The role
What you'll do
- Manage our recruiting funnel — from sourcing and outbound to offer close — across engineering, GTM, and ops searches.
- Run sequences, screen candidates, and partner with hiring managers to move fast without dropping quality.
- Run aggressive outbound — build targeted lists, write compelling outreach, and get responses from passive candidates. You will treat sourcing the way a great SDR treats a pipeline.
- Develop a deep understanding of our talent bar — quickly learn what great looks like at Antimetal so you can represent the role authentically and make sharp calls on who to advance.
- Build the system, not just fill the seats — design and iterate on our recruiting infrastructure: outreach templates, intake processes, ATS hygiene, and funnel analytics.
- Be a strategic talent partner — sit in on team planning, advise on comp, and contribute to org design as we continue scaling.
- Grow beyond recruiting — as you get your footing, partner with our Head of Ops on People strategy, candidate experience, onboarding, and other operational initiatives. This role grows with you.
The bar
What you'll bring
- 2–5 years of experience in recruiting, talent, or a highly agency, people-facing role (SDR, AE, partnerships).
- A track record of closing candidates who have multiple, great options — you know how to sell a company, not just screen a resume.
- Experience running outbound recruiting or outbound sales — you know what it takes to get a response and turn it into a conversation.
- Comfort recruiting technical roles (engineering, infrastructure, devtools) or a demonstrated ability to get up to speed on technical concepts quickly.
- Strong instincts for talent — you can articulate why someone is good, not just that they checked the boxes.
- High agency — you figure out what needs to happen and do it. You move without waiting to be told.
- Excellent communication — you write well, talk clearly, and know how to move a candidate from intrigued to excited.
- Identify as a builder.
- Are excited to work in-person from our new and spacious office in New York.
- A bar raiser excited to take on a founding role and set the bar for how we hire.
- A closer that can land top talent and do more than coordinate a funnel.
- Love working in a startup environment (experience in a startup or obsession with going zero-to-one).
- Enjoy working with people who are technical, ambitious, caring, and think in systems.
- Thrive in a fast-paced iterative environment where experimentation is essential.
The company
About Antimetal
Antimetal is building the future of infrastructure management . We're starting by creating a platform that investigates, resolves, and prevents issues—giving engineers their time back to focus on what they do best: building great products.
Additional notes
Other
We're looking for a Founding Recruiter to help us continue to build one of the most talented teams in AI. You'll manage our recruiting funnel from day one — finding, closing, and onboarding the people who will define the business Antimetal becomes.
Bonus:
You've recruited engineers at a venture backed company, search firm, or on a VC talent team.
You're comfortable in deeply technical environments — you've worked alongside engineers, picked up the vocabulary, and know how to earn their trust as a thought partner.
You’re an operator at heart and are constantly looking for ways to optimize what we’re doing as a team.
You actively use AI tools to source faster, write better outreach, and do more with less.
What we bring:
Pay & ownership — Competitive salary with generous equity grants.
Full coverage + retirement — Fully covered health, dental, and vision, plus retirement benefits.
Unlimited PTO — Take the time you need to recharge.
Dinner on late nights — Working late? Dinner is on us.
Fitness stipend — Monthly support for your health and wellness.
Tools of the trade — Any equipment you need to do your best work.
Commute perks — Citi Bike + train benefits.
Interview process
Application Review – Send us your stuff, and a quick note on why you're excited.
Intro Chat : Share what you're looking for next and learn more about what we're building.
Technical Interview: We’ll have you complete a short exercise specific to the role.
Founder Interview: Talk with one of our founders in more detail about the role
Onsite: Come onsite and meet the team through a series of 1:1 interviews.
Decision – We’ll move fast.