About the Role
This is a hands-on internship embedded directly within the founding team of a pre-seed AI recruiting startup, working to connect exceptional talent with career-defining opportunities at top VC-backed companies. You'll play a pivotal role in delivering an outstanding candidate experience and driving real outcomes at a critical stage of company growth. The role carries genuine responsibility and is ideal for someone who thrives in high-ownership, fast-moving environments.
What You'll Do
- Manage relationships with candidates end-to-end, from initial outreach through placement.
- Identify and engage exceptional talent seeking roles at high-growth startups.
- Collaborate directly with founders to match candidates to the right opportunities.
- Optimize and automate recruiting workflows to improve speed and quality of outcomes.
- Contribute to process improvements across candidate sourcing, screening, and communication.
- Support cross-functional initiatives as a generalist on a small founding team.
What We're Looking For
- At least 3 months of prior internship experience in a fast-paced environment such as consulting, sales, startups, or venture capital.
- Demonstrated ability to own initiatives end-to-end and deliver results with minimal oversight.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, verifiable through professional or project work.
- Experience working in entrepreneurial, informal, and rapidly evolving team environments.
- Evidence of exceptional academic or professional performance — e.g., strong academic record, selective university attendance, substantial project work, or active technical contributions.
- Willingness to relocate to San Francisco and participate in a shared living/working (hackerhouse) setup for the duration of the internship.
- Comfortable committing to a six-day work week during the internship period.
- Prior experience in recruiting, talent acquisition, or candidate relationship management is a plus.
- Familiarity with the VC-backed startup ecosystem is a plus.
- Experience with workflow automation or process optimization is a plus.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, CA. This role operates from a shared hacker-house environment — you will live and work alongside the founding team. Relocation to San Francisco is required. Visa sponsorship is available.