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Gushwork is building an Agent Operating System for small and mid-sized businesses, where AI agents and humans collaborate to deliver measurable business outcomes. The company started with an SEO agent and is expanding into Paid Ads and Developer agents. Based in Bengaluru with ~90 employees, backed by Lightspeed and SIG, Gushwork serves non-digitally-native industries like manufacturing and industrial distribution.
You will own the full recruitment lifecycle across all functions—technical, product, and business/GTM roles. This is a hands-on, execution-driven position working closely with executive leadership and hiring managers to define hiring strategies, build candidate pipelines, evaluate talent, and close offers.
Key responsibilities:
- Drive end-to-end talent acquisition from initial outreach through offer rollout and onboarding handoff
- Source passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri, specialized job boards, and creative channels
- Partner with hiring managers to understand business needs, craft position descriptions, and design sourcing strategies
- Oversee interview scheduling, feedback collection, and candidate communication
- Lead compensation structuring, offer negotiations, and closing strategies to achieve high acceptance rates
- Integrate modern AI platforms (ChatGPT, Claude) into recruitment workflows to accelerate sourcing and evaluation
- Maintain pipeline hygiene and real-time ATS updates
- Contribute to employer branding campaigns and referral program design
- Refine hiring frameworks, interview rubrics, and guidelines as the company scales
Requirements:
- 3+ years of core recruitment experience in fast-growing software, SaaS, or high-tech product companies
- Deep hands-on expertise with LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri, GitHub, and modern sourcing platforms
- Hands-on experience administering modern ATS systems (Lever, Greenhouse, or similar)
- Passion for adopting AI tools to optimize recruitment workflows and boost efficiency
- Solid proficiency in Google Sheets for pipeline tracking, metrics reporting, and funnel analysis
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with strong stakeholder management and negotiation capabilities
- High agency, bias for action, and comfort managing high-volume, multi-disciplinary hiring in dynamic startup environments
- Prior experience hiring across Go-To-Market functions (Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Business Development)
- Exposure to building recruitment operations, interview rubrics, or employer branding from early stages
