Founding Recruiter
About the role
About Akuity
With the move to the cloud, Kubernetes has become widely adopted by DevOps and Platform Engineering teams, but it has also added complexity. While scaling Kubernetes at Intuit, the Akuity founders started building Argo CD in order to streamline the adoption of Kubernetes. Argo CD helps developers own, understand and deploy their K8s deployments via GitOps.
Today, Argo CD is the third most popular project in the CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) and is used by 70% of companies who are using Kubernetes in production. The list of Argo CD users includes companies like Intuit, BlackRock, Tesla, Major League Baseball, Peloton, and many more.
The team founded Akuity in 2021 to enable enterprises to ship software faster and more reliably with modern GitOps best practices. The Akuity Platform enables teams to manage the development and deployment across hundreds – if not thousands – of Kubernetes clusters from a single control plane. Trusted by top companies around the globe, the Akuity Platform provides the only end-to-end GitOps platform for the enterprises.
Our mission is to simplify the software delivery process so that DevOps and Platform Engineering teams can move fast, and deploy code effortlessly without the fear of breaking things.
The Opportunity
We're looking for a Founding Recruiter to own talent acquisition at Akuity as we scale. This is a true individual contributor role where you'll be the person running the searches, building the processes, and setting the standard for how Akuity hires.
You'll partner directly with founders and hiring managers across Go-to-Market and Engineering to find and close exceptional talent in one of the most competitive hiring markets in tech. This isn't a role for someone who needs a playbook handed to them, you get to build it. If you're energized by ownership, ambiguity, and the chance to make a real impact at a fast-growing company, we'd love to meet you.
What You'll Do
Own Full-Cycle Recruiting Across All Functions
- Lead end-to-end searches across Go-to-Market (Sales, Sales Engineering, CSM, Technical Marketing) and Engineering (DevOps, Platform, Infrastructure)
- Run structured intake meetings with hiring managers to define role requirements, sourcing strategy, and success criteria before any search begins
- Lead team kickoff meetings to align all interviewers on role context, ideal profile, interview structure, and individual focus areas
- Screen candidates against hiring manager criteria, evaluating on attributes and trajectory, not just job titles
- Deliver clear, actionable candidate summaries that help hiring managers make fast, confident decisions
Drive Sourcing & Pipeline Strategy
- Build and execute outbound sourcing strategies using LinkedIn Recruiter, Juicebox, Boolean search, referral networks, and community channels
- Develop and maintain a strong referral pipeline by activating the Akuity team and open-source community networks
- Continuously calibrate sourcing strategy based on signal from screens and interviews; adjust quickly and over communicate with hiring team
Build Process & Keep the Team Accountable
- Standardize the recruiting process across all searches: intake, team kickoff, calibration, and debrief
- Ensure every interviewer knows their assigned competencies and has suggested questions before meeting a candidate
- Establish interviewer best practices and scorecard standards across the company
- Hold regular calibration check-ins with hiring managers to refine the search
Own Candidate Experience & Recruiting Ops
- Ensure every candidate, regardless of outcome has a timely, respectful, and clear experience