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Salary: USD 140,000 - 180,000 / annual
Forgepoint is building AI workers for back-office departments in US manufacturing—helping estimators, procurement teams, and accountants move faster by automating quoting, purchasing, invoicing, and sales coordination. The company is backed by a16z speedrun and angels from Brex, Xwing, and Betterment.
This is a 0→1 recruiting role where you'll build the team that builds Forgepoint. You'll own full-cycle recruiting across engineering and go-to-market functions: sourcing, pipeline management, candidate experience, and closing. You'll work hands-on and high-volume, setting the hiring bar as the company scales from a small founding team.
Key responsibilities:
- Partner with founders and hiring managers to define scorecards, ideal candidate profiles, and rigorous interview processes for each role
- Build targeted pipelines for engineering and GTM roles through creative sourcing, referrals, community engagement, and highly personalized outreach
- Own the complete candidate journey from first contact through screening, interviews, references, offer, and close
- Assess candidates against role outcomes and company values; synthesize evidence clearly and calibrate hiring standards with the team
- Execute a fast, thoughtful process with excellent communication, tight scheduling, and a candidate experience that reflects Forgepoint's operating principles
- Instrument the recruiting funnel, forecast hiring progress, identify bottlenecks, and build repeatable systems to support scaling
You'll work in person five days a week in the NYC office, directly with the founders and hiring managers. The company culture emphasizes winning, resourcefulness, honesty, speed, ownership, and team-first mentality.
Requirements:
- Full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in technical recruiting
- Excellent sourcing skills with ability to find and engage top talent others miss
- Strong candidate experience mindset and ability to move fast without losing attention to detail
- Organized and data-driven approach to pipeline management
- Low-ego, collaborative working style with hiring managers
- Alignment with the mission to strengthen the American manufacturing base
- Commitment to in-person work five days a week in NYC office with founder and growth mindset
Bonus qualifications:
- Experience recruiting engineers at startups or high-growth companies
- Track record building sourcing or hiring processes from scratch
- Proficiency with AI tooling for sourcing, screening, and outreach acceleration
- Experience recruiting across both technical and go-to-market roles
