Founding Technical Recruiter

LiteLLM AI Gateway

$110K — $130K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years full-cycle recruiting experience at tech startups or recruiting agencies specializing in startups.
  • Experience hiring for both technical and operational roles.
  • Ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-ownership environments.
  • Proven communication skills, especially in representing company culture and closing talent.
  • Bonus: Background in working with founders or on founding hiring teams.
  • Bonus: Experience with developer-focused products.
  • Driven individual with grit and ownership focused on building something transformative.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end recruiting: source, engage, and close top-tier talent.
  • Collaborate with hiring managers to identify needs and define hiring processes.
  • Leverage data to analyze and improve recruitment funnel effectiveness and hiring speed.
  • Represent the company’s vision and culture to prospective candidates and the talent market.
  • Build and maintain relationships within tech and entrepreneurial communities.
  • Establish and document recruiting best practices and onboarding workflows as the first recruiting hire.

Benefits

  • Work directly with the company's founders every day.
  • Build products that serve thousands of engineering teams worldwide.
  • Own significant product decisions rather than just implementation tasks.
  • Experience rapid project turnaround with immediate production visibility.
  • Contribute to shaping the future of AI infrastructure and developer tools.
  • Competitive salary, equity options, and comprehensive health benefits.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
  • Own end-to-end recruiting-source, engage, and close world-class engineers, operators, and product leaders.
  • Partner with our hiring managers to determine hiring needs and define our processes.
  • Use data to drive decisions: tracking and analyzing funnel health, talent pool effectiveness, and hiring velocity to continuously improve hiring efficiencies.
  • Represent our vision and culture to prospective candidates and the broader talent market.
  • Build and nurture strong relationships within technical and entrepreneurial communities.
  • Help establish and document recruiting best practices, evaluation rubrics, and onboarding workflows as our first recruiting hire.


What We're Looking For
  • 2+ years full-cycle recruiting experience at high-growth startups or tech companies or at a recruiting agency focusing on startups.
  • Experience hiring for technical (engineering, product) as well as operational roles.
  • You thrive in fast-paced, high-ownership environments and are passionate about scaling early-stage teams.
  • Proven ability to communicate effectively, represent company culture, and close top-tier talent.
  • Bonus: Background working with founders or on a founding hiring team
  • Bonus: Experience working on a developer focused product
  • Above all: Drive, grit, and ownership. We're looking for someone who wants to build something transformative with us.


Why Join LiteLLM?
  • Work directly with the founders every day.
  • Build products used by thousands of engineering teams around the world.
  • Own meaningful product decisions-not just implementation.
  • Move incredibly fast and see your work in production immediately.
  • Help define the future of AI infrastructure and developer tooling.
  • Competitive salary, equity, health, dental, and vision benefits.

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