Technical Recruiter

At Exa, we're building a next-generation AI search engine—one that outperforms Google for power users. We help people find the information they can’t get anywhere else:

We’re an SF team of ~50 from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Apple, Palantir, etc. We recently raised an $85M Series B from Benchmark, and we are rapidly building the most intelligent search engine in history.

Now, we’re looking for a Technical Recruiter to help build our Exa family!

About the Role

As a Technical Recruiter at Exa, you’ll work directly with the founders and leadership team to scale our company. This isn’t a standard recruiting job—you’ll be recruiting in the age of AI, using in-house agentic systems built on top of our own search engine to supercharge the process. You’ll not only help build our early, world-class technical team, but also design the recruiting systems that let us scale rapidly. If you understand the SF tech/startup ecosystem and can speak the language of engineers (bonus if you can code yourself), you’ll thrive here.

What You’ll Do

- Own the technical recruiting cycle end-to-end: sourcing, outreach, interviews, and closing

- Represent Exa externally and convince top-tier engineers, researchers, and operators to join

- Partner with founders and team leads to scope roles and identify high-leverage hires

- Build and optimize recruiting systems and workflows using Exa’s in-house agentic search tools

- Experiment with creative sourcing strategies to stand out in the competitive SF startup market

- Help shape Exa’s talent brand and recruiting culture as we scale hyperspeed (1.5x+ headcount growth each quarter)

Desired Experience

- 2+ years of experience recruiting for technical roles in startups or high-growth tech companies

- Familiarity with SF startup culture—you know how to identify and attract top 1% startup talent

- Strong communication skills—you can tell a compelling story and sell a big vision

- Technical literacy (bonus i...