Lead Technical Recruiter

Base Salary: $180k–$220k*

Location: San Francisco, California, United States (Remote)

Kalepa is seeking a Lead Technical Recruiter to build the engine behind our next stage of growth. You will own full-cycle recruiting for Engineering, Product, and Design functions and shape the processes, tools, and brand that will define how Kalepa hires for years to come.

Responsibilities:

Own full-cycle recruiting for Engineering roles: intake, sourcing, interviews, offer, and close.

Run intake with hiring managers to turn open roles into clear scorecards and search strategies.

Source and build pipelines for passive, hard-to-find technical and AI/ML talent.

Bring market and comp intelligence into hiring plans, and lead offer negotiation and closing.

Build and improve our interview process: kits, scorecards, structured debriefs.

Act as a strategic partner to company leaders and hiring managers, followed by strong execution, ensuring that all hiring goals are met in a timely manner with top-tier candidates.

Strengthen Kalepa's employer brand in the engineering and AI community.

About you:

5+ years of full life-cycle technical recruiting experience.

Track record hiring backend, infrastructure, full-stack, or ML/AI engineers.

Experience partnering directly with engineering leaders on intake and closing.

A strong, independent sourcer, not just an inbound processor.

Fluent in Greenhouse (or a comparable ATS) and modern sourcing tools such as Juicebox, Metaview, and Seekout.

Comfortable owning a full requisition load with minimal oversight.

Creative and energized by experimenting with new tools to identify and engage the highest quality engineers.

Able to critique your own work and be transparent in what’s working and what’s not.

Experience with nurturing pipelines over time and maintaining relationships with candidates beyond the first interaction.

As a plus:

Experience recruiting for AI/ML or LLM-focused roles.

Experience building a recruiting function from an early stage.

Insurtech, fintech, or other regulated B2B SaaS recruiting experience.

What you’ll get:

Competitive salary (based on experience level).

Significant equity options package.

401(k) plan with employer contribution (regardless of employee contribution)

Excellent benefits: 100% covered medical, 100% covered vision and dental, and others.

Work with an ambitious, smart, global, and fun team to transform a $7T global industry.

20 days of PTO a year.

Global team offsites (2023 - Buenos Aires, 2024 - Lisbon, 2025 - Cartagena)

Healthy living/gym stipend. Mobile phone bill stipend.

Continuing education credits.