Recruiter

CoffeeSpace is an AI-powered recruiting engine for early-stage startups focused on helping founders find cofounders and early hires faster and smarter. The Recruiter role is a fractional, flexible-hours position partnering with the team to qualify candidates, manage hiring funnels, and help founders close strong hires.

• Build relationships with high-signal candidates surfaced by the CoffeeSpace platform.

• Guide candidates through hiring funnels and maintain engagement across active searches.

• Run candidate qualification conversations and assess fit for early-stage startup roles.

• Manage recruiting processes end-to-end from sourcing through offer close as needed.

• Support offer discussions and closing with both candidates and founders.

• Collaborate with the CoffeeSpace team to translate recruiting judgment into systems and workflows that improve platform operations.

• Help define and refine signals used to evaluate and close candidates.

• Experienced startup recruiter with end-to-end search ownership, especially for US-based roles.

• Demonstrated ability to manage sourcing through offer close, including messy or evolving hiring funnels.

• Strong ability to build trust with candidates and founders and influence decisions throughout the hiring process.

• Excellent communication skills with an interest in candidate motivations and offer dynamics.

• Comfort working with a fast-moving startup environment and interest in AI-driven recruiting.

• Interest in translating real-world recruiting instincts into principles and workflows a system can learn from.

• Plus: experience recruiting for early-stage startups, US-based technical or GTM roles, and/or recruiting agency experience.

• Fractional role with flexible hours (to be discussed).

• Potential to expand depending on how the collaboration evolves.