Role Description We are looking for an experienced and proactive Recruiter to support hiring across Engineering, Cybersecurity, and AI roles. In this role, you will work directly with the founder and take ownership of end-to-end recruitment processes—from sourcing and outreach to candidate management and interview coordination. This is a fast-paced, relationship-driven environment where strong sourcing skills, technical recruitment experience, and excellent communication are highly valued. You will play a key role in identifying exceptional talent, managing pipelines efficiently, and delivering a high-quality experience for both candidates and clients. Key Responsibilities: - Manage end-to-end recruitment across Engineering, Cybersecurity, and AI roles - Source candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, Boolean search, and direct outreach - Build and maintain strong pipelines of active and passive candidates - Conduct candidate screening, interviews, and shortlisting processes - Write and post compelling and accurate job advertisements - Coordinate interviews and maintain smooth communication throughout the hiring process - Ensure a positive and professional candidate experience - Communicate clearly and effectively with both candidates and clients - Build long-term relationships with passive candidates for future opportunities - Manage recruitment workflows and ATS systems efficiently - Support the founder with talent mapping and market research - Provide market insights and hiring intelligence when needed - Maintain organized recruitment pipelines and candidate records Qualifications - 3+ years of recruitment experience, ideally within Engineering, IT, Cybersecurity, or technical hiring - Strong sourcing and headhunting skills using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, and direct outreach - Experience placing technical roles with a good understanding of the candidate market - Excellent written and verbal English communication skills - Highly organized and capable of managing multiple roles independently - Familiarity with ATS platforms and recruitment workflows - Comfortable working closely with a founder in a fast-moving and lean environment Requirements - Experience working within retained or contingent search firms (Nice to Have) - Exposure to Security, AI, or deep-tech talent markets (Nice to Have) - Experience supporting US-based or international clients (Nice to Have) Work Arrangement & Expectations This is a remote role that will be set up as an independent contractor engagement. To ensure alignment and transparency, successful candidates will be expected to: - Disclose any existing ongoing roles or client work - Reflect this engagement on their LinkedIn profile (clearly marked as “Independent Contractor”)

Role Description Swarm Aero is redefining air power, building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. We are hiring a Technical Sourcer to build and drive the top-of-funnel pipeline for our software engineering and product hiring lanes. You will work directly with our Technical Recruiter as a dedicated sourcing partner, owning candidate identification, outreach, and initial qualification. This is a high-output, high-craft role. You are the person who finds candidates nobody else finds, writes outreach nobody else would write, and builds pipelines that hold up under pressure. This is a fully remote position with occasional travel to our headquarters in Oxnard, CA. What You Will Own - Pipeline Development - Build and maintain active candidate pipelines for software engineering roles across autonomy, full-stack, embedded, and forward-deployed disciplines. - Source product management and product design candidates with backgrounds in C2, mission software, robotics, or defense-adjacent hardware-software products. - Develop Boolean search strings, LinkedIn Recruiter projects, GitHub profiles, conference speaker lists, and other non-obvious sourcing surfaces to reach passive candidates. - Identify talent clusters within defense primes, national labs, aerospace companies, robotics startups, and hyperscalers with relevant systems depth. - Outreach and Engagement - Write and send personalized outreach that reflects Swarm Aero's mission and the specificity of the role, not templated copy-paste. - Own A/B testing of messaging, subject lines, and outreach sequences to continuously improve response rates. - Conduct initial screens to assess interest, eligibility, and basic technical fit before passing candidates to the Technical Recruiter. - Maintain accurate and timely candidate records in Ashby, including outreach history, response rates, and disposition notes. - Sourcing Intelligence - Track and report on pipeline metrics weekly: contacts made, response rates, screens completed, and candidates advanced. - Surface market intelligence on talent availability, compensation expectations, and competitive movement in the defense tech and autonomy software space. - Contribute to target company lists, sourcing playbooks, and Boolean string libraries for use across the TA team. Qualifications - 3+ years of technical sourcing experience, with demonstrated success building passive candidate pipelines for software engineering roles. - Deep fluency with LinkedIn Recruiter and at least one additional sourcing surface (GitHub, X/Twitter, conference databases, niche communities). - Strong Boolean search skills and the ability to construct targeted searches for roles with narrow technical profiles. - Excellent written communication; your outreach messages are specific, brief, and worth responding to. - High attention to detail in ATS hygiene and pipeline tracking. - Self-directed and comfortable operating with minimal oversight in a fast-moving environment. Requirements - Experience sourcing for defense tech, aerospace, robotics, or dual-use software companies. - Familiarity with sourcing engineers who hold or could obtain security clearances. - Experience sourcing product managers or designers in technically complex environments. - Prior use of Ashby ATS. - Demonstrated ability to build sourcing playbooks or target company lists from scratch. Benefits - Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company. - Competitive base salary commensurate with experience. - Medical, dental, vision, and 401k. - PTO and paid sick leave. - Monthly wellness stipend. - Daily catered lunch (office). - Paid parental leave. - Direct impact on a critical national security mission. - A world-class team of engineers and operators solving genuinely hard problems.

• Own full-cycle recruiting across Product, Engineering, Design, and Research • Partner with hiring managers to define success profiles, interview loops, and hiring strategy • Build and maintain high-quality pipelines through sourcing, networking, referrals, and creative outreach • Develop conviction around candidate quality through structured assessment and evidence-based evaluation • Create exceptional candidate experiences from first conversation through close • Improve recruiting systems, processes, and tooling to increase hiring quality and efficiency • Partner with leadership on workforce planning and future hiring needs • Continuously refine how Roboflow attracts, evaluates, and hires technical talent • Take ownership of recruiting initiatives and strategic projects aligned with your experience and strengths

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for Hardware and aerospace-focused roles • Partner closely with hiring managers to define role requirements • Proactively identify and engage high-caliber candidates • Conduct candidate screenings and interviews • Guide hiring managers through the recruiting process • Coordinate and manage interview processes • Use recruiting data to inform hiring strategies • Manage offer processes including compensation discussions • Partner with People Operations for onboarding