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Undisclosed
Department
HR & Recruiting
Employment
Full Time
Experience
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15 Nov 2026
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AI Summary

The role, at a glance.

Ataraxis AI is seeking a Founding Recruiter to own end-to-end hiring for an early-stage clinical AI company. The role covers creative sourcing, candidate closing, interview-process design, scorecards, reporting, and external recruiting-partner management. The recruiter will support technical or research hiring alongside high-volume go-to-market roles, particularly account executives and field sales. Success requires speed, strong ownership, modern recruiting and AI-tool fluency, and the ability to build scalable hiring operations in a flat, high-accountability environment.

Role DNA

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Job Complexity

4/5
EasyHard

Pace & Pressure

5/5
RelaxedFast-paced

Autonomy Level

5/5
GuidedFull ownership

Communication Load

5/5
IndependentCollaborative
AI insightThis is a high-impact founding role with broad ownership across both execution and recruiting-system design. The combination of technical hiring, GTM volume hiring, and an early-stage operating environment requires strong judgment and rapid prioritization.

Salary analysis

Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles.

Estimated job median (per year)Market rate
$135,000
US market range (per year)$115k–$160k
AI insightThe yearly pay period is inferred from the job context; it was not explicitly stated by the employer. No employer salary was disclosed. The yearly cadence and USD market estimate are inferred from the New York-based, full-time founding recruiter role and prevailing compensation conventions for experienced startup recruiting positions in the US.

Core skills

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Sample interview questions
How would you prioritize hiring across technical, research, and GTM roles when all are urgent?

I would begin by aligning with leadership on business impact, hiring dependencies, and the cost of leaving each role open. I would translate that into a clear hiring plan with weekly funnel reviews, while setting realistic service levels and proactively communicating trade-offs to hiring managers.

Describe how you would build a sourcing strategy for a hard-to-fill clinical AI or research role.

I would map target companies, research institutions, adjacent domains, publications, and relevant professional communities. I would combine this market map with personalized outreach, employee referrals, event or community engagement, and AI-enabled research tools, then measure response and conversion rates to refine the approach.

What does an effective structured interview process look like in an early-stage company?

It starts with a written role scorecard that defines outcomes, must-have competencies, and evidence standards. I would assign focused interview areas, use consistent questions and debrief criteria, train interviewers on expectations, and review candidate-feedback data to improve signal quality and speed.

How would you improve a recruiting funnel that has strong sourcing volume but weak offer acceptance?

I would inspect the funnel by source, role, stage, and candidate segment, then collect direct feedback from candidates and hiring teams. Likely actions could include strengthening role messaging, improving interview consistency and speed, calibrating compensation expectations early, and ensuring the closing plan reflects each finalist's motivations.

How do you use automation and AI tools without reducing the quality of candidate engagement?

I use automation for repeatable administrative work such as initial research, scheduling workflows, pipeline hygiene, and reporting. For candidate-facing communication, I retain human review and personalization, especially for senior or specialized talent, so outreach remains accurate, relevant, and respectful.

This analysis is generated from the job description. Salary estimates, role characteristics and sample answers are guidance, not employer-provided facts.
Opportunity details

About this role.

About Ataraxis AI

Ataraxis is a clinical AI research lab working at the intersection of multi-modal AI and precision medicine. Our goal is to make disease predictable. To accomplish this, we develop new AI methods that predict patient outcomes and treatment response, and build clinical tools to assist physicians in selecting the most optimal treatments for their patients.

Our AI research lab discovers and develops methods to recognize patterns and predict outcomes across complex, multi-modal clinical data. This spans our causality (Ataraxis™ Tau), foundation model (Falcon and Kestrel for digital pathology), and survival analysis research.

Our first clinical products, such as Ataraxis™ Breast for breast cancer, already help patients get the most appropriate treatment across the best academic institutions and community clinics worldwide.

At Ataraxis, you will have a unique opportunity to shape not only the future of our company, but also the future of healthcare. You will join an exceptional team at the forefront of clinical AI research and deployment. Our advisors include AI pioneers such as our founding advisor, Yann LeCun, and distinguished oncologists from top cancer research institutions, all united by the mission to redefine precision medicine.

Ataraxis has raised over $24 million in funding, including a $20 million Series A led by top venture capital funds such as Thiel Capital/Founders Fund (OpenAI, SpaceX, Palantir), Obvious Ventures (AMI Labs, Inceptive, Radical Numerics, Recursion), and AIX Ventures (Hugging Face, Perplexity).

We are an company with a flat organizational structure, where every team member is empowered to actively contribute. Leadership roles are earned by those who demonstrate initiative and consistently deliver exceptional results. Strong work ethic and the ability to prioritize ruthlessly are essential.

Responsibilities

  • Own full-cycle recruiting from sourcing through close

  • Source creatively: competitor mapping, adjacent industries, referrals, and AI-powered tools

  • Build the hiring engine, including interview processes, scorecards, candidate experience, and funnel and time-to-fill reporting

  • Manage outside recruiting partners as needed and help shape how the team grows

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting, including in-house at an early-stage or high-growth startup

  • Comfort with technical or research hiring, or a strong desire to learn it

  • A track record of high-volume GTM hiring (e.g. account executives or field sales); healthcare, diagnostics or life sciences experience is a plus

  • Fluency with modern recruiting and AI tools; you automate repetitive work wherever you can

  • Speed and ownership: you move from outreach to signed offer quickly without lowering the bar

  • Bias for action

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