Founding Technical Recruiter
A 501(c)(3) science-and-technology research institute/foundation operating direct Neuro-AI research, life-sciences programs through Radial, and an open-science residency program.
About Astera Institute
Astera Institute supports and operates open public-goods work for science and technology. Its current activities include neuroscience-informed AGI research, AI-enabled life-sciences programs, open datasets and publishing infrastructure, and residencies for early-stage projects.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will design and operate AI-assisted workflows for scheduling, candidate communication, pipeline tracking, reporting, and sourcing. You will configure ATS and automation tools, maintain candidate data and dashboards, support interview coordination, build recruiting templates, and partner with hiring managers on specialized searches.
Requirements
- 3-6+ years of experience in recruiting or people operations
- Experience building or configuring automations, agents, or AI-assisted workflows
- Deep experience with ATS systems and their APIs or automation surfaces
- Experience with prompt design, agent frameworks, no-code or low-code automation platforms, or API scripting
- Ability to design reliable systems for complex recruiting processes
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Project management skills
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain AI-agent and automation workflows across the hiring lifecycle
- Configure and extend ATS tools and integrate them with LLM-based agents, automations, calendars, email, and internal systems
- Evaluate and pilot AI tools for hiring needs
- Build guardrails, review checkpoints, and escalation paths for automated systems
- Monitor the interview process and facilitate onsite interviews when needed
- Prepare interviewers with materials, context, and rubrics
- Maintain candidate records and pipeline data
- Build dashboards and automated reporting on pipeline health and operational risk
- Create reusable documented AI-assisted templates
- Identify sourcing channels and build AI-assisted sourcing and outreach workflows
- Coordinate with external recruiters and advisors
- Support onboarding, candidate-day logistics, and other People and Operations needs