Baseten

GTM Recruiter at Baseten (New York, NY)

Baseten· New York, NY· $160k–$200k·

Role details

Salary
$160k–$200k
Work type
Hybrid
Employment
Full-Time
Equity
Yes
Skills
Full-cycle recruitingSourcingRecruiting metrics analysisStartup recruiting experience
Benefits

Equity · Medical Insurance · Dental Insurance · Vision Insurance · Flexible PTO · Paid Parental Leave · Fertility And Family-Building Stipend · 401(K)

Baseten at a glance

AI inference platform for deploying, optimizing, and running machine learning models in production at scale.

Baseten runs trained AI models in production for other companies, handling the GPUs, autoscaling, runtime, and performance tuning so engineering teams get a fast, reliable API without operating the infrastructure themselves. It supports open source, custom, and fine tuned models across managed cloud, hybrid, and self hosted deployments.

$2B+ raised · latest: Series F · $1.5B · June 2026 (valuations of $13B and $11B across two tranches) · backed by Altimeter Capital, Conviction, Spark Capital, Sands Capital

Summary

Baseten is seeking an experienced Recruiter to build and scale the go-to-market recruiting function from the ground up. The role involves full-cycle recruiting for the Sales team, sourcing strategies, and optimizing recruiting processes to support the growth of AI infrastructure companies.

Job description

ABOUT BASETEN

Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma, and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F baseten.co/, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to ship AI products.

THE ROLE

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Recruiter to help us grow our team. You will focus on hiring across our Sales team, collaborating closely with hiring managers and Sales leadership. This is a unique opportunity to build and scale the go-to-market recruiting function from the ground up—shaping strategies, processes, and candidate experience as we grow. Every hire you bring on board will play a direct role in building the future of ML infrastructure at Baseten.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Full-cycle recruiting: Own the hiring goals and recruiting process, from role kickoff through offer acceptance
  • Sourcing excellence: Work closely with hiring managers to define what "excellent" looks like for a given role. Develop and execute sourcing strategies to build pipelines of highly qualified candidates, leveraging tools and creative outreach.
  • Candidate experience: Ensure a smooth experience for every candidate, with clear communication and timely updates throughout the process
  • Process improvements: Continuously refine and scale recruiting processes to increase efficiency, reduce time-to-fill, and improve quality of hire
  • Data-driven insights: Track and analyze recruiting metrics (e.g., pipeline health, time-to-fill, conversion rates, acceptance rates) to inform strategies

REQUIREMENTS

  • 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, preferably in a rapidly growing startup environment with big headcount goals
  • Proven success sourcing great candidates for Sales teams
  • Strong willingness to take ownership of a team's hiring goals and proactively drive recruiting process improvements to achieve those goals
  • Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple searches and priorities simultaneously
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

BENEFITS

  • Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity
  • 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
  • Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
  • Paid parental leave
  • Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
  • Company-facilitated 401(k)
  • Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

Apply now to embark on a rewarding journey in shaping the future of AI! If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.

At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, where applicable).

Why work at Baseten

  • Hard Technical Problems: Engineers work on the most challenging problems in modern infrastructure—model serving, low-level GPU optimization, networking, distributed systems, and observability. This is a high-agency, high-impact engineering environment.
  • High Growth Trajectory: The company is experiencing explosive growth (224% headcount increase, active hiring). This offers significant career acceleration and ownership opportunities.
  • Strong Engineering Culture: Founded by engineers, for engineers. The culture emphasizes "first-principles thinking across the entire stack" and a "customer-obsessed" mindset. The employer rating on compensation, culture, and work-life balance is rated highly (5.0).
  • Top-Tier Team & Investors: The team has strong talent density with hires from Meta, Stripe, Google, NVIDIA, and Databricks. Being backed by top-tier VCs provides stability and a clear long-term vision.
  • Hybrid/In-Office: Based in San Francisco with a strong in-person or hybrid culture common for fast-moving infrastructure startups.

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