Talent Lead
About Squint
Our mission is to accelerate human potential.
Squint is the Industrial AI company that turns operating knowledge into action. Our technology serves Fortune 500 leaders across manufacturing, field services, and utilities. Companies such as PepsiCo, Continental Tire, and Tenneco use Squint to capture and activate their essential tribal knowledge, standards docs, and OT data into procedures, orchestrated work, and context for AI agents to act on.
Some things to know about us:
We are obsessed with our customers, and they’ll tell you so themselves.
We raised a $40M Series B in 2025, backed by elite investors including Sequoia Capital, Menlo Ventures, TCV and The Westly Group.
Fast Company named us to their Most Innovative Companies list in 2025 and 2026.
We were named to Built In’s Best Startups to Work for in SF list.
Read more about us in Upstarts Media, Fortune, Forbes, and more.
About the Role
We're hiring our a Talent Lead to build Squint's recruiting function from the ground up.
You'll own full-cycle recruiting for priority roles across the company while building the systems, process, and employer brand that let Squint compete for talent in a crowded AI market. This is a builder's role: part hands-on recruiter, part function architect.
What You’ll Do
Recruit, hands-on: You'll run full-cycle recruiting - sourcing, screening, closing - for some of Squint's most important open roles, across Engineering, GTM, and beyond.
Build the machine: You'll stand up the process, tooling (ATS, scorecards, interview training), and metrics that let Squint hire well as we scale, not just hire fast.
Partner with hiring managers: You'll translate fuzzy headcount plans into clear hiring strategies and calibrated bars, and coach hiring managers and interviewers along the way.
Build the brand: You'll sharpen how Squint shows up to candidates - on LinkedIn, at events, in every recruiting conversation - so the best people want to work here.
Lay the groundwork for People: Where it makes sense, you'll extend into broader People Ops - onboarding, systems, early performance processes - as Squint's People function takes shape.
About you
You've built a recruiting function before, not just staffed one.
You move fast, but you don't cut corners on candidate experience or hiring bar.
You're comfortable partnering directly with founders and executives on their most important hires.
You thrive in ambiguity and enjoy building process where none exists yet.
What You’ll Bring
6+ years of recruiting experience, including experience building or scaling a recruiting function at a high-growth startup.
A track record of full-cycle recruiting across technical and go-to-market roles.
Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience partnering with senior leaders.
Familiarity with modern recruiting/ATS tooling (Ashby, Greenhouse, or similar).
Benefits
Based out of our office in San Francisco, we love the energy of in-person collaboration.
Competitive Salary and Equity
Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental care
Flexible PTO Policy
Lunch and Dinner Service
Wellness Benefit
Maven Family Planning Benefits
Partnership with Care.com
Mental Health Services
401(k) Retirement Plan
Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit for Parking & Public Transit
Company-wide Retreats
Subsidized Uber to and from the office
A Final Note
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Squint is an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds without regard to race, gender, age, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage you to apply even if you're not quite sure you fit all the requirements for the role!
Ready to redefine the future? Join us at Squint and be a part of something revolutionary.