What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Recruiter position at Vapi?
Vapi (/ˈwɑːpi/)
- We’re creating the shift to voice as humanity’s default interface.
- We’re the most configurable platform for deploying voice agents.
- We’re grown to 400,000 developers in 20 months, adding 2,000 every day.
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- Vapi is scaling rapidly across Engineering and Product, and we need a senior technical recruiter to own and drive this growth.
- This role will build and execute the recruiting strategy that scales Vapi from 50 to 100 employees.
- You will partner closely with founders and engineering leadership on org design, headcount prioritization, and hiring strategy.
- This is a hands-on recruiting leadership role, not a transactional req-management position.
- 30 Days
- Focus on top of funnel sourcing for Engineering and Product searches and fully ramp on Vapi’s roles, interview loops, and talent bar.
- Build strong working relationships with the key stakeholders in engineering.
- Assess current pipeline health, sourcing strategies, and interview pass-through rates.
- 60 Days
- Independently run full-cycle recruiting for priority Engineering and Product roles assigned.
- Build high-quality top-of-funnel pipeline through sourcing, outbound campaigns, referrals, and networking.
- Partner with the Lead Technical Recruiter as well as hiring managers to refine role definitions, interview loops, and scorecards.
- Begin influencing closing strategy and candidate experience improvements.
- 90 Days
- Consistently close top-tier engineering and product talent at velocity.
- Drive funnel optimization using Ashby data and recommend improvements to hiring speed and quality.
- Act as a thought partner on headcount planning and future hiring needs.
- Represent Vapi externally as a recruiting brand ambassador in technical and developer communities.
- 2 years of technical recruiting experience in high-growth technology companies; ideally hyper scaling startups.
- Proven track record hiring senior, high-impact engineering talent.
- Deep sourcing and research expertise with the ability to map markets and identify exceptional candidates. (Ability to show metrics)
- Comfortable owning closing strategy, including comp, equity, and mission-driven storytelling.
- Experienced in building or refining structured interview processes and analytics.
- High ownership mindset, bias for action, and comfort operating in ambiguity.
- Strong communicator who can influence founders, executives, and hiring managers.
- Former engineer and CS degree highly desirable.
- Generational impact: Build human interface for every business.
- Ownership culture: 90% of company is previous founders.
- Kind team: The founders Jordan and Nikhil are Canadians.
- Tier-1 Investors: YC, KP seed, Bessemer series A.
- Real stake: We offer competitive salary and excellent equity ownership.
- Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Team love: We love hanging out and do quarterly offsites.
- Flexible time off: take what you need.
- More: catered meals and transportation, gym & coaching stipends!
- Salary Range: $150,000-170,000
Salary : $150,000 - $170,000