Senior Technical Recruiter

About LiveKit

LiveKit is building the infrastructure layer for the voice-driven era of computing. Our platform gives developers everything they need to build, test, deploy, scale, and observe agents in production. Founded in 2021, LiveKit powers voice AI applications for OpenAI, xAI, Salesforce, Coursera, Spotify, and thousands of others, collectively facilitating billions of calls each year.

About This Role:

A lot of technical recruiting jobs at startups are a sprint: a big hiring push, a pile of reqs, then a hiring freeze and a reorg. This isn't that. Our engineering hiring is steady and it's going to stay that way, so we want someone who'd rather go deep with a handful of engineering teams than churn through whatever's on fire this week. The tradeoff: you'll be expected to actually understand what you're hiring for and how your work impacts the business overall. You'll be a Talent Business Partner to the LiveKit team.

You'll thrive as a Senior Technical Recruiter if you:

are known as the go-to person for tackling tough problems

are focused on polish, detail and quality

are a fast learner, frequently picking up new tips, tricks, and skills

The best way to impress us is with thoughtful ways you'd implement AI in the recruiting process 😊

What You'll Do

Own 8-10 engineering and technical searches end to end, from kickoff to signed offer

Partner with engineering hiring managers on what the role really needs, and push back when the requirements don't match the market

Source hard: find the infra, backend, SDK, and AI engineers who aren't looking, and give them a reason to talk to us

Understand what candidates are motivated by and create a strategy to get them there

Build pipelines for the roles we hire for again and again, so new reqs don't start from zero

Run an honest, authentic and clear process emphasizing candidate experience that people talk about, even the ones we don't hire

Help build the systems the Talent team runs on, from sourcing playbooks to interview kits

Who You Are

5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting, mostly in-house

You've owned senior and staff-level engineering searches and closed them

You can hold a real conversation with an engineer about their work

You source proactively and know how to build and sustain a strong bench.

You've recruited for infrastructure, developer tools, open source, or AI companies

You've built or rebuilt a recruiting process from scratch

You know how to win top talent, even when competing against offers from big tech.

Nice to Have

You've used Ashby and Gem (or have strong opinions about the tools you did use)

Are Located in San Francisco

Have a degree or certificate in computer science

Have experience with executive recruiting

Our Commitment to You

An opportunity to build something truly impactful to the world

Competitive salary and equity package

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Flexible vacation policy