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Founding Recruiter

dili · New York, NY, US / Remote (US) · Remote

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About dili

Automating Compliance for Construction. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

We're a team of roughly 35, and we're about to grow quickly. We're hiring a Founding Recruiter to own hiring across every part of Dili: engineering, product, compliance, customer success, sales, and G&A. This is the first dedicated recruiting hire at Dili. Today, hiring is run by the founders and hiring managers. Your job is to take that over, raise the bar, and build the recruiting function that will carry us through our next stage of growth. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including meaningful time in-house at a high-growth startup
  • A track record of hiring across multiple functions, ideally both technical (engineering, product) and non-technical (sales, operations, G&A) roles
  • Experience building recruiting from scratch or near-scratch: selecting and implementing an ATS, designing interview processes, and setting up reporting
  • Strong direct-sourcing skills and comfort recruiting senior, passive candidates
  • Experience running structured interview processes and coaching hiring managers to use them well
  • Comfort with compensation conversations, offer construction, and closing, including explaining startup equity
More about this role

Founding Recruiter · New York, NY (Union Square, hybrid)/Remote · Full-time salary + equity

Dili builds software that helps construction and clean-energy companies manage complex prevailing wage, apprenticeship, and labor compliance requirements.

We started Dili because labor compliance is still handled through a mix of spreadsheets, PDFs, manual review, and institutional knowledge, despite determining whether some of the largest construction projects in the country are compliant.

Today, we’re a team of roughly 35 and growing quickly across all teams. We’re building the infrastructure to turn complex regulatory requirements into software that can be evaluated consistently, explained clearly, and audited.

We're a team of roughly 35, and we're about to grow quickly. We're hiring a Founding Recruiter to own hiring across every part of Dili: engineering, product, compliance, customer success, sales, and G&A.

This is the first dedicated recruiting hire at Dili. Today, hiring is run by the founders and hiring managers. Your job is to take that over, raise the bar, and build the recruiting function that will carry us through our next stage of growth.

This is a hands-on role. You'll run...

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