Talent lead

Graphite builds high-quality tools for modern software engineering teams, so they can ship faster and create amazing products.

Our product

Graphite is the code review platform for the age of AI. Thousands of engineers at high-growth companies like Shopify, Datadog, Snowflake, Asana, and Ramp use Graphite on top of their GitHub repos every day to ship pull requests faster. Graphite takes best-in-class workflows and tooling from companies like Google and Meta and extends them to help engineers write and review code collaboratively with increasingly capable AI agents.

Our company

We’re a small-but-mighty team of 30 based in Manhattan in the heart of Soho. In 2022, we closed our $20m Series A (featured in TechCrunch) led by Peter Levine at Andreessen Horowitz (who led GitHub's Series A), with participation from folks like Tom Preston-Werner (founder of GitHub), Sam Lambert (Planetscale CEO & ex-GitHub CTO), Sebastian Markbåge (creator of React), and many more.

Our culture centers on putting people first, applying science and craft, practicing disciplined ambition, and giving ownership - both literally (with equity) and in the responsibility and scope you’ll have as a part of our early team. Outside of work you’ll find us brewing espresso drinks, producing music, or practicing yoga. We can’t wait to see what you’ll add to the mix!

About the role

Graphite’s talent lead will lead our recruiting efforts across the company. Shaping Graphite's technical, go-to-market, operations, and executive teams is one of the most important roles as we scale, and as such this role will report directly to the CEO. In the beginning this will be an IC position, but as Graphite grows this person will be responsible for shaping and scaling our talent team.

What you'll do

• Own recruiting across technical, GTM, ops, and executive teams

• Shape Graphite's team and culture as we grow from 30 today to 60 by EOY (and 120+ in 2026)

• Become a core member of our leadership team

• Build and scale our talent team as we grow

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of experience in recruiting, ideally culminating in a lead recruiter or head of talent role at a high-growth startup

• Proven track record of closing and retaining key hires

• Deep understanding of the recruiting motion and process

• Excellent communication and empathy

• Experience managing recruiters paired with excitement to be hands-on

• Demonstrated willingness to go above and beyond & roll up your sleeves to achieve desired outcomes

Life at Graphite

• Competitive comp: ($160-200k base + equity). We're backed by some of the best investors and excited to offer competitive compensation packages.

• Role trajectory: We're excited to build a team whose roles, responsibilities, and comp grow as we do.

• Health and wellness: Top-tier health, dental, and vision coverage and 16 weeks paid parental leave for new parents.

• Time to decompress: We ask that our team take 4 weeks of vacation a year to unplug and unwind in addition to all federal holidays.

• Relocation expenses: We're an in-person, NYC-based team, and we're happy to help with your relocation expenses!

• The team that eats together: Company-paid lunch, snacks, and coffee during workdays.

• Commuter perks: Ride around NYC with an Unlimited MetroCard, on us.

• 401(k): Helps you save for retirement.

As a team, we're very aware of the systemic structural issues that have created inequalities for many communities, especially in the tech industry. We recognize that women and underrepresented minorities are statistically less likely to apply for a role that they feel unqualified for. If you are interested in this role but you’re concerned about not meeting all requirements, we encourage you to apply anyway - we'd love to get to know you and see if there's a place for you here at Graphite!