Senior Founding Recruiter
Goodfire
About this role
Senior Founding Recruiter responsible for building Goodfire’s entire talent acquisition function and partnering closely with the founders during scale-up. The role focuses on hiring across AI/ML research, engineering, product, and go-to-market teams while establishing recruiting infrastructure and maintaining strong ties to the SF Bay Area AI community. This is a hands-on individual contributor position that combines strategic partnership with operational execution to attract high-quality, research-focused talent.
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About Goodfire
goodfire.aiGoodfire is an AI interpretability research lab focused on understanding and intentionally designing advanced AI systems. The company’s work centers on interpretability and safety research to help organizations build AI they can trust. Goodfire publishes research and partners with customers to translate insights into safer, more controllable models. It is backed by $59M from Menlo, Lightspeed, Anthropic and other leading investors.
Recent company news
PR NewswireAI Lab Goodfire Raises $150M at $1.25B Valuation to Design Models with Interpretability
1 month ago
The SaaS NewsGoodfire Raises $150M at $1.25B Valuation
1 month ago
SiliconANGLEGoodfire raises $150M in funding to enhance its AI interpretability platform
1 month ago
Sequoia CapitalMapping the Mind of a Neural Net: Goodfire’s Eric Ho on the Future of Interpretability
Oct 29, 2025
Menlo VenturesLeading Goodfire’s $50M Series A to Interpret How AI Models Think
Apr 17, 2025
About Goodfire
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Leadership Team
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Salary
$120k – $280k
per year