About Etched
Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency across both prefill and decode workloads. Our first products are heavily focused on inference. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history.
Job Summary
We’re looking for a Recruiting Coordinator who thrives in fast-moving environments and takes pride in making things run smoothly behind the scenes. You’ll be at the center of our hiring engine – owning scheduling, keeping processes tight, and ensuring every candidate and interviewer has a great experience.
This role is for someone who moves quickly, sweats the details, and doesn’t wait to be told what to do. You’re highly organized, calm under pressure, and naturally step in to solve problems before they become issues.
Key Responsibilities
Own high-volume interview scheduling across multiple teams, balancing competing priorities and tight timelines
Jump on urgent scheduling changes quickly and keep everything on track without dropping details
Deliver a high-quality, thoughtful experience for both candidates and interviewers at every touchpoint
Build strong working relationships with candidates, recruiters, sourcers, hiring managers, and cross-functional partners
Keep recruiting operations running smoothly through strong organization, communication, and follow-through
Spot inefficiencies and proactively improve coordination processes as we scale
Partner with People Ops to support onboarding logistics and maintain clean, accurate data
Support new hire onboarding programs, including coordinating welcome gifts and shipping onboarding packages
Strong candidates may also have experience with (Nice-to-have qualifications)
1-2 years of Recruiting Coordinator experience in a fast-paced, high-growth, or tech environment
High sense of ownership and urgency - you take initiative and follow through
Low ego, team-first mindset
Growth mindset and eagerness to continuously improve
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
$500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
Housing subsidy of $2k per month for those living within walking distance of the office
Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
Daily lunch and dinner in our office
How we’re different
Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson. We are the first inference-focused frontier AI system, betting early on transformer and transformer-like architectures and on increasing model sizes. Our addressable market is the entirety of inference, unlike many of our competitors.
We are a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row), and greatly value engineering skills. We do not have boundaries between engineering and research, and we expect all of our technical staff to contribute to both and work across disciplines as needed.
Skills Required
- 1-2 years of Recruiting Coordinator experience in a fast-paced, high-growth, or technology environment
- High sense of ownership and urgency
- Low-ego, team-first mindset
- Growth mindset and eagerness to continuously improve
Etched Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Etched and has not been reviewed or approved by Etched.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity growth is described as strong and significant equity is part of the package. High total compensation for technical roles reinforces the equity-led upside.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage include generous premium support, indicating robust core healthcare. This reduces employee cost exposure for essential coverage.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Daily lunch and dinner, a housing subsidy for those living near the office, relocation support, and wellness perks are highlighted. These offerings lower day-to-day living costs and support practical wellbeing.
Etched Insights
What We Do
By burning the transformer architecture into our chips, we’re creating the world’s most powerful servers for transformer inference.
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