Founding Recruiter

Location: Palo Alto, CA
Job Type: Full-time
Level: Senior Level
Salary: $150K/yr - $180K/yr
Experience Required: 5+ years exp

Company Overview
Nectar Social is a company focused on building an AI-native social operating system for the new era of commerce. They are seeking a Founding Recruiter to establish and scale their recruiting function, partnering with leadership to define hiring strategies and processes while creating an exceptional candidate experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with founders and leadership to translate company goals into a clear hiring roadmap and prioritized headcount plan.
• Build and scale the recruiting engine, including structured interview processes, hiring frameworks, and decision-making systems.
• Own full-cycle recruiting across technical and non-technical roles including engineering, product, GTM, and operations.
• Source, engage, and close exceptional candidates through outbound outreach, referrals, communities, and creative sourcing strategies.
• Establish recruiting metrics and dashboards to track pipeline health, time-to-hire, and quality of hire.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience from first outreach through onboarding.
• Partner with marketing and leadership to strengthen Nectar’s employer brand and talent narrative.
• Train and enable hiring managers with interview frameworks, calibration processes, and hiring playbooks.
• Manage external recruiting partners and agencies when necessary while maintaining a strong in-house sourcing strategy.

Qualifications

Required

• 5–7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in early-stage startups or fast-growing technology companies.
• Proven ability to identify, engage, and close exceptional candidates across technical and non-technical roles.
• Experience building recruiting processes that balance speed, creativity, and operational rigor.
• Strong prioritization skills and a bias toward action in fast-moving environments.
• High talent bar with strong judgment around culture add, role fit, and long-term potential.
• Comfort working closely with founders and leadership teams in high-ownership roles.
• Startup mindset: resourceful, adaptable, low ego, and comfortable operating in ambiguity.
• Willingness to collaborate in person with the team in Palo Alto.

Preferred

• Experience building recruiting functions from 0 to 1 at an early-stage startup.
• Strong network within engineering, product, or GTM talent ecosystems.
• Experience building employer brand programs or talent marketing initiatives.
• Familiarity with modern recruiting analytics, sourcing tools, or talent intelligence platforms.

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental benefits + 401(k) match.
• Free lunch in the heart of University Ave. in Palo Alto.

Company Details

• Company Name: Nectar Social
• Founded: 2023
• Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
• Employees: 51-200
• Website: nectarsocial.com

Funding

• Current Stage: Growth Stage
• Total Funding: $42.4M
• Key Investors: Menlo Ventures, Google Ventures, True Ventures, Flying Fish Partners
• Funding Rounds:
  • 2026-05-14 Series A · $30M
  • 2025-06-05 Seed · $10.6M
  • 2023-10-26 Pre Seed · $1.8M

Leadership Team

• Farah Uraizee, CTO, Co-Founder
• LinkedIn Profile