Founding Head of Talent

About The Role

Lightfield is reinventing CRM from the ground up. Our success hinges on assembling a world‑class engineering and design organization. Reporting directly to the CEO, you will own every dimension of recruiting—with one clear KPI: hire exceptional engineers who raise the bar for everyone else. You’ll design the talent strategy, build the playbook, and close the caliber of people who make 10× outcomes possible at an early‑stage startup.

What You’ll Own

• End‑to‑end recruitment for engineering, design, and business—from perfecting the pitch to closing top‑tier ML, infra, and product engineers.
• Talent strategy & employer brand—define what “great” looks like at Lightfield, craft compelling narratives, and position us as the place that uncompromising builders want to work.
• Sourcing engine from zero → one—stand up repeatable, data‑driven pipelines across outbound, referrals, events, and community engagement.
• Process architecture—implement enough tooling and process across the ATS and communication channels to make sure that we never drop the ball with a great candidate.
• Candidate experience—run a crisp, respectful process that converts skeptics into champions, whether or not we hire them.
• Leadership partnership—coach hiring managers on calibration, interviewing, and closing; provide weekly insight on funnel health and time‑to‑hire.
  
  

Who You Are

• 4+ years of full‑cycle recruiting with a heavy focus on scaling early‑stage engineering teams
• Proven closer—you have landed senior/staff‑level engineers in competitive markets and can articulate your win stories
• Builder’s mindset—you’ve created or overhauled recruiting systems in ambiguous, low‑infrastructure environments
• High technical bar—you understand modern ML and software stacks well enough to separate signal from noise
• Autonomous & decisive—comfortable operating as a team of one, making trade‑offs quickly, and iterating without hand‑holding
  
  

Compensation Range: $175K - $240K