Sr. Technical Recruiter - Contract
Role Overview
This senior-level role involves full-cycle recruiting for GTM and Engineering positions, including sourcing, engaging, and closing high-quality candidates in competitive tech and AI markets. The recruiter partners closely with hiring managers to define needs, manage pipelines and interviews, and uses data-driven insights to improve hiring processes. As a key player in a fast-paced startup, the hire will build and scale the recruiting function from scratch, impacting team growth and culture.
Perks & Benefits
The role offers a remote-friendly setup with a collaborative team, providing autonomy and ownership in a high-impact environment at a growing AI startup. Benefits include competitive compensation, equity, and perks, with an emphasis on fast-paced, high-growth settings typical of tech startups. While time zone expectations aren't specified, remote work implies flexibility, and career growth is supported through building processes from the ground up.
Full Job Description
Our ideal candidate is located in the San Francisco Bay Area, while other locations are also considered.
About Tessera Labs
Tessera Labs is redefining how enterprises adopt and operationalize Artificial Intelligence. Backed by Foundation Capital and with a recent $60M Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, we build multi-agent AI systems that can automate complex business workflows across platforms like SAP, Salesforce, Workday, Snowflake, MuleSoft, and more.
Our mission: Bring real AI automation to the enterprise — with speed, precision, and measurable impact. We move fast, operate with extreme ownership, and build at the frontier of applied AI.
Tessera Labs is an AI-driven technology company scaling rapidly—and we’re hiring a Contract Senior Technical Recruiter to own Engineering hiring end to end.
This role is perfect for someone who thrives in startup environments, loves full-cycle recruiting, and knows how to partner with hiring managers to deliver top talent in competitive tech markets.
What You’ll Do:
Own full-cycle recruiting for Engineering (Forward Deployed Engineers "FDE", Technical Project Managers, Machine Learning Engineers, Data Engineers, Cloud Infrastructure, Sales Enablement, Platform, Frontend and Backend)
Partner closely with hiring managers to define hiring needs and priorities
Source, engage, and close high-quality candidates in tech and AI markets
Manage pipelines, interviews, offers, and candidate experience
Attend local recruiting events for in-person sourcing
Planning of in-house recruiting events
Use data and insights to drive hiring outcomes and improve processes
What We’re Looking For:
5+ years of recruiting experience in tech and/or startup environments
Proven success hiring Engineering talent
Strong sourcing and stakeholder partnership skills
Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-growth settings
Experience using Ashby ATS preferred
Why Tessera Labs:
High-impact role at a growing AI startup
Autonomy and ownership
Competitive compensation + equity + benefits + perks
Remote-friendly, collaborative team
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