Company

Healthcare

FoundingRecruiter

$120–170k ~AI est. San Mateo, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Founding Recruiter. Build talent acquisition engine. Source directly”

Industry & Context.

Healthcare

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years full-cycle recruiting experience, Deep expertise sourcing, Deep expertise assessing, Deep expertise closing top talent, Proven success hiring startups

Nice to Have

Experience building from scratch, Experience in fast-paced environment

What You'll Do.

Build talent acquisition engine

Conduct initial screens

Run structured processes

Partner with functional teams

Define role requirements

Design interview plans

Define recruiting analytics

Improve recruiting analytics

Track conversion rates

Establish scalable processes

Deliver exceptional candidate experience

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with founders; Partner with hiring managers

Full Job Description

Job Description We are a stealth mode Healthcare AI startup, and currently looking for a first hire in recruiting! Who Are We We are a small team obsessed with deep thinking, speed, craftsmanship, and a customer-first approach. Our mission is to build the best care experience in healthcare with a 30-year horizon. The founding team brings deep expertise across medicine, product, operations, and engineering. Collectively, we have built multiple 0-to-1 products and scaled companies from inception to over $1B in valuation, $60M+ ARR, and 100M+ MAU. We help physicians achieve independence by making it easier to start, operate, and grow their practices. We believe the future of healthcare will not be driven by large, bureaucratic systems, but by empowered individual physicians. By lowering barriers to practice ownership, we enable doctors to deliver better care for everyone. We are builders, physicians, and operators with decades of combined experience in healthcare and technology—including more than 30 years of hands-on experience running successful independent practices across urgent care centers, surgical centers, and beyond. Our team has also started and helped shape products used by billions at companies such as Meta, Dropbox, Instagram, Coda, and Nomad. Traction - We have strong product-market fit ($4MM ARR in under 14 months), and currently have enough demand in our pipeline to achieve the 2026 goal of $18MM ARR. - We are profitable and funded by top-tier VCs in the healthcare vertical. - We are looking for a founding recruiter to work together to scale to hundreds of customers. You'll fit in if you want to take ownership of a product, process, or company from 1 to 100. About The Role We’re hiring a Founding Recruiter to build our entire talent acquisition function. You’ll work closely with the founders as a true partner, owning all hiring across operations, GTM, product, and engineering. You’ll create and drive our recruiting strategy, source exceptional talent, a

Free ATS check

Applying for this Founding Recruiter role?

Most applicants get filtered before a human reads their resume. See if yours makes the cut.

How to Apply on Ashby

  • Ashby is a fast modern ATS — most applications take under 3 minutes.
  • The resume parser is strong; verify parsed experience dates and job titles.
  • Custom screening questions are often scored algorithmically — answer completely.
  • Location field affects geo-based screening; use your actual metro area.

ANONYMOUS · UNFILTERED

What do employees actually say about this company?

Real rants from real employees. Read before you apply.

Read Company Rants →