Staff Recruiter, Design & Specialized Tech

SpecTech is the specialized tech recruiting team inside Gusto's Invite (talent acquisition) org. The role brings in builder-minded design talent across Product Design, Design Systems, Content Design, UX Research, Service Design, Brand Studio and Creative, and Design Operations. The Staff Design Recruiter may also flex into Product Management, Data, or other technical hiring areas. Location: San Francisco, hybrid, roughly 2 to 3 days a week in office. Cash compensation range for the San Francisco Bay Area: $168,000 to $190,000; final offers may vary.

Responsibilities

Recruiting end to end, running specialized, sourcing-first searches from pre-search strategy through offer acceptance and post-hire retro; Talent advisory, running tailored outbound, building bar-raiser pipelines, and turning market learning into calibration sessions, data-backed recommendations, and clear trade-offs; Working the whole system, building relationships across compensation, people partners, candidate experience, and operations; Guiding candidates through a high-touch, honest, and caring experience with responsive communication; Building with AI, using it for sourcing, market analysis, and interview prep, and building new AI-enabled approaches; Flexing into other technical searches (PM, Data, or other technical roles) when priorities shift; Building an in-market design community in San Francisco through in-person events

Requirements

Full-cycle recruiting depth, typically 8+ years across specialized tech, including meaningful time specializing in Design recruiting; AI-native recruiting, with hands-on experience using AI across sourcing, market mapping, and interview prep, and building agents or SKILLs that carry what works to the whole team; Cross-functional partnership, with a proven ability to work across various People teams and business partners to keep hires moving; Executive presence, with a history of partnering with leaders at every level and the ability to speak to any audience with credibility; Data fluency, reading and interpreting data across multiple tools to guide searches and prioritize requisition loads; Sourcing as a craft, knowing what great talent looks like, where to find it, and how to assess it, with a knack for spotting bar raisers and building always-on pipelines; Bias for action and resilience; You've recruited designers as your specialty and are comfortable talking craft with senior Design leaders; You are an AI-fluent talent advisor; You take an always-on approach to talent

Benefits

Competitive base pay; benefits; equity (RSUs)