About the Role
This role owns full-cycle technical recruiting for impactful roles at MrBeast, including software engineering, data science, machine learning, product, and technical operations. You will collaborate directly with engineering managers, senior individual contributors, and leadership to translate ambitious technical roadmaps into successful hires. This position is ideal for someone who thrives on complexity, acts with urgency, and is enthusiastic about recruiting for a company that challenges traditional tech norms while competing for top talent.
Responsibilities
- Lead full-cycle recruiting for engineering, data science, ML, product, and technical operations roles.
- Partner with hiring managers and technical leads to define role requirements beyond the job specification.
- Design and execute structured interview processes to assess technical depth and judgment.
- Close candidates by articulating the scale, ownership, and impact of the company's projects.
- Proactively source engineers, data scientists, and technical PMs using advanced techniques across various platforms and communities.
- Build talent pipelines for roles requiring technical rigor and adaptability in a fast-paced, creative environment.
- Identify passive talent by engaging with open source contributors, hackathon networks, and technical communities.
- Stay informed on AI/ML, content tech, and digital product trends to engage top technical candidates.
- Act as a trusted advisor to engineering and product managers, providing market feedback and competitive intelligence.
- Assist technical leaders in making confident and swift hiring decisions.
- Translate roadmap priorities into hiring strategies and identify potential risks.
- Balance speed, quality, and cultural alignment in hiring decisions.
- Develop and enhance technical interview frameworks, assessment methods, and hiring rubrics.
- Introduce consistency and rigor to the hiring process without impeding team velocity.
- Utilize data, pattern recognition, and judgment to continuously improve hiring standards.
- Contribute to building a scalable recruiting function aligned with the company's technical ambitions.
Requirements
- 5–8+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, preferably in high-growth tech companies, media tech, or scaling startups.
- Proven track record of hiring senior engineers, data scientists, ML practitioners, and technical product managers in competitive markets.
- Exceptional technical sourcing skills, including proficiency in GitHub, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean searches, and non-traditional sourcing strategies.
- Sufficient technical literacy for credible conversations with engineers, assessing role fit, and evaluating candidate quality.
- Comfort with ambiguity, rapidly changing priorities, and fast-paced leadership.
- Strong instincts for talent, potential, and cultural alignment.
- Clear communication and closing skills.
- Genuine curiosity about creator platforms, content technology, audience-scale products, and impactful product development.
Skills
- Technical Sourcing
- Full-Cycle Recruiting
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- GitHub
- Boolean Search
- Candidate Assessment
- Interviewing
- Talent Pipeline Development
- Market Intelligence
- Communication
- Negotiation
Location
- San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5-8+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $175,000 – $200,000 (fixed annual salary)
- $201,250 – $230,000 (target total compensation including equity and bonus)
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Generous Medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Dental, Vision
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Company contributions to Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- 401k Plan with Safe Harbor company-matching
- Flexible vacation policy
- Paid company holidays
- Company-provided technology package
- Relocation assistance (including travel and 90 days of company-provided housing)
About the Company
- Beast Industries is a multifaceted media and entertainment company founded by Jimmy Donaldson (MrBeast).
- The company is renowned for revolutionizing digital content creation and extends beyond its YouTube origins.
- Mission: To entertain, inspire, and create significant social impact.
- Operates across digital media, philanthropy, consumer products, and innovative business initiatives.
- Believes in the transformative power of digital media for entertainment, education, and positive change.
- Driven by innovation, creativity, and philanthropy to explore new frontiers and build an inspiring legacy.
