Founding Recruiter

Akuity is a company focused on streamlining Kubernetes adoption and GitOps practices, with a mission to simplify software delivery for DevOps and Platform Engineering teams. They develop the Argo CD project, which is widely used in the industry, and offer a platform to manage Kubernetes clusters efficiently.

Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Own Full-Cycle Recruiting Across All Functions: Lead end-to-end searches across Go-to-Market (Sales, Sales Engineering, CSM, Technical Marketing) and Engineering (DevOps, Platform, Infrastructure).
• Run structured intake meetings with hiring managers to define role requirements, sourcing strategy, and success criteria before any search begins.
• Lead team kickoff meetings to align all interviewers on role context, ideal profile, interview structure, and individual focus areas.
• Screen candidates against hiring manager criteria, evaluating on attributes and trajectory, not just job titles.
• Deliver clear, actionable candidate summaries that help hiring managers make fast, confident decisions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including 2-3 years in-house at a technical startup (B2B SaaS, Series A-C preferred).
• Proven full-cycle recruiting across GTM (Sales, Sales Engineering, CSM, Technical Marketing) and Engineering (DevOps, Platform, Infrastructure).
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a team of one, scrappy, autonomous and high-agency.
• Strong outbound sourcing track record; evaluates candidates on attributes and potential, not just title history.
• Experience with Greenhouse ATS, including process setup, stage configuration, automations and communication templates.
• Strong understanding of how to recruit across DevOps, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Platform Engineering roles; familiarity with the CNCF open-source landscape.
• Strong stakeholder management skills: can run intakes, lead team kickoffs, push back constructively, and overcommunicate with hiring team.