Technical Recruiter
- Location
- San Jose, CA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Listed
- 30 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- full-cycle recruiting
- technical sourcing
- structured interviewing
Also useful
- GitHub sourcing
- arXiv sourcing
Stated benefits & perks
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Wellness
- Daily meals
Job Summary
As we scale, we’re looking for a Technical Recruiter to build and own some of the most high-leverage, relationship-driven parts of our recruiting function. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced, high-talent-density environments and loves the hunt.
What You’ll Do
- Own the full-cycle recruiting process, from sourcing through offer, ensuring top-of-funnel quality and fast, high-signal decision-making
- Build strong partnerships with hiring managers and advocate for both candidates and company needs
- Source candidates in unconventional places - e.g., GitHub repos, preprint authors on arXiv, contributors to Apache mailing lists, or insightful Twitter threads
- Facilitate structured interview loops, track candidate performance, and lead debriefs alongside hiring managers and leadership
- Manage offers and close processes in collaboration with hiring managers and the CEO
- Continuously improve our recruiting systems, workflows, and candidate experience
You may be a good fit if you have
- Have 5+ years of experience recruiting technical talent in highly competitive markets
- Can evaluate both technical depth and cultural fit with nuance and clarity
- Are resourceful in finding exceptional candidates beyond the obvious platforms
- Thrive in ambiguity and enjoy building systems from scratch
- Care deeply about candidate experience and operational excellence
Strong candidates may also have experience with
- Familiarity with the AI, semiconductor, or hardware engineering talent landscape
- A track record of hiring exceptional engineers in niche or emerging fields
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
- $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
- Housing subsidy of $2.5k per month for those living within walking distance of the office
- Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
- Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
- Daily lunch + dinner in our office
- Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
- How we’re different
- Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson We are the first inference-focused frontier AI system. Our addressable market is the entirety of inference, unlike many of our competitors.
- We are a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row), and greatly value engineering skills. We do not have boundaries between engineering and research, and we expect all of our technical staff to contribute to both and work across disciplines as needed.
About Etched
Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency across both prefill and decode workloads. Our first products are heavily focused on inference. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history.
From Etched's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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