About the roleAs the Founding Technical Recruiter, you will help build the Engineering, Product, and Design teams behind Garage's next stage of growth. You'll partner closely with the CTO/Co-founder and engineering leaders to identify the builders who can turn a complex, mission-critical marketplace into an experience that customers love.
This is a hands-on role for someone who treats sourcing as a craft. You will own searches end to end, build targeted pipelines from scratch, run a fast and thoughtful process, and help Garage raise the bar with every hire.
- Own full-cycle hiring across engineering, product, design, and data science, partnering with founders to attract and close exceptional technical talent.
- Build and execute targeted sourcing strategies using outbound, referrals, communities, and technical communities to fill high-priority roles quickly.
- Run structured, high-quality recruiting processes, from screening through offer, while delivering an exceptional candidate experience.
- Track pipeline health in Ashby and build scalable recruiting systems and playbooks.
- Help grow out our recruiting team as the company grows.
What we're looking for- Treats recruiting as an ownership role and cares deeply about quality of hire.
- Knows how to engage technical talent and can make Garage stand out through compelling outreach.
- Enjoys building processes where it helps, but prefers practical systems over heavy recruiting bureaucracy.
- Is excited by Garage's stage: small team, high trust, high ownership, and a lot of foundational hiring still ahead.
Required- Full-cycle experience in hiring technical talent for software engineering, design, product development, and data science.
- A strong network with existing knowledge of the NYC startup talent market.
- Ability to close talent with a strong eye for culture fit.
- Passion for building high-performance teams in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
- Experience using Ashby, Juicebox, Metaview, Gem, Clay, ChatGPT, Claude, or other modern recruiting and AI tools.
- Strong organization in an ATS like Ashby.
Our values- Growth oriented. We invest in people who grow as the company grows. We all should be constantly learning.
- Humility. Everyone has a lot to give and a lot to learn. We believe in creating an environment where the best ideas win and acknowledging when we are wrong.
- Customer focused. We have a genuine love for our customers. Customer success is our success.
- Hack to success. We move fast and take big swings. We always aim for a solution that addresses 80% of the problem in 20% of the time. We make informed bets, launch quickly, and iterate.
What we offer- Competitive salary and stock options
- Health, dental and vision insurance (100% covered)
- Unlimited paid time off every year (in addition to company observed holidays)
- Daily lunch and dinner
- $100 monthly wellness stipend
- 401(k) with employer match
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Bi-annual team offsite
- Relocation assistance
