Recruiter

Kaizen Labs

. Proactively source and engage passive candidates for technical positions using creative search strategies, market mapping, professional networks, LinkedIn, and GitHub .

Posted 10/23/2026full-timeUnited StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $140,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in full-cycle recruiting, including proactive sourcing and engaging passive candidates for technical roles. Skilled in building AI sourcing workflows and improving recruiting processes to align with business priorities.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Full-Cycle RecruitingProactive Candidate SourcingAI Sourcing WorkflowsTechnical RecruitingHigh Emotional Intelligence

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Hard Skills

Recruiting ExperienceMarket MappingCandidate ScreeningInterview DesignOffer Negotiation

Soft Skills

Emotional IntelligenceCommunication SkillsCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

LinkedInGitHubAI ToolingClaude Code Workflows

Industry Keywords

Go-To-Market RolesSales RecruitingMarketing RecruitingCustomer Success RecruitingPartnerships Recruiting

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Proactively source and engage passive candidates for technical positions using creative search strategies, market mapping, professional networks, LinkedIn, and GitHub
Manage the full-cycle recruiting process from talent identification through screening, interviews, feedback discussions, offers, and onboarding
Recruit for go-to-market roles including sales, marketing, customer success, and partnerships as business priorities evolve
Build AI tooling, agents, and Claude/Claude Code workflows to map markets and surface candidates
Write effective outreach and develop ways to increase inbound candidate flow
Own candidates from first contact through offer close
Partner with hiring managers to scope roles, design interview loops, and maintain hiring standards
Hire people who excel at their craft and care about Kaizen's government technology mission
Improve recruiting processes as Kaizen scales

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of recruiting experience in-house at a high-bar company or at an agency
Track record of closing candidates who were not actively looking
Ability to proactively source candidates and map markets from scratch
Hands-on experience building AI sourcing workflows or agents
Ability to identify exceptional talent not obvious on paper and support judgments with evidence
High emotional intelligence
Experience recruiting for technical roles
Must reside in or be able to commute to New York City or Washington, DC
Must be comfortable working in the office four days per week in NYC or three days per week, Tuesday through Thursday, in DC
Legally authorized to work in the country for which applying; sponsorship may be required to answer in the application

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision insurance fully covered for employees, with 100% dependent coverage
$100,000 fully paid life insurance
FSA and Dependent Care FSA
One Medical membership
Fertility and family-building support through Carrot
401(k) with 2% company match
16 weeks fully paid parental leave for birthing parents
10 weeks fully paid parental leave for non-birthing parents
Unlimited PTO with a two-week minimum
Closed for all federal holidays
Company-wide winter break the week of Christmas
Company offsites throughout the year
Home office or desk setup stipend: up to $750 for NYC-based employees; $500 for remote employees
$50/month commuter benefit
Expensed lunch while in the office
Expensed dinner and Uber rides home for office work past 7pm
Company-provided laptop of choice
NYC employees: fully covered Grindhouse gym membership
Non-NYC employees: $100/month gym/physical fitness reimbursement
$100/month utility stipend
$250/quarter home cleaning stipend
$500/year professional development stipend
$250/year recreation stipend
$300/quarter pet care stipend
Equity and bonus offered