You will act as the front door to the Andreessen Horowitz ecosystem, conducting 10-15 high-quality daily interviews with founders, engineers, and operators. Beyond filling seats, you will strategically route exceptional talent to portfolio companies, fellowships, and internal communities, identifying signals that traditional CVs often miss in high-velocity tech environments.
Recruiter at Andreessen Horowitz - VC-backed venture capital firm
Are you ready to become the front door to one of the most talent-dense ecosystems in tech? Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is looking for a Recruiter to join their Ecosystem team in San Francisco. This isn't a typical 'filling seats' role—you'll be having 10-15 quality conversations a day with founders, engineers, and builders, routing them to the right opportunities across a $90B+ portfolio. If you have 5-15 years of experience in high-velocity talent functions and a sixth sense for spotting exceptional builders, this is your chance to shape the future of Silicon Valley's most influential network.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz - VC-backed venture capital firm with $90B+ AUM
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Conduct 10-15 quality conversations daily with a wide range of candidates from founding engineers to content creators.
- Route high-potential talent to specific opportunities across the a16z platform, including the Build community and Growth Engineer fellowships.
- Evaluate deep technical and operational signals in candidates to match their unique skills with the specific needs of the venture ecosystem.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Has 5-15 years of experience building talent functions at high-velocity startups or community-driven organizations like On Deck or Contrary.
- Possesses a deep "startup fluency" and the instinct to identify exceptional builders based on their actual impact rather than just brand names.
- Thrives in a high-volume throughput environment and genuinely enjoys back-to-back conversations with the most interesting people in tech.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Sit at the epicentre of the tech world with direct access to a $90B+ platform and a network of 750+ portfolio companies.
- Move beyond traditional transactional recruiting into a high-throughput ecosystem role where you evaluate the world's most talent-dense pipelines.
- Join a specialized team led by industry veterans from On Deck and AngelList to redefine how community-driven talent is identified.
Jack & Jill
How Jack & Jill work together
Meet Jack
Jack gets to know what you're great at and what you want next, then searches 14 million jobs daily and introduces you directly to hiring managers.
How does this work?
Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.
Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.
If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.