--- title: 'Technical Recruiter at Hyperbolic Labs' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/technical-recruiter-hyperbolic-labs-san-francisco-cp924msh9gm4' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-27' --- # Technical Recruiter at Hyperbolic Labs - **Company:** Hyperbolic Labs - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-10-27 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-27 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hyperbolic/a2737c3b-3e10-4261-bbfc-6e053430da97 ## Job description ## Who We Are Hyperbolic Labs is on a mission to democratize AI by breaking down the barriers to computing power with our Open-Access AI Cloud. By making better use of idle computing resources across the globe, we offer an innovative GPU marketplace and AI inference service that promise affordability and accessibility for all. As pioneers at the intersection of AI and open-source technology, we believe in an open future where AI innovation is limited only by imagination, not by access to resources. We're looking for forward-thinking individuals who share our passion for making AI universally accessible, secure, and affordable. Join us in building a platform that empowers innovators everywhere to turn their visionary AI projects into reality. ## About the Role We're scaling from roughly 30 to 70–100 people over the next 6–12 months, and most of those hires are engineers. As our Technical Recruiter, you'll own full-cycle searches for infrastructure, distributed systems, AI/ML and GPU cloud roles. You'll report to our Head of Talent and partner directly with founders and engineering leaders. This is a hands-on role: you'll spend most of your time sourcing, engaging and closing great technical talent, and you'll help shape the recruiting engine as we build it. ## What You Will Do - Own full-cycle recruiting for engineering and technical roles, from intake to signed offer. - Run intake meetings with hiring managers to define role requirements, candidate profiles and search strategy. - Proactively source passive candidates across LinkedIn, GitHub, open-source communities, research papers, conferences and referrals. - Write compelling outreach and pitch Hyperbolic's mission and technical challenges to senior engineers. - Screen candidates for technical fit, motivation and culture add, and keep hiring managers calibrated on the market. - Coordinate structured interview loops, gather scorecard feedback and drive timely hiring decisions. - Manage offers and closing, partnering with the Head of Talent on leveling and compensation. - Deliver a fast, thoughtful candidate experience at every stage. - Keep pipeline data clean in our ATS (Ashby) and report on funnel health, time-to-hire and source effectiveness. - Help build employer brand in the AI and infrastructure community through events, content and referrals. ## Who You Are - 5+ years of technical recruiting experience, ideally including time at a high-growth startup or tech company. - A track record of hiring engineers in infrastructure, distributed systems, cloud, AI/ML or developer tools. - A strong, creative sourcer who enjoys finding and engaging passive talent. - Enough technical fluency to hold credible conversations with senior engineers and understand what makes them great. - Skilled at managing a full requisition load while keeping hiring managers aligned and moving quickly. - Data-minded: you use funnel metrics and market intel to adjust your approach. - Excellent written and verbal communication, with a talent for selling a mission. - Comfortable with ambiguity, high ownership and building process while you execute. ## Preferred Qualifications - Experience recruiting at an AI lab, neocloud, hyperscaler, GPU cloud or infrastructure company. - Early recruiting hire at a venture-backed startup. - An existing network across AI, ML and infrastructure engineering talent. - Hands-on experience with Ashby or a similar modern ATS, plus sourcing tools and AI-assisted search. - Familiarity with open-source communities. Hyperbolic is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. ## About Hyperbolic Labs ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Hyperbolic provides an open-access cloud platform offering affordable, on-demand GPU compute and AI inference services for developers, researchers, and AI teams. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (also listed as Irvine, California, per CB Insights) [LinkedIn], [CB Insights] - **Founded**: 2022 [CB Insights] - **Founders**: Jasper Zhang (CEO) and Yuchen Jin (CTO, departed April 2026) [hyperbolic.ai/about], [LinkedIn] ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: AI Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, GPU-as-a-Service - **Target customers**: B2B – AI startups, ML engineers, academic researchers, enterprise AI teams, and individual developers. - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Build the world's most accessible and comprehensive AI platform, empowering developers with affordable, seamless access to meet all their AI needs in one unified platform.” [hyperbolic.ai/about] ## Products & Services - **On-Demand GPU Clusters**: Rent H100/H200 GPUs in under one minute with no sales calls or quota limits. Pay-as-you-go, scale up/down as needed. [hyperbolic.ai] - **Reserved Clusters**: Guaranteed, isolated capacity for long-term workloads at discounted prepaid pricing. Ideal for 24/7 inference or large training jobs. [hyperbolic.ai] - **Dedicated Endpoints**: Single-tenant GPU instances with private endpoints for high-throughput inference (100K+ tokens/min) and full control. Hourly pricing. [hyperbolic.ai] - **Serverless Inference API**: OpenAI-compatible API to run models like Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek, SDXL, Flux, etc. Swap base URL and key with minimal code changes. [hyperbolic.ai] - **AI Consulting Services**: Engineering support for setup, scaling, sharding, and debugging across training, fine-tuning, and inference. [hyperbolic.ai] ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Total Funding**: $19.73M (Series A: $12M in December 2024; Seed: $7M in July 2024; additional earlier rounds) [LinkedIn], [CB Insights] - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Variant, Polychain Capital, Chapter One, Faction, Bankless Ventures, Blockchain Builders Fund, and 29+ others. [CB Insights] - **Growth Signals**: 200,000+ builders on the platform; claims 3–10x less expensive than inference competitors; presence in 5 countries (US, Singapore, Vietnam, France, South Korea). [hyperbolic.ai], [LinkedIn] - **Key Metric**: Total funding $19.73M; no public revenue data. ## Competitive Advantages - **Cost leadership**: 3–10x cheaper than competing inference providers, with no hidden fees or long-term commitments. [hyperbolic.ai] - **Zero quota limits**: No artificial caps on GPU usage – provision instantly. [hyperbolic.ai] - **Unique model support**: Only platform serving Llama-3.1-405B-Base in BF16 (high-precision) and FP8 (ultra-fast inference). Endorsed by Andrej Karpathy. [hyperbolic.ai] - **Open-access ethos**: Focus on democratizing compute by aggregating underutilized GPUs (consumer-grade and data center), enabling AI development without vendor lock-in. [hyperbolic.ai/about] - **Speed**: Deploy a cluster in under one minute; pay with credit card or crypto. [hyperbolic.ai] ## Strategic Focus - **Scalability & automation**: Building the most automated platform to eliminate sales calls and friction. [hyperbolic.ai/about] - **Open ecosystem**: Partnering with top research labs, institutions, and major AI/ML teams to advance open-source AI and open-access compute. [hyperbolic.ai/about] - **Expanding model variety**: Continuously adding new state-of-the-art models and inference optimizations. [hyperbolic.ai] ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Emphasizes “open access, collaboration, innovation, and automation.” Founding story rooted in removing barriers for developers and researchers. [hyperbolic.ai/about] - **Team**: Small (17 employees as of mid-2026), with a flat structure and hands-on roles. Engineering-centric (5 technical staff) plus growing GTM and product teams. [LinkedIn] - **Remote/Hybrid**: HQ in San Francisco; employees across 5 countries – likely offers remote flexibility, though policy not explicitly stated. [LinkedIn] - **Notable perks**: Work on cutting-edge AI infrastructure; direct impact on product; collaboration with top AI labs; use of latest GPUs (H100/H200). [hyperbolic.ai/about] - **Caution**: Recent high-profile departures (co-founder/CTO Yuchen Jin, Head of Business Operations, and a founding AI engineer in April 2026) – candidates should investigate stability and leadership continuity. [LinkedIn] ## Sources 1. [Hyperbolic – Official Website](https://www.hyperbolic.ai/) 2. [Hyperbolic – About Page](https://www.hyperbolic.ai/about) 3. [Hyperbolic – LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hyperbolic-labs) 4. [Hyperbolic Labs – CB Insights Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/hyperbolic-labs) 5. 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