About the role
About Us
SilkTalent is a stealth, YC + SoftBank-backed startup changing how high-growth companies hire. We’re already profitable, and revenue has doubled every month since launch. Our team has built and scaled products at Meta, Amazon, Instacart, Twitter, Microsoft, and Squarespace, and studied at Harvard, Stanford, and Yale. We pair great recruiters with our own AI — so the best people in this industry can do more of what they’re great at, earn more doing it, and own a piece of what we’re building.
Why This Role
This isn’t a marketplace where you race nine strangers for one fee, and it’s not another agency seat. Every role you work is exclusive. Every client you bring is yours — and you get a cut of the revenue it generates. Our AI takes the repetitive work off your plate, so you can run more searches at higher quality and spend your time where great recruiters actually win: relationships, judgment, and closing. We’re looking for the recruiter who wants to help build this firm from day one.
What You Get
- A guaranteed, competitive base salary. A strong base that gets paid no matter what, plus uncapped performance pay on top. No more zero-income quarters.
- Exclusivity on every role. You’ll never compete with other recruiters on a search. If you work it, it’s yours.
- A generous share of the revenue you bring in. When you introduce a client, you earn a cut of the revenue from that account — on top of what you make on placements.
- Founding-level equity. Real ownership in the company you’re helping build.
What You’ll Own
- Bring in and own client accounts: your network, your relationships, your book
- Run full-cycle searches for hard-to-fill technical roles at fast growing, VC backed startups — with AI doing the heavy lifting on sourcing, outreach, and scheduling
