Founding Head of Marketing
HiringCafe
Founding Head of Marketing
HiringCafe
AI-driven direct-job listings with tracking
Job discovery is broken. Indeed and LinkedIn want to keep it that way. Join our team and help millions of people put food on the table by finding the perfect job.
HiringCafe.com is building a 100× better job search engine — fast, comprehensive, honest, and actually useful. We index millions of jobs, remove noise, rank what matters, and help people find real opportunities without dark patterns, ads, or pay-to-win placement.
We are funded by top tier investors in Silicon Valley, along with angel investments from former leadership and directors at Indeed and ZipRecruiter. In 12 months, we grew from 0 → 1 million+ monthly active users - all with a $0 marketing budget! Now, we are looking for a founding team member to help take us from 1M to 10M+ MAUs.
Hamed Nilforoshan - Stanford AI PhD, Data Science at Airbnb & Snapchat
Ali Mir - SWE at Meta, Rippling, DoorDash
Jure Leskovec - Stanford AI Professor, ex-Chief Scientist at Pinterest
We are looking for a Founding Head of Marketing to help us spread the word about Hiring.Cafe. We need someone who lives and breathes social media, and possesses an extreme amount of grit, and has the startup hustle mindset required to build something massive.
You will work hand-in-hand with the founders and engineering team to pioneer exciting growth avenues while rolling up your sleeves to handle the day-to-day execution. This is a highly demanding, high-reward role requiring a minimum commitment of 50 hours per week at our Cupertino office.
Live and breath social media: You are continuously plugged into social media virality
Extreme grit and hustle: You are relentless, move fast, and thrive in a high-intensity startup environment.
Highly technical: You understand how software is built and can speak the same language as our engineers when designing UGC strategies.
Deep consumer mindset: You intuitively understand consumer behavior
True ownership: You do not wait for a roadmap; you identify bottlenecks, test hypotheses, and execute autonomously.
Passionate about growth: You are obsessed with metrics, user psychology, and scaling platforms to millions of users.
Competitive pay & equity
Flexible PTO & family leave
Full medical, dental, and vision benefits
Design your own perks as a core member of the founding team
AI-driven direct-job listings with tracking
HiringCafe is a job search engine that collects legitimate job postings directly from company career pages, aiming to reduce noise from traditional job boards. It uses AI to crawl thousands of company websites several times a day, ensuring listings are current and links go straight to the employer’s application portal. The platform offers granular filters (role, location, company size, experience level) and salary information when available, plus an Application Tracker to save roles and manage searches. Revenue comes from employers via promoted listings and an optional Talent Network that connects companies with interested candidates. Unlike generic boards, HiringCafe focuses on ghost listings and fake posts, providing direct-to-employer, scam-free job discovery. The goal is to help job seekers find relevant, legitimate opportunities efficiently while giving employers a straightforward channel to reach candidates.
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