstrated range across product, GTM, G&A, and customer-facing technical roles (or a clear, evidenced ability to flex into them)

Benefits

Real ownership with a direct mentor and room to grow; Competitive base salary with equity in a unicorn-stage company; 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and dependents; 401(k) matching up to 4% of base pay; Unlimited PTO plus company-wide Refill Days throughout the year