Is the Founding Recruiter role remote?

No — this is an on-site role in New York.

How much experience is required?

At least 4 years of relevant experience for this Founding Recruiter role.

Where is the role based?

Edra is hiring for this position in New York.

What seniority level is this role?

Edra targets mid-level candidates for this position.

Is this full-time or contract?

Full-time for this Founding Recruiter role at Edra.

Founding Recruiter at Edra

Joblaze summary

The Founding Recruiter at Edra plays a crucial role in establishing the company's talent acquisition framework, focusing on sourcing top-tier technical candidates and building scalable recruiting processes. This position requires a strong technical background and experience in recruiting for complex engineering roles, as well as a hands-on approach to operational tasks. Ideal candidates will have at least four years of experience in tech recruiting, with a builder mindset to create effective systems from the ground up. Edra, a Series A startup, emphasizes a culture of technical excellence and is backed by prominent investors.

Joblaze insights

Listed 9 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Edra's career page.
Edra has 20 other open roles including People Operations Lead, Software Engineer - Back End (New York), Founding Product Designer (New York).

Quick facts

Is the Founding Recruiter role remote?: No — this is an on-site role in New York.
How much experience is required?: At least 4 years of relevant experience for this Founding Recruiter role.
Where is the role based?: Edra is hiring for this position in New York.
What seniority level is this role?: Edra targets mid-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Founding Recruiter role at Edra.

From the original posting

About Edra

Edra is solving one of the hardest problems in enterprise AI: AI models are generic but company processes are specific. We build AI agents that learn how processes actually run, and then run their operations.

We're a Series A startup, backed by Sequoia and other leading VC firms, led by Co-Founders who created and led Forward Deployed AI Engineering at Palantir, and we're growing our team in New York and London. We're a deeply technical team of engineers, AI researchers, and strategists with a high bar for talent and a shared belief that exceptional people are the foundation of everything great we'll build.

The Role

We’re hiring our first recruiter–someone to serve as a builder of Edra’s talent engine. This is a hands-on role that will build the foundation of Edra’s talent acquisition motion, including owning in-the-weeds sourcing and foundational recruiting ops.

You’ll partner directly with the Founders and founding engineers to hire exceptional technical talent, build scalable recruiting processes, and craft a hiring culture that reflects our values of technical excellence, rigor, and drive.

Sourcing exceptional top-of-funnel talent is our number one priority, and will be the primary indicator of success in this role at the start. We expect the person in this role to hold strong opinions about the best way to drive this outcome, and to own execution hands-on.

What You’ll Do

Source exceptional talent: quickly understand our hiring profiles and fill top of funnel with strong candidates in both New York and London markets
Lead early hiring: partner with Founders and hiring managers to recruit world-class engineers and technical talent across disciplines
Build the recruiting stack: design and implement recruiting operations from scratch, including ATS setup (Ashby), sourcing/CRM systems, interview loops, and candidate experience
Run RecOps: keep our hiring machine moving, and help our hiring teams go from first intro to accepted offer fast and frictionlessly
Scale yourself: as we continue to grow and ramp hiring, scale recruiting to support ongoing hiring needs (with a bias towards leveraging AI tooling to scale your impact before scaling the team).
Sell the opportunity: sell Edra’s mission and opportunity to candidates, ensuring they leave every interaction more excited than when they came in
Shape our early talent philosophy: Define how we hire, ensuring a consistent, fair, and high-bar interview process that optimizes speed to hire and reflects a strong employer brand

What We’re Looking For

Experience: 4+ years of professional experience, with some experience sourcing & recruiting talent for top-tier tech orgs (even better if you have experience across both US & UK)
Technical fluency: you speak engineer (maybe you even have a CS background), and have experience recruiting for complex engineering roles
Interviewing expertise: you’re a skilled interviewer who can screen candidates thoughtfully to make sure our engineers are talking to the best of the best
Builder mindset: you’ve built or rebuilt recruiting systems, processes, and teams from the ground up
Hands-on operational chops: you’re comfortable with running recruiting ops, and building out the tooling needed to support your function and scale operations

Learn More About Edra

Compensation & Benefits

Edra offers generous compensation and benefits in both New York & London:

Competitive base salary & meaningful equity
Top tier health, dental, & vision plans:
- Top plans with 100% premium coverage in the US (and a One Medical membership)
- Private medical & dental coverage in the UK
Flexible paid time off
Lunch provided in office most days, snacks & drinks too
A stipend to set up your workspace

A Few Details

We work together in person five days a week from our offices in the West Village (New York) and Holborn (London).

Edra is an equal opportunity employer and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Edra does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.