Talent Lead

Posted 9 Days Ago
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San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
180K-215K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Software • Manufacturing
Squint uses AI and AR to turn complex workflows into smart, visual guides that boost productivity and performance.
The Role
Lead full-cycle recruiting for priority roles across Engineering and GTM while building Squint's recruiting function: processes, ATS, scorecards, metrics, interviewer training, employer brand, and early People Ops foundations (onboarding, systems, performance). Partner with founders and hiring managers to set hiring strategy and bar.
Summary Generated by Built In
About Us

Squint is the Industrial Intelligence Platform, built for the workers who build the things you touch and see every single day. We're the only solution that brings together all the context of an industrial organization into a custom industrial knowledge graph, unique to every customer. Building with AI and AR, that foundation powers the workflows and applications that put the right information in frontline operators' hands on the factory floor and in the field, exactly when and where they need it.

Proven Impact with Industry Leaders

Our technology serves Fortune 500 leaders across manufacturing, field services, and utilities. These companies trust Squint to capture and activate their essential operational know-how, resulting in measurable improvements: reduced downtime, minimized waste, and optimized productivity at scale.

Backed and Built by the Best

We raised a $40m Series B at a $265m valuation and are backed by elite investors including Sequoia Capital, Menlo Ventures, TCV and The Westly Group. Our co-founders have been recognized on Forbes' 30 Under 30 for Manufacturing and Industry, and Fast Company named us one of the most innovative augmented and virtual reality companies of 2026.

 
About the Role

We're hiring our a Talent Lead to build Squint's recruiting function from the ground up.

You'll own full-cycle recruiting for priority roles across the company while building the systems, process, and employer brand that let Squint compete for talent in a crowded AI market. This is a builder's role: part hands-on recruiter, part function architect.

 
What You’ll Do
  • Recruit, hands-on: You'll run full-cycle recruiting — sourcing, screening, closing — for some of Squint's most important open roles, across Engineering, GTM, and beyond.

  • Build the machine: You'll stand up the process, tooling (ATS, scorecards, interview training), and metrics that let Squint hire well as we scale, not just hire fast.

  • Partner with hiring managers: You'll translate fuzzy headcount plans into clear hiring strategies and calibrated bars, and coach hiring managers and interviewers along the way.

  • Build the brand: You'll sharpen how Squint shows up to candidates — on LinkedIn, at events, in every recruiting conversation — so the best people want to work here.

  • Lay the groundwork for People: Where it makes sense, you'll extend into broader People Ops — onboarding, systems, early performance processes — as Squint's People function takes shape.

 
About you
  • You've built a recruiting function before, not just staffed one.

  • You move fast, but you don't cut corners on candidate experience or hiring bar.

  • You're comfortable partnering directly with founders and executives on their most important hires.

  • You thrive in ambiguity and enjoy building process where none exists yet.

 
What You’ll Bring
  • 6+ years of recruiting experience, including experience building or scaling a recruiting function at a high-growth startup.

  • A track record of full-cycle recruiting across technical and go-to-market roles.

  • Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience partnering with senior leaders.

  • Familiarity with modern recruiting/ATS tooling (Ashby, Greenhouse, or similar).

     
Benefits

Based out of our office in San Francisco, we love the energy of in-person collaboration.

  • Competitive Salary and Equity

  • Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental care

  • Flexible PTO Policy

  • Lunch and Dinner Service

  • Wellness Benefit

  • Maven Family Planning Benefits

  • Partnership with Care.com

  • Mental Health Services

  • 401(k) Retirement Plan

  • Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit for Parking & Public Transit

  • Company-wide Retreats

 
A Final Note

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Squint is an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds without regard to race, gender, age, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage you to apply even if you're not quite sure you fit all the requirements for the role!

Ready to redefine the future? Join us at Squint and be a part of something revolutionary.

Skills Required

  • 6+ years of recruiting experience, including building or scaling a recruiting function at a high-growth startup.
  • Experience building a recruiting function (not just staffing) and implementing processes and tooling.
  • Full-cycle recruiting experience across technical (Engineering) and go-to-market (GTM) roles.
  • Strong stakeholder management and experience partnering with senior leaders and founders on hires.
  • Familiarity with modern recruiting/ATS tooling (Ashby, Greenhouse, or similar).
  • Experience creating interview scorecards, interviewer training, and hiring metrics.
  • Commitment to excellent candidate experience and maintaining a high hiring bar.
  • Comfort working in ambiguity and building processes from scratch.

Squint Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Squint and has not been reviewed or approved by Squint.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is described as competitive for a startup, with base salary ranges for engineering and applied AI roles positioned as solid relative to similar-stage firms.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity is repeatedly framed as a meaningful part of total rewards, with upside potential cited as a key contributor to perceived attractiveness of offers.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Wellness stipends, daily meals (where applicable), commuter benefits, and remote/home-office support are presented as valuable add-ons that can strengthen the overall rewards experience.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
75 Employees
Year Founded: 2021

What We Do

Squint is the Manufacturing Intelligence Platform that the world's leading manufacturers use to capture expert knowledge, unlock operator performance, and analyze production insights. Operators love Squint because it uniquely combines spatial computing, LLMs, and human expertise into a magical experience. Our story starts with manufacturing, a $7T industry that is the foundation of the world as we know it. Faced with a generational inflection point, the industry is in need of a new wave of technology that bridges the knowledge gap between the retiring and incoming workforce. Squint’s mission is to accelerate human potential by bringing digital knowledge into the real world.

Why Work With Us

Squint isn’t just building another AI tool; it’s redefining how people learn and work. By combining AI and AR, Squint transforms complex physical processes into intuitive, streamlined experiences. Employees build technology that directly empowers frontline workers, engineers, and operators to have access to the cutting edge technology they deserve.

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