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# Recruiter at Phonely

- **Company:** Phonely
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/phonely/72f1511a-a993-4960-a792-6d149ef94010

## Job description

At some point in the future, every business will answer their phone with voice AI. We are building the platform that makes it possible.

Phonely builds conversational voice AI agents for high volume phone workflows. Our customers use us to qualify leads, book appointments, route calls, and resolve real customer conversations in production. We are growing fast and just getting started, and the team you help us build is what makes that possible.

## About the Role

We’re hiring a recruiter to help us find and win great people. This is a sourcing-heavy, outbound-first role: you’ll live in the top of the funnel, hunting for talent and getting them excited about Phonely. It’s a ground-floor seat at a fast-moving startup, which means you’ll learn a ton quickly, get real ownership from day one, and have room to grow into recruiting, marketing, or wherever your interests take you across GTM. If you want to wear multiple hats and figure out what you’re great at, this is the spot.

## What you’ll do

- Source top candidates across roles through outbound outreach and creative channels
- Build and run outbound pipelines to keep our funnel full and moving
- Partner with hiring managers to understand what great looks like for each role
- Own a great candidate experience from first message to offer
- Track and manage candidates through our ATS (Ashby)
- Help sharpen our sourcing playbooks and outreach as we scale
- Pitch in across GTM as you grow, recruiting, marketing, and beyond

## What you’ll bring

- 1 year of experience or less, we’re hiring for hunger and potential, not resume length
- Any outbound experience is a big plus (BDR, SDR, recruiting, or any role with cold outreach)
- Genuine excitement for talking to people and tracking down great talent
- A bias for action and comfort with a fast, ambiguous startup pace
- Curiosity about GTM broadly and a desire to grow into it

## Nice to have

- Experience with an ATS or CRM
- A track record of hitting outbound targets in a prior role

## Why join Phonely

We are a team of ex-athletes, founders, and builders with low egos and high standards. We take the work seriously without taking ourselves too seriously. On-site in San Francisco, meals covered, and meaningful equity in a company that is growing fast. You will work directly with the founders and have real ownership over how we grow the team.

## Compensation & logistics

- Location: San Francisco, on-site 5 days/week
- Salary: $70K-$80K base
- Commission on top of base
- Offers equity
- Health, dental, and 401k with 4% match
- Meals covered + wellness stipend + annual offsites in cool places

Interview process

1. 15-min intro call to evaluate fit
2. Sourcing/outreach exercise so we can see how you work
3. Final conversation with leadership

## About Phonely

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Phonely provides lifelike AI voice agents that answer business phone calls, manage chats and SMS, and automate customer interactions across channels.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: San Jose, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed (CEO: William Bodewes)

## Core Business
- **Industry**: Voice AI / Customer Communication Automation
- **Target Customers**: B2B – SMBs to Fortune 500 enterprises; verticals include healthcare, home services, legal, insurance, real estate, e‑commerce, and contact centers.
- **Mission**: *“Building technology that lets businesses provide better support to their customers, lets doctors see more patients, and lets the rest of us never get put on hold again.”* [phonely.ai/about](https://www.phonely.ai/about)

## Products & Services
- **Phonely AI Receptionist**: Natural, human‑like voice agent that handles inbound calls – appointment scheduling, lead qualification, routing, payments, follow‑up, and outbound outreach. Supports 100+ languages and voice cloning. [phonely.ai](https://www.phonely.ai/)
- **Omnichannel Platform**: Extends AI agents to phone, live chat, SMS, and API – delivering consistent experiences across channels.
- **Analytics & Optimization**: Call recording, transcription, AI‑powered insights, and performance dashboards to continuously improve conversations.
- **Custom Workflows**: Configurable conversation flows, scripts, tone, routing logic, and escalation paths. Integrates with CRMs, scheduling software, and other business tools.
- **Compliance & Security**: SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, PCI compliant – built for regulated, high‑stakes conversations.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Raised **$16.5 M** in total funding (Series A of $16 M closed in 2026). [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/phonely)
- **Notable Investors**: Y Combinator, Base10 Partners, Etech, EngageCX, TSA Telco Group (over 10 investors total).
- **Growth Signals**:
  - **10,000+** businesses using the platform
  - **100,000+** calls per day processed
  - **70%** reduction in operational costs reported by customers
  - **70%** of businesses set up in less than 5 minutes
  - Trusted by Fortune 500 companies and backed by leading accelerator Y Combinator.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Lifelike AI**: Voice agents built by PhD researchers with natural turn‑taking, emotion handling, and voice cloning that sounds human.
- **Omnichannel Unity**: One platform for phone, chat, SMS, and API – not just voice.
- **Enterprise‑Grade Compliance**: Supports HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA, and PCI out of the box – critical for healthcare, legal, and finance.
- **Rapid Deployment**: 70% of businesses go live in under 5 minutes; enterprise gets dedicated setup teams.
- **Deep Integrations**: Pre‑built connectors to CRMs, scheduling tools, and payment systems – zero human intervention possible.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale AI‑First Customer Communication**: Expand the platform’s capability to handle millions of calls while maintaining quality and compliance.
- **Vertical Expansion**: Deepen workflows for high‑regulation industries (healthcare, legal, insurance).
- **Community & Partner Ecosystem**: Host webinars, roundtables, and a Slack community to share playbooks and foster customer success.
- **Continuous Optimization**: Use analytics and machine learning to make every agent smarter and every call more effective.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values include *customer obsession*, *intensity* (fast shipping and iteration), *attention to detail*, and *trust* (building for regulated environments).
- **Team**: Composed of AI researchers, engineers, operators, and customer‑obsessed builders – described as “people who know voice AI is hard.”
- **Impact**: Work on a platform that handles 100K+ daily calls for 10K+ businesses, from small clinics to Fortune 500 enterprises.
- **Growth**: Join an early‑stage (Series A) company backed by Y Combinator, with significant runway and customer traction.
- **Work Model**: Not explicitly stated as remote or hybrid; HQ in San Jose, CA. Careers page lists open positions.
- **Perks**: Opportunity to shape the future of voice AI, work with PhD researchers, and build at the intersection of AI and real‑world customer communication.

## Sources
1. [Phonely AI – Product & Company Overview](https://www.phonely.ai/)
2. [Phonely About Page – Mission & Team](https://www.phonely.ai/about)
3. [Phonely Careers Page](https://www.phonely.ai/careers)
4. [CB Insights – Funding, Investors, HQ Details](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/phonely)

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