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depthfirst is building AI-powered intelligence to detect and remediate critical software vulnerabilities, training and scaling security AI agents to discover zero-day vulnerabilities across large customer codebases and open source software. The founding team includes leaders from DeepMind, Databricks, Square, and Faire with deep expertise in data, infrastructure, security, and AI.
You will own full-cycle recruiting for engineering and GTM roles, building the talent function from the ground up during a critical growth phase. This is a foundational hire that shapes not just who the company recruits, but how it recruits, its culture, and its identity as a world-class security AI company. The role has potential to grow into Head of Talent as the organization scales.
Key responsibilities include: owning and building full-cycle recruiting for engineering and technical roles while managing multiple concurrent searches; partnering directly with founders and hiring managers to define role requirements, ideal candidate profiles, and inform compensation strategy; building the recruiting strategy from scratch including sourcing approach, candidate evaluation frameworks, and competitive market positioning; sourcing proactively and creatively through direct outreach, technical communities, referrals, and other channels; and helping build employer brand and recruiting narrative to communicate why depthfirst is the most compelling place to build the future of autonomous security.
You bring 5-7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, ideally at high-growth startups, with a proven track record of hiring exceptional engineering talent in competitive markets. You have deep understanding of technical roles and can speak credibly about backend systems, ML infrastructure, and security engineering. You have experience building recruiting functions from scratch (0→1) or being an early recruiting hire. You thrive with high ownership mentality and comfort with ambiguity in fast-moving environments. You are mission-driven and genuinely excited about AI and security. You are located in or willing to relocate to San Francisco for this in-office role.
