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Senior Recruiter

San Francisco, CA

Posted: 03/19/2026 Industry: Operations Job Number: 3563648 Pay Rate: 150000/year - 210000/year

Job Description


Senior Recruiter (Go-To-Market Focus)

Location: New York, NY or San Francisco, CA (On-site)

Compensation: $150,000 – $210,000 base + equity

About the Opportunity

Join a rapidly scaling, venture-backed technology company transforming how businesses leverage data and automation to better understand their customers. With strong market traction, top-tier customers, and significant funding, the company is entering a high-growth phase—expanding headcount significantly over the next 12 months.

This is a high-impact role where you’ll directly influence company growth by building out critical revenue-generating teams across Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success.

The Role

We’re seeking a Senior Recruiter to lead full-cycle hiring for all go-to-market functions. This individual will partner closely with leadership to define hiring strategy, build top-tier talent pipelines, and deliver exceptional candidate experiences.

This is an ideal role for someone who thrives in fast-paced, early-stage environments and enjoys building systems and processes from the ground up.

What You’ll Do
  • Own end-to-end recruiting for GTM roles, including Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success
  • Partner with founders and hiring leaders to define role requirements and hiring strategies
  • Proactively source and engage high-quality candidates in competitive talent markets
  • Manage candidates through the full interview lifecycle, from initial outreach to offer close
  • Build and maintain strong pipelines for current and future hiring needs
  • Deliver a high-quality candidate experience at every stage
  • Contribute to employer branding initiatives to improve inbound talent flow
  • Track and report on recruiting metrics, continuously improving efficiency and outcomes

What We’re Looking For
  • 3–10 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a strong focus on GTM roles
  • Experience in early-stage or high-growth environments (startup experience strongly preferred)
  • Proven ability to source and close candidates in competitive markets
  • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence hiring decisions
  • Ability to quickly understand new roles and adjust sourcing strategies accordingly
  • Data-driven mindset with a focus on recruiting performance and outcomes

Preferred Background
  • Experience working at early-stage startups (ideally pre-late-stage scale)
  • Background recruiting for high-performing sales and revenue organizations
  • Experience building recruiting processes in fast-changing environments

Work Environment
  • Full-time, on-site role in either New York City or San Francisco
  • High-energy, collaborative team environment with close access to leadership
  • Opportunity to make a meaningful impact during a critical growth phase

Why Join
  • Play a key role in scaling a fast-growing, well-funded company
  • Work directly with experienced leadership and top-tier talent
  • Competitive compensation and meaningful equity upside
  • Opportunity to shape recruiting strategy and build high-performing teams

Who is Rainier Recruiting? 

Rainier Recruiting is a boutique, award winning national staffing agency and executive search firm. Using an approach that “treats every candidate like an executive search”, we offer positions in contract-to-hire, Full-Time, and executive search. Named the #1 Best Workplace in Washington State in 2022, recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm, and identified as a top recruitment firm by multiple business journals, Rainier Recruiting is fast becoming a respected company. We are no longer the “best recruiters you have never heard of”. Rainier Recruiting is also proud to share our clients have a 93% repeat business rate. Rainier Recruiting is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and for the candidates we represent. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of every organization that we partner with. 

Meet Your Recruiter

Joely Downing
Senior Recruiter

Joely spent most of her career in the hotel business and started recruiting in the Hospitality field before coming to Rainier Recruiting.  Outside of work, Joely enjoys time with family and friends and traveling. Confident she can find the best candidates from anywhere, she is hoping to move her desk permanently to Mexico sooner than later.    

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