We started by building infrastructure to run CI workloads really fast. Our first product helps companies run GitHub Actions substantially faster and cheaper by owning and operating our own global fleet of bare-metal machines rather than renting generic cloud VMs.
Today, we orchestrate tens of millions of Firecracker VMs each week, running CI for 7,000+ companies and tens of millions in ARR. We’ve grown 10x so far in 2026.
We operate thousands of bare-metal machines across multiple regions, regularly schedule 100k+ vCPUs concurrently, and run a petabyte-scale Ceph cluster that we manage ourselves.
We’ve raised $58.5M from Seed to Series B, led by Google Ventures (GV) & Peak XV Partners, and we’re intentionally building a small, but exceptional team.
Blacksmith was founded by a team with deep systems and scaling experience, including building search/ads infrastructure at Faire, and operating large distributed systems at Cockroach Labs. Our GTM is led by Jon Boyer, formerly Head of Sales at Zapier.
We're now extending the same CI infrastructure into a broader platform: running agent sandboxes at scale and building our own background coding agent on top of it.
As the Recruiting Coordinator you’ll ensure that everyone interviewing at Blacksmith has the best possible interview experience.
You’ll own the logistics of the interview experience. Coordinating interview schedules, managing onsites and supporting executive interviews across all functions within the business.
What you’ll do
Coordinate with recruiters and hiring managers to schedule interview loops, feedback and next steps for each candidate interviewing.
Ensure the highest quality of candidate experience.
Manage the onsite interview logistics; the schedule for the day, who they’ll meet and when, lunches with the team, demos/presentations. You’ll ensure everything is running smoothly.
Identify opportunities to improve the process. How can we be better?
Communicate effectively with all of the stakeholders involved and make sure we maintain momentum and speed in each process.
You’re a good fit if you have
2+ year of recruiting or administrative/support experience, with a heavy emphasis on coordinating scheduling and managing logistics.
The ability to manage multiple simultaneous interview processes with overlapping schedules and shifting priorities, whilst always maintaining the best candidate experience.
Clear and professional communication skills
Able to work with urgency. We move fast, so does our interview process, you’ll make sure we maintain this velocity.
Compensation and benefits
Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance.
Competitive base + equity.
401K match.
Unlimited PTO.
Annual offsite.
Early-exercise stock options.
12 weeks fully paid parental leave (US).
Skills Required
- 2+ years of recruiting or administrative/support experience with substantial scheduling and logistics coordination
- Ability to manage multiple simultaneous interview processes, overlapping schedules, and shifting priorities
- Clear and professional communication skills
- Ability to work with urgency in a fast-paced interview process
Blacksmith Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Blacksmith and has not been reviewed or approved by Blacksmith.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is presented as unlimited with paid family leave and a guaranteed birthday off, indicating breadth beyond the basics. The combination signals formal support for recovery and life events.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) match up to 5% (100% on the first 3%, 50% on the next 2%) is explicitly detailed, indicating meaningful employer-funded savings. This clarity around the match strengthens long‑term financial support.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Stock options are offered with the ability to early‑exercise, improving accessibility to potential equity value. This structure can create tax advantages for employees.
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What We Do
Blacksmith is the fastest way to run your GitHub Action workflows. We orchestrate your workflows over our fleet of bare-metal gaming CPUs with your build caches co-located right next to your CI jobs. All it takes is a one-line code change. Get started with Blacksmith https://docs.blacksmith.sh/getting-started/quickstart









