Senior Technical Recruiter

Pulley is scaling fast, and we're hiring a Senior Technical Recruiter to help us hire the top talent in the market. This isn't a high-volume, req-filling role: you'll own full-cycle technical hiring for our San Francisco office, act as a true partner to hiring managers, and help build the talent function from the ground up. You'll set the bar for who joins Pulley, and you'll be trusted to hold that bar even under pressure to fill seats fast.

Responsibilities

Run full-cycle on technical roles: source, screen, and close top-tier candidates in a competitive market; Act as a strategic partner to hiring managers, leadership, and founders, pushing back with data and market insights when a role or process needs to change; Build and defend a rigorous, consistent bar across every stage of a pipeline so that hiring managers trust your read on a candidate; Design an exceptional candidate experience that reflects well on Pulley, especially with fast feedback and honest communication; Bring a point of view on sourcing strategy, market mapping, and competitive positioning to help us win candidates; Improve recruiting operations and infrastructure as an early hire: building process, tooling, and metrics as Pulley scales

Requirements

Several years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience with a track record of closing competitive technical talent; Fluent in the technical landscape: can speak credibly with engineers about their stack and career motivations and know how to evaluate signal beyond a resume; Comfortable partnering with strong-willed, high-bar hiring managers and skilled at pushing back constructively when needed; Highly organized, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities without dropping details; Builder's mindset: creative, resourceful, and biased toward action; Genuinely excited about Pulley's mission and able to sell that conviction to candidates; Eager to work on-site in downtown San Francisco 3x / week

Nice to have

Scaling teams at a fast-growing startup