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title: 'Talent Lead at rebuild.work'
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# Talent Lead at rebuild.work

- **Company:** rebuild.work
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/rebuild-work/am9icG9zdDqasRcE8ELR0_nh15K7t9Jq

## Job description

## About Rebuild

America in the 21st Century has seen an increase in frequency and intensity of natural disasters. Communities are dramatically changed in the matter of a few hours, and its homeowners can be displaced from their homes for years.

Rebuild is an operating system for restoration contractors who specialize in mitigating damage to homes and rebuilding them after disasters hit. Disasters can take many forms. While catastrophic events likely come to mind immediately, smaller-scale damage (such as floods, fires, mold, etc.) can also be a nuisance and displace homeowners.

AI is empowering us to meet this moment. Our initial product enables contractors to generate insurance-compliant estimates in just a few minutes, allowing them to properly get reimbursed for the work they do, get to more jobs, and repair more homes. Previously this process could take weeks and would result in very low margins for the restorer.

This is just our first step towards improving the everyday efficiency of these contractors. Climate change estimates over $210 Billion dollars in damages to property, and Rebuild is tackling the massive opportunity to help restorers move more efficiently and accurately, starting with the estimate.

We raised our Series A in Q3 2026 from Asymmetric Capital Partners with follow-ons from our earlier investors, Gutter Capital and 25Madison.

## The Role

Rebuild is hiring a Talent Lead. This is a rare opportunity to build a company's hiring function from the ground up. You'll own full-lifecycle recruiting across every function, starting with two of our highest-priority pipelines: software engineering and account executives. As we grow, your scope will expand into additional functions across the company.

You'll report directly into leadership and have real influence over who joins Rebuild and how we present ourselves to candidates in a competitive market. You should be ready to contribute wherever necessary but here are the key highlights for the role:

- Own full-lifecycle recruiting: sourcing, screening, interview process design, offer negotiation, and closing across technical (software engineering) and go-to-market (account executive) roles, with more functions to follow
- Shape our Employer Value Proposition: define and articulate why top talent should join Rebuild, translating our mission and early traction into a compelling story for candidates
- Build hiring infrastructure from scratch: including interview processes, scorecards, and workflows that scale with the company as it grows post-Series A
- Partner closely with hiring managers and founders to deeply understand role requirements, calibrate on what "great" looks like, and move quickly without sacrificing quality
- Manage a multi-function pipeline simultaneously, balancing technical and GTM searches with different candidate pools, evaluation criteria, and sales cycles
- Champion candidate experience as an extension of the Rebuild brand, especially given you're often a candidate's first touchpoint with the company
- Scale the function when we hit the next inflection point of growth and be prepared to add resources to the Talent function

## Requirements for the position

- Experience across the full recruiting lifecycle, from sourcing through close
- Demonstrated ability to recruit for both technical and go-to-market roles — you don't need deep engineering expertise, but you're comfortable learning enough to evaluate and sell technical talent
- Ideally you have experience in a venture backed start-up and as an external search partner either in an agency or retained firm
- A track record of building or significantly shaping hiring processes, ideally at an early-stage or high-growth company
- Strong instincts for employer branding and EVP development — you know how to tell a company's story in a way that resonates with candidates
- Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward action — this is a build-it-yourself role at a young company
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; you'll work closely with founders and hiring managers, not just execute against a spec

Work Perks

- Interesting and challenging work solving a mission-critical problem
- Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance
- Flexibility to choose your own tools and onboard cutting edge tools
- Flexible Vacation
- You will work directly with the foundershttps://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-toporek/[Alex Toporek](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-toporek/) andhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/john-reim-56258364/[John Reim](https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-reim-56258364/)
- Compensation range for this position is $140-200K base annual cash salary plus equity
- The Rebuild team prides itself on our office culture at 221 Canal, and we have thoughtful programming, fun events, and continuous learning fireside chats on a regular basis

## Equal Opportunity Employer

At Rebuild, we aim to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to a better environment for our people and a better product for our clients. Rebuild is an equal-opportunity employer and encourages all applicants from every background and life experience to apply.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. Rebuild does not sponsor work visas or employment authorization. Only candidates with the legal right to work in the U.S. will be considered for this position.

## About rebuild.work

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Rebuild provides an AI-powered operating system for restoration contractors, starting with estimating software that converts days of work into minutes to accelerate disaster recovery.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Alex Toporek (Co-Founder & CEO), John Reim (Co-Founder, Head of Product)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Software Development, Property Restoration Technology
- **Target Customers**: Restoration contractors (B2B, SMB and enterprise restoration companies)
- **Mission Statement**: "Accelerate disaster recovery by streamlining the restoration process from initial assessment to project completion."

## Products & Services
- **[Rebuild Estimate]**: AI-powered estimating tool that generates insurance-compliant estimates in minutes (not hours or days) using machine learning. Type: SaaS. This helps contractors get more jobs approved by insurance carriers and get homeowners back in their homes faster.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Total Funding**: $2.1M (Seed round, raised January 2025)
- **Lead Investor**: Gutter Capital, 25madison
- **Key Metric**: 7 employees (as of mid-2026), with +233.3% year-over-year headcount growth
- **Growth Signals**: Founded in 2024 and already has active job postings for senior engineering, customer success, and sales roles; backed by notable early-stage investors; expanding into a major market (disaster restoration tech).

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-First, Niche Focus**: The only AI estimating tool built specifically for the restoration industry, which is underserved by modern software solutions.
- **Speed to Value**: Reduces estimate generation from days to minutes, directly enabling contractors to take on more jobs and increase revenue.
- **Insurance-Compliant**: Estimates are built to be accepted by insurance carriers, solving a major pain point in the restoration workflow.

## Strategic Focus
- **Platform Expansion**: Moving beyond estimating to build a comprehensive operating system for restoration contractors, covering the entire job lifecycle from assessment to completion.
- **Go-to-Market**: Scaling sales and customer success teams to onboard more contractors and penetrate the large, fragmented restoration market.
- **Product Development**: Deepening AI/ML capabilities to further automate and streamline restoration workflows.

## Why Work Here
- **High-Impact Mission**: Directly contribute to accelerating disaster recovery for communities affected by fires, floods, and other catastrophic events.
- **Early-Stage Growth**: Join a well-funded seed-stage startup with strong investor backing (Gutter Capital, 25madison) and significant growth trajectory (+233% headcount growth YoY).
- **Hybrid Work Culture**: Based in New York (HQ at 221 Canal), with a collaborative office culture that includes weekly team dinners and fireside chats alongside other Gutter Capital portfolio companies.
- **Strong Engineering Team**: Building with modern tech stack (React, TypeScript, Python, React Native) with a high ratio of technical staff (4 out of 7 employees are technical).
- **Proximity to Talent & Investors**: Located in the NYC tech ecosystem, with alumni from Meta, Nasdaq, and other top firms.

## Sources
1. [Rebuild Careers Page](https://www.rebuild.work/careers)
2. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/rebuild-work)
3. [Built In Company Profile](https://builtin.com/company/rebuild-1)
4. [Tracxn Company Profile](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/rebuild/__j9SJTAP4TrVJgB2qoFarvDQaUK9TgGxzDt3JSfQ_uMo)
5. [The Org Profile](https://theorg.com/org/rebuild)

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