Founding Recruiter

Sphere is using AI to codify the world's international trade law.

We currently help companies like Lovable, Eleven Labs, Replit, Deel, Windsurf (+ many more) automate their sales tax, VAT and GST compliance:

• We're growing rapidly (30%+ MoM revenue growth) and helping the fastest growing tech companies around the world including Lovable, Eleven Labs, Replit, Windsurf, Deel, Linktree, Fal, Sierra AI etc

• We’ve spent the last 2 years building local rails into 100+ tax authorities across the world to properly automate compliance processes (no other vendor has done this)

• We're building the world's first AI-native tax engine (which will be the foundation for a broader cross border compliance platform; think Deel for revenue-based compliance)

• We're well funded by a16z, YC, 20vc and Felicis Ventures.

Sphere is looking for a Founding Recruiter in San Francisco to work closely with the Founder to help scale out our Engineer, Product, GTM, Ops and Tax team.

Why this is a massive opportunity:

🌍 Massive TAM: Every business around the world needs this. Compliance isn’t optional.

🌬️ Strong macro tailwinds: Businesses are expanding globally at a faster pace, while tax authorities are cracking down on cross-border compliance, driving urgent demand.

✨ AI advantage: Incumbents can’t scale beyond the U.S.; our AI-native tax engine can.

🔮 Multi product play: Indirect tax is just the start; we’re building a compound startup that helps business with all forms of revenue-based compliance.

What you will do:

• Help 3x our team size in the next 12 months - there will be a particular focus on engineering / product hiring.

• Planning and executing on hiring-related marketing campaigns - sourcing and scheduling hiring events, social content and outbound campaigns, managing external recruiters to drive Sphere's top of funnel for candidates.

• Build the foundations around our hiring process - sourcing, onboarding, performance evaluation and more

• Enhance our internal culture - office build-out (703 Market Street), weekly rituals, offsites etc
  

What’s important to us:

• Hunter: Grit > pedigree.

• Fast shipper: If it can be done today, do it today.

• Self-starter: No hand-holding

• Creativity: Don't copy what everyone else is doing; do things differently.

• In-person: SF only.

Requirements:

• Proven experience building out early stage teams - especially engineering teams.

• Strong network in the engineering community - ideally SF's engineering community

Nice to have:

• You have experience as both an internal and external recruiter

• You have a presence on social media and can drive engagement (i.e. you're vocal)

Sphere is building AI-native trade infrastructure. We help companies like Lovable, Eleven Labs, Replit and Deel automate their sales tax, VAT, GST compliance obligations.

What makes us different to other vendors on the market is:

1. we have spent the last 2 years building local rails into tax authorities in both the US and internationally to properly automate compliance processes (no other vendor has done this), and

2. we're building the world's first AI-native tax engine (which will be the foundation for a broader cross border compliance platform; think Deel for international billing).