What are the responsibilities and job description for the Talent Engineer position at Bobyard?
The Role
Bobyard just doubled the team and we’re doing it again.
This is a technical role inside recruiting. You'll own the systems, automations, and data pipelines that power hiring end-to-end. The goal is simple: remove manual work from the recruiting loop so the team can operate faster, with better signal, at higher volume.
You'll make deliberate build-vs-buy calls. Not everything needs a SaaS subscription — some problems are a Python script and a webhook. You know the difference, and you default toward the cheaper, more controllable solution when it's the right one.
What You'll Build
Comfortable with APIs, scripting, and data pipelines. You've built automations that run in production — not just prototypes. You have opinions about where LLMs are useful and where they break. You prefer shipping a tool over running a process manually.
Recruiting background not required. Systems mindset and high ownership are.
Details
Full-time
Bobyard just doubled the team and we’re doing it again.
This is a technical role inside recruiting. You'll own the systems, automations, and data pipelines that power hiring end-to-end. The goal is simple: remove manual work from the recruiting loop so the team can operate faster, with better signal, at higher volume.
You'll make deliberate build-vs-buy calls. Not everything needs a SaaS subscription — some problems are a Python script and a webhook. You know the difference, and you default toward the cheaper, more controllable solution when it's the right one.
What You'll Build
- Sourcing automation: Pipelines that surface candidates before they're actively looking. Structured workflows across LinkedIn, GitHub, research corpora, and referral networks.
- Screening infrastructure: LLM-assisted triage that filters for fit before a human reviews. You'll own the prompts, the evaluation logic, and the quality checks that keep signal-to-noise high.
- ATS integration: Ashby as system of record. You'll wire it to sourcing tools, comms, and scheduling so candidate state updates without manual pushing.
- Funnel analytics: Define the metrics that matter (time-to-fill, source quality, offer accept rate), instrument the pipeline, and report with enough honesty to actually change behavior.
- Internal tooling: Dashboards and lightweight interfaces so the team has real-time visibility without living in Ashby.
Comfortable with APIs, scripting, and data pipelines. You've built automations that run in production — not just prototypes. You have opinions about where LLMs are useful and where they break. You prefer shipping a tool over running a process manually.
Recruiting background not required. Systems mindset and high ownership are.
Details
Full-time
- In-person
- San Francisco Bay Area $120k–$160k base
- 0.025%–0.05% equity
Salary : $120,000 - $160,000