Head of Recruiting
Lead recruiting efforts to scale a top AI research organization with a focus on exceptional talent acquisition.
Posted by employer 2 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Head of Recruiting at Goodfire is responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive hiring strategy to attract top talent in AI research. This role requires expertise in building efficient recruiting processes and a deep understanding of the interpretability field, as well as the ability to maintain high hiring standards. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in recruiting within tech or research environments and thrive in fast-paced settings. Goodfire emphasizes a mission-driven culture, making this position critical to their ambitious goals.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 2 months ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Goodfire's careers page November 8, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Management roles (median ~$172,000).
- Starts above 90% of 10 comparable c-level management roles in United States that list AI/ML we track (median $213,850 across 9 companies). See AI/ML salary trends
- AI/ML appears in 20.2% of 129 comparable c-level management roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Head of Recruiting role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in San Francisco, CA.
- What's the salary range?
- Goodfire lists $400,000–$500,000 for this role.
- Where is the role based?
- Goodfire is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Goodfire targets c-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Head of Recruiting role at Goodfire.
From the original posting
About Goodfire
About the role
We're hiring a Head of Recruiting to scale the highest-performing AI research organization in the world. You'll own our recruiting strategy and build a hiring engine that consistently identifies and closes exceptional talent. You'll work closely with our founders and technical leaders to internalize our hiring bar, and never lower it.
We're looking for a systems thinker who can turn recruiting into a repeatable machine. You should be the kind of person who builds a map of every strong interpretability researcher in the world, and knows how to reach each one.
You'll also thrive in a high-intensity environment and move with urgency. You'll build a team that matches our pace while giving candidates an exceptional experience and representing our culture well.
This role reports to the CEO.
Key responsibilities
- Own Goodfire’s hiring strategy and execution across all functions
- Build a sourcing engine that maps and reaches the strongest researchers and engineers in the world before they're on the market
- Own the interview process end to end
- Define and defend the hiring bar in partnership with founders and technical leaders
- Own recruiting data and forecasting: pipeline health, conversion, time-to-close, and the headcount plan behind them
- Own candidate experience and how Goodfire shows up to the market, from first outreach to signed offer
- Hire and lead a recruiting team that matches the pace of the company, while staying deeply hands-on in the funnel
Where we work
We are hiring for this position in our San Francisco office who’d be onsite 5 days a week.
The expected salary range for this position is $400-500k.
This role reports to our CEO.
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