Senior Recruiter, Sift
$125-175k
Offers Equity
More information about location
2+ days a week in office (El Segundo, CA)
Unified observability for modern hardware
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Unified observability for modern hardware
1-20 employees
Be an early applicant
$125-175k
Offers Equity
More information about location
2+ days a week in office (El Segundo, CA)
1-20 employees
Company mission
To provide the tools that engineering teams need to efficiently manage hardware data and build the machines of the future.
Role
Who you are
- This role is for a hands-on recruiter with strong business and product acumen—someone who quickly grasps what we build, who we serve, and why it matters, then turns that understanding into targeted pipelines and great hires
- 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting in high-growth, high-bar environments; proven sourcing excellence (passive outreach is your superpower)
- A successful track record hiring both tech and non-tech roles (e.g., software, data, product, sales, marketing, operations) at strong startups/VC-backed companies or top-tier firms
- High business/product acumen: you can quickly internalize Sift’s platform, customers (aerospace/defense/industrial), and role requirements—and translate that into precise targeting
- Executive-ready communication: concise intake notes, crisp candidate messaging, and confident stakeholder management
- Operational rigor: organized, metrics-minded, and comfortable iterating processes for speed and quality
- A recruiting generalist with the ability to balance full-cycle excellence with process improvement and stakeholder management
- A sourcing specialist with a proven ability to identify, engage, and convert hard-to-reach, high-caliber candidates in competitive talent markets
What the job involves
- As our second Recruiter, you’ll be a high-impact builder—owning full-cycle searches across technical and go-to-market roles with a strong emphasis on proactive sourcing and network building
- You’ll partner directly with engineering, product, sales, and leadership to shape role definitions, craft compelling narratives, and land exceptional talent
- Own 5-8 priority reqs end-to-end: intake, market mapping, sourcing, screening, stakeholder alignment, offers, and closing
- Build and run outbound programs (LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, events, talent communities) that consistently produce high-quality pipelines
- Partner with hiring managers and executives to refine scopes, rubrics, and processes; keep the bar high while moving fast
- Use funnel data to prioritize outreach, improve conversion, and tighten SLAs across stages
- Contribute to employer brand and candidate experience—crisp outreach, clear expectations, high-signal interviews
- Drive process improvements (tooling, scorecards, debriefs, calibration) that scale as we grow
Our take
Sift develops tools to accelerate and ensure the reliability of complex machines. Its platform processes hardware sensor data, providing automated analysis and detailed reports to identify and explain potential issues. This enables users in aviation, defense, energy and transportation to enhance system reliability and comply with regulatory requirements more efficiently.
The platform automates manual data review, which both enhances reliability and speeds up development. Customers like Astranis and Parallel Systems use Sift's observability stack to turn sensor data into actionable insights, which would have likely remained undiscovered when using other systems.
With funding to its name, Sift is ready to broaden its manufacturing automation suite to link sensor data with manufacturing information. This will mean it can help with anomaly detection and performance analysis. It is also making advancements with AI integration for regulatory compliance, which sets it up as a key innovator in the space.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jun 2024
$17.5m
SERIES A
Nov 2023
$7.5m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $25m
Company benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Free lunch, snacks, & coffee
- Top-tier health insurance: Medical, Vision, & Dental
Company HQ
El Segundo, CA
Leadership
Karthik Gollapudi
(CEO)Previously a Dragon Flight Software Lead at Spacex and a Full-Stack Engineer at Information Sciences Institute.
Austin Spiegel
(CTO)Previously a Software Engineering Manager at Riot Games. Prior to that, they worked at SpaceX in various Software Engineering roles.
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