Technical Recruiter

About Traversal

Traversal functions as the AI-powered Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) tailored for enterprises, trusted by leading companies worldwide to diagnose, resolve, and even prevent complex production incidents. The company’s mission centers on liberating engineers from constant crisis management, allowing them to concentrate on innovative, high-value initiatives.

With foundations deeply rooted in AI research, Traversal combines scientific rigor with creativity to establish a top-tier AI agent lab geared towards enterprise applications. The team is composed of exceptionally talented and personable individuals, including researchers from premier institutions such as MIT, Harvard, and Berkeley, alongside industry veterans from Citadel Securities, Cockroach Labs, Datadog, DE Shaw, ServiceNow, Glean, Perplexity, Pinecone, and more, all collaborating to tackle some of the most challenging AI problems.

Role Overview

The Technical Recruiter will be accountable for managing the entire recruitment cycle for key roles, initially focusing on the Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) teams. Collaborating closely with hiring managers and founders, the recruiter will define effective hiring strategies, develop and sustain talent pipelines, and ensure a superior candidate journey from initial outreach to offer acceptance. This position is part of a lean and empowered Talent team with the opportunity to shape recruitment processes as the company scales, potentially extending recruitment support beyond EPD functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for designated positions, primarily within EPD and Research, covering activities from candidate sourcing and screening to offer negotiation and closure.
• Collaborate with leadership to establish hiring approaches, including clarifying role requirements, essential qualifications, and success criteria, which translate into practical sourcing and evaluation plans.
• Proactively establish and nurture active talent pipelines by seeking out and engaging high-caliber candidates beyond passive application channels.
• Deliver an outstanding candidate experience by maintaining clear, timely communication and a thoughtful recruitment process for all applicants.
• Enhance recruitment workflows and tools by devising scalable playbooks that support the growing team.
• Serve as a strong representative and ambassador for Traversal during candidate interactions.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of five years’ comprehensive recruiting experience, preferably with expertise in technical recruitment within startup or rapidly expanding company environments.
• Proven skill in independently sourcing and securing candidates without heavy dependence on inbound applications.
• Strong abilities in managing stakeholder relationships and driving recruitment processes alongside engineering, product, and design leadership.
• Excellent verbal and written communication proficiencies.
• High levels of initiative and comfort working autonomously with minimal established processes.
• Exceptional organizational aptitude and meticulous attention to detail, managing multiple concurrent recruiting projects.
• A genuine interest in AI and enterprise software sectors, enabling credible communications with technical candidates.

Preferred Experience

• Prior recruiting experience at early-stage AI or developer tools startups (Series A/B stage).
• Background recruiting for roles specializing in applied research or machine learning.
• Familiarity with contemporary applicant tracking systems and sourcing tools such as Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, and Gem.
• Experience in designing recruitment strategies and playbooks from the ground up.
• Capability recruiting across diverse functions beyond engineering, including go-to-market and operations roles.
• Exposure to AI-enabled recruiting platforms like Juicebox and Metaview.

Compensation and Benefits

Traversal offers a competitive salary ranging between $170,000 and $250,000 annually for this full-time, onsite role based in New York. This is supplemented with company equity, comprehensive health insurance, and additional employee benefits. Compensation is commensurate with experience, skills, and relevant knowledge.

The company supports employees with robust health plans, a quality technical setup, flexible time off, and an office stocked with snacks. Traversal values collaborative, hardworking culture and is committed to building the future of AI-driven software maintenance.

Work Environment

This role requires presence at the New York office near Madison Square Park five days a week. Traversal fosters a culture of ownership, rapid iteration, continuous learning, and making substantial contributions that shape a novel category in infrastructure software.