Founding Recruiter ($170k-$200k + Equity) at Trysela

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Job Title

Founding Recruiter

Salary

$170k-$200k + Equity

Company Description

Trysela.com is a high-growth AI startup backed by Emergence Capital, building voice agents for the mortgage industry. Having scaled to $10M revenue in 18 months and processing over 200 million monthly calls, Trysela.com is now expanding its team from 15 to 55+ members to support five of the top ten US lenders.

Job Description

As the first in-house recruiter at Trysela.com, you will build the talent function from the ground up during a period of 4x headcount growth. Partnering directly with the CEO, you'll own the full lifecycle for engineering, GTM, and operations roles, establishing processes and sourcing programs to attract world-class talent to San Francisco.

Location

San Francisco, USA

Why this role is remarkable

• Founding-level ownership as the first recruiter, building the talent infrastructure and strategy from scratch with a dedicated tools budget and direct CEO partnership.
• Exceptional traction with $0 to $10M revenue in just 18 months, processing 200M+ monthly calls for major US lenders and backed by Emergence Capital.
• High-impact scaling opportunity to 4x the company's headcount within a year, hiring across critical functions like AI/ML engineering, product, and GTM.

What You Will Do

• Own the end-to-end hiring lifecycle for technical and non-technical roles, personally sourcing, interviewing, and closing senior staff engineers and leadership positions.
• Implement and optimize the talent tech stack, including Ashby ATS, and design scalable outbound sourcing programs that serve as the company's primary pipeline.
• Collaborate with the CEO on headcount planning and culture building, ensuring high-quality hiring bars and long-term retention as the team grows to 55+.

The ideal candidate

• Proven experience as the "first recruiter" or a founding member of a talent team at a fast-growing Series A/B software startup.
• Hands-on expert in sourcing and closing senior-level ICs and managers across both engineering and GTM functions, ideally within fintech or AI domains.
• Based in the San Francisco Bay Area and committed to a high-collaboration office environment (4 days per week) near Montgomery BART.

Who are Jack & Jill?

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How does this work?

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• Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.
• If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.

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