--- title: 'GTM / Business Recruiter at Cylake, Inc' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/gtm-business-recruiter-cylake-inc-sunnyvale-zwgrhqv4h0p3' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # GTM / Business Recruiter at Cylake, Inc - **Company:** Cylake, Inc - **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-08-03 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cylake-inc/ce430ef1-6715-4eb8-881c-9fc366a3cf54 ## Job description ## About the Role We're looking for our first Go-to-Market & Business Recruiter to build the commercial organization that will bring Cylake's products to market and into customer environments. As one of the earliest members of the People team, you'll partner directly with our founders and business leaders to attract and hire exceptional talent across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Business Operations, Finance, and other critical business functions. This is a hands-on, high-impact role for someone who thrives in early-stage environments and enjoys building from the ground up. You'll spend significant time identifying and engaging exceptional candidates, advising hiring managers, refining hiring strategies, and continuously improving how we recruit. We believe every early hire shapes the future of the company. We're looking for someone with exceptional judgment who knows how to identify talent that raises the bar—not only for functional expertise, but for ownership, curiosity, collaboration, and long-term potential. We're also looking for someone who embraces AI and emerging technologies to improve sourcing, automate repetitive work, generate insights, and create an outstanding candidate experience without sacrificing the personal relationships and ownership that great recruiting requires. ## What You'll Do Build Our Team - Own full-cycle recruiting for our Go-to-Market and business teams, with an initial emphasis on Sales. - Build proactive pipelines of exceptional talent through direct sourcing, networking, referrals, and creative market research. - Partner closely with founders and hiring managers to define hiring strategies, calibrate candidate quality, and refine role requirements as the business evolves. - Balance speed with thoughtful decision-making, recognizing that every early hire has a lasting impact on the company's trajectory. Build How We Hire - Establish scalable recruiting practices, workflows, and systems using Ashby and modern recruiting technologies. - Design interview processes that are structured, efficient, and deliver an exceptional candidate experience. - Train interviewers and hiring managers to evaluate candidates consistently and make high-quality hiring decisions. - Continuously improve recruiting through data, experimentation, and thoughtful use of AI-powered tools. Build Our Talent Brand - Deliver a candidate experience that reflects our values, ambition, and technical excellence. - Build lasting relationships with high-caliber talent, even when the timing isn't right for an immediate hire. - Help shape the company's reputation as a destination for exceptional commercial talent. ## What We're Looking For - 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in venture-backed startups or other high-growth technology companies. - A strong track record of hiring high-performing Go-to-Market talent, particularly in Sales and Customer Success. - Exceptional sourcing skills and a passion for proactively finding and engaging passive candidates. - Strong business judgment and the ability to influence hiring managers and leaders through thoughtful partnership. - Experience building recruiting processes and infrastructure—not simply executing existing ones. - A high degree of ownership, urgency, attention to detail, and accountability. - Excellent communication skills and the confidence to work directly across all levels within an organization. We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support our employees’ health, well-being, and long-term success. The expected salary range for this position is $170,000 – $220,000 per year. Within this range, individual pay is determined based on job-related factors including skills, experience, qualifications, and internal equity. Most candidates can expect an offer within the range listed above. Your recruiter will provide additional details on compensation and benefits to qualified candidates during the hiring process. We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive workplace where everyone can do their best work. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please let us know — we’re happy to support you. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship now or in the future. ## About Cylake, Inc ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Cylake is building a complete, AI-native, data-driven cybersecurity platform for the world’s largest and most regulated institutions, designed to operate on-premises or in private cloud environments. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage – $45M raised) - **Headquarters**: Sunnyvale, California, United States - **Founded**: 2026 - **Founders**: Nir Zuk, Wilson Xu, and Ehud (Udi) Shamir ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Cybersecurity (Computer and Network Security) - **Target customers**: Large, highly regulated institutions (e.g., in finance, government, critical infrastructure) that require data and operational sovereignty. - **Mission or purpose statement**: “To support organizations and enterprises that need sovereign, complete, and transparent agentic protection against cyberattacks” and “to bring cybersecurity back home for organizations that require complete sovereignty.” ## Products & Services - **[Cylake Platform]**: A complete, AI-native, data-driven cybersecurity platform built on a single data foundation. It combines hardware and software components to deliver deep analysis and agentic protection without relying on public cloud or public AI infrastructure. Currently under development with design partners, planned for general availability in early 2027. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private) - **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$45M** (Seed round, March 2026) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: **Greylock Partners** (lead investor); founding investor Asheem Chandna (Partner at Greylock) sits on the board. - **Growth Signals**: Rapid headcount growth (+23.5% monthly in early data); team of experienced security engineers and executives from Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne, and other leading security firms; already 5,793 LinkedIn followers with 12.8% monthly growth. ## Competitive Advantages - **Founding team**: Co-founded by Nir Zuk (former CEO/Chairman of Palo Alto Networks), along with seasoned security architects. - **Data sovereignty**: Platform operates entirely on-premises or in private cloud, avoiding reliance on public cloud infrastructure – a critical requirement for regulated industries. - **Single data lake**: All security data unified into one data store, enabling complete visibility and agentic automation. - **Strong investor backing**: $45M seed from top-tier VC Greylock Partners signals confidence and resources. ## Strategic Focus - Complete platform development (hardware + software + applied AI) with design partners. - Targeting general availability in early 2027. - Building an in-office engineering culture centered on long-term architecture, intense collaboration, and deep technical craftsmanship. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: “Human intelligence first” with a focus on creative thinking, open communication, and pride in work. In-office approach at Sunnyvale HQ (525 Almanor Ave). - **Team**: Small (10 employees) but highly experienced – a chance to work alongside former executives and engineers from top security companies. - **Impact**: Early-stage opportunity to build a foundational cybersecurity platform from the ground up. - **Engineering focus**: Roles span hardware, software, data, and applied AI. Openings include Security Researcher, Endpoint Engineer, Backend Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Frontend UI Engineer, and Product Manager. - **Perks**: Not explicitly listed; note: no external recruiting agency accepts candidates. ## Sources 1. [cylake.com](https://cylake.com/about-us/) 2. [linkedin.com/company/cylake-ai](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cylake-ai/jobs) 3. 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