Senior Recruiter & Team Lead
Job Description
Our Purpose
At Fiddler, we understand the implications of AI and the impact that it has on human lives. Our company was born with the mission of building trust into AI. The rise of Generative AI and Agents has unlocked generalized intelligence but also widened the risk aperture and made it harder to ensure that AI applications are working well. Fiddler enables organizations to get ahead of these issues by helping deploy trustworthy, and transparent AI solutions.
Fiddler partners with AI-first organizations to help build a long-term framework for responsible AI practices, which, in turn, builds trust with their user base. AI Engineers, Data Science, and business teams use Fiddler AI to monitor, evaluate, secure, analyze, and improve their AI solutions to drive better outcomes. Our platform enables engineering teams and business stakeholders alike to understand the "what", “why”, and "how" behind AI outcomes.
Our Founders
Fiddler AI is founded by Krishna Gade (engineering leader at Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and Microsoft) and Amit Paka (product leader at Microsoft, Samsung, Paypal and two-time founder). We are backed by Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Lux Capital.
Why Join Us
Our team is motivated to help build trust into AI to enable society harness the power of AI. Joining us means you get to make an impact by ensuring that AI applications at production scale across industries have operational transparency and security. We are an early-stage startup and have a rapidly growing team of intelligent and empathetic doers, thinkers, creators, builders, and everyone in between. The AI and ML industry has a rapid pace of innovation and the learning opportunities here are monumental. This is your chance to be a trailblazer.
Fiddler is recognized as a pioneer in the field of AI Observability and has received numerous accolades, including: 2022 a16z Data50 list, 2021 CB Insights AI 100 most promising startups, 2020 WEF Technology Pioneer, 2020 Forbes AI 50 most promising startups of 2020, and a 2019 Gartner Cool Vendor in Enterprise AI Governance and Ethical Response. By joining our brilliant (at least we think so) team, you will help pave the way in the AI Observability space.
👩🏽🚀 The Mission
You'll inherit foundational recruiting practices and a strong base to build from but we're looking for someone who brings fresh ideas and elevates our function to the next level.
This role is built for an ambitious recruiter who wants to stay close to the craft while growing into talent leadership. If you're a Senior Recruiter ready to take on more, leading team meetings, influencing how we hire, and helping build something that scales, this is your stepping stone into TA leadership.
🚀 What You’ll Do
Drive full-cycle recruiting across GTM and EPD, partnering directly with leaders, delivering consistent, high-quality hires that raise the talent bar.
Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders on calibration, candidate quality, and closing, ensuring every hire is assessed on long-term potential and fit, not just credentials.
Proactively identify and engage exceptional talent across industry and academia, building relationships before roles open so we're never starting from zero.
Build and refine recruiting processes, workflows, and interview structures that make Fiddler's hiring scalable, repeatable, and a model for what great talent acquisition looks like at a high-growth AI company.
Bring sharp, consistent people judgment to every evaluation, assessing candidates on who they're becoming, not just where they've been.
Create and manage targeted outreach campaigns and bias-free evaluation frameworks that improve both the quality and diversity of our candidate pipeline.
Manage 8–12 open roles simultaneously with the organization and discipline to keep every search moving without sacrificing candidate experience.
Enhance Fiddler's employer brand with candidates so that every interaction, regardless of outcome, leaves people wanting to work here
🎯 What We’re Looking For
7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a high-growth tech or SaaS environment
Experience recruiting across GTM and EPD, with the ability to context-switch and calibrate across very different talent profiles
Comfortable partnering with and influencing senior leadership on hiring strategy, not just executing against it
Proven track record of engaging and closing hard-to-reach candidates in competitive markets, often against offers from larger, more established companies
Has built or meaningfully improved recruiting processes, workflows, or interview structures from the ground up
Ready to take a genuine first step into talent leadership, contributing to team rhythm, mentorship, and how the function operates
Hybrid, ability to work with our team from our Palo Alto office minimum 2x a week (M/Th)
🫱🏼🫲🏾 Compensation
$145,000 - $180,000 Bay Area Only
This is a hybrid role, we are currently looking for local Bay Area talent to join our team at this time, but may consider opening it to remote locations in future
🩺 Benefits & Perks
Competitive pay + equity
Premium health, dental & vision
401(k) plan
Open PTO
Monthly fitness reimbursement
Paid parental leave
Palo Alto HQ vibes
Annual Caltrain pass
Monthly in-office massages
Fastrak reimbursement
Lunch provided in office Mon-Thurs
The posted range represents the expected salary range for this job requisition and does not include any other potential components of the compensation package and perks previously outlined. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider your experience, leveling, location, and other job-related factors.
Fiddler is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you require special accommodations in order to complete the interviews or perform job duties, please inform the recruiter at the beginning of the process.
Beware of job scam fraud. Our recruiters use @fiddler.ai email addresses exclusively. In the US, we do not conduct interviews via text or instant message, or ask for sensitive personal information such as bank account or social security numbers.