Technical Recruiter

Role: Technical Recruiter

Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite Tuesday–Thursday) Company Stage: Series B | ~60 employees Team: Talent Acquisition Reports to: Head of Talent / VP People

Salary Range: $150-170k

VAPI (/ˈWⱭːPI/):

• We’re creating the shift to voice as humanity’s default interface.

• We’re the most configurable platform for deploying voice agents.

• We’re grown to 400,000 developers in 20 months, adding 2,000+ every day.

• Try talking to Vapi now! https://vapi.ai/

WHY WE’RE HIRING THIS ROLE:

• Vapi is scaling rapidly across Engineering and Product, and we need a senior technical recruiter to own and drive this growth.

• This role will build and execute the recruiting strategy that scales Vapi from 50 to 100+ employees.

• You will partner closely with founders and engineering leadership on org design, headcount prioritization, and hiring strategy.

• This is a hands-on recruiting leadership role, not a transactional req-management position.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• 30 Days

  • Focus on top of funnel sourcing for Engineering and Product searches and fully ramp on Vapi’s roles, interview loops, and talent bar.

  • Build strong working relationships with the key stakeholders in engineering.

  • Assess current pipeline health, sourcing strategies, and interview pass-through rates.

• 60 Days

  • Independently run full-cycle recruiting for priority Engineering and Product roles assigned.

  • Build high-quality top-of-funnel pipeline through sourcing, outbound campaigns, referrals, and networking.

  • Partner with the Lead Technical Recruiter as well as hiring managers to refine role definitions, interview loops, and scorecards.

  • Begin influencing closing strategy and candidate experience improvements.

• 90 Days

  • Consistently close top-tier engineering and product talent at velocity.

  • Drive funnel optimization using Ashby data and recommend improvements to hiring speed and quality.

  • Act as a thought partner on headcount planning and future hiring needs.

  • Represent Vapi externally as a recruiting brand ambassador in technical and developer communities.

WHO YOU ARE:

• 2+ years of technical recruiting experience in high-growth technology companies; ideally hyper scaling startups.

• Proven track record hiring senior, high-impact engineering talent.

• Deep sourcing and research expertise with the ability to map markets and identify exceptional candidates. (Ability to show metrics)

• Comfortable owning closing strategy, including comp, equity, and mission-driven storytelling.

• Experienced in building or refining structured interview processes and analytics.

• High ownership mindset, bias for action, and comfort operating in ambiguity.

• Strong communicator who can influence founders, executives, and hiring managers.

• Former engineer and CS degree highly desirable.

WHY VAPI:

• Generational impact: Build human interface for every business.

• Ownership culture: 90% of company is previous founders.

• Kind team: The founders Jordan and Nikhil are Canadians.

• Tier-1 Investors: YC, KP seed, Bessemer series A.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Real stake: We offer competitive salary and excellent equity ownership.

• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision plans.

• Team love: We love hanging out and do quarterly offsites.

• Flexible time off: take what you need.

• More: catered meals and transportation, gym & coaching stipends!