Head of Technical Recruiting
At Hercules · San Francisco; Remote - North America; San Francisco, California, United States
Salary: US$100,000–300,000 a year
- People and recruiting
- Full-time
- Director or above
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Where you can work from
Open to North America and the United States
“Remote - North America”
From the location.
“San Francisco”
From the location.
“San Francisco, California, United States”
From the job board field.
Which countries count as North America?
Canada, United States.
Not everyone includes Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, so for those we say “Unclear”.
Working hours
US hours
“We are open to remote for exceptional candidates who are willing to 1) work in US time zones and 2) travel to the office regularly.”
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- 13 hours ago
- First seen by us
- 15 November 2026
- Last checked
- 12 hours ago
Job description
From Hercules’s job post, as they wrote it.
What are we looking for?
Hercules is hiring a Head of Technical Recruiting to own our technical hiring pipeline from first contact through offer. We have 20 open technical roles today, and you’ll drive inbound screening across all of them.
What will you do?
* Own end-to-end technical recruiting: define the hiring criteria, source candidates, screen inbound, manage interviews, and close offers
* Partner with hiring managers to prioritize roles and calibrate what good looks like
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* Move candidates along through the process as quickly as possible. We aim for an offer or rejection within 7 days of first screen
* Build automations (including AI automations) to accelerate the screening and interview process
* Own our engagements with our external recruiters
What skills do we expect you to have?
* Strong technical experience - we are not looking for pattern matchers and key word finders. We genuinely expect you to be able to fluently dive deep into different engineering technologies, frameworks, best practices, and anti-practices
* We assume at least one year of professional experience as an engineer will help with this although it is not required
* Experience owning technical recruiting across multiple concurrent roles
* Experience in a fast-growing company
* Strong communication
What’s Hercules’ stack?
* Technologies: Typescript, React, AI SDK, Postgres, Redis, Clickhouse, Tailwind, IaC (CDK, Terraform), Docker, Otel, Hono, Drizzle ORM, Temporal
* Clouds: Cloudflare, AWS
* AI Models: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google
What are Hercules’ operating principles?
Hercules’ operating principles guide how we make decisions every day. We take them very seriously. Most of the principles can be learned on the job, however, we do specifically filter for the following principles in our hiring process:
1. We ship. We ship fast, iterate, and correct mistakes quickly. Our bias for action speeds up our learning and delights our customers.
2. We strive for excellence. Doing things well is in our DNA. We have good taste. We get the details right. Our outputs are exceptionally simple and self-serve. We’re proud of our work.
3. We are hungry. We are willing to work hard and break through walls to achieve the outcomes we want. We are willing to operate at any level to get things done.
Is Hercules in-office or remote?
Hercules founding team works in-office in San Francisco (Kearny and Bush). We have a very strong preference for in office. We are open to remote for exceptional candidates who are willing to 1) work in US time zones and 2) travel to the office regularly.
What are Hercules’ benefits?
* Unlimited AI token budget
* Take what you need vacation policy
* Healthcare, vision, and dental
* Daily lunches, dinners and snacks in the office
* We guarantee you will do the best work of your career here
What’s the compensation?
$100k-$300k + equity (variable based on seniority, equity, and location)
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