Emerging Talent Recruiter
At a glance
Mid-level Recruiting & Talent Acquisition role at Serval. San Francisco · full-time · $100,000–$175,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Build the internship and new-graduate hiring program, then grow it into a reliable early-career talent source
- Develop recruiting relationships with universities, career offices and student groups to reach students
- Run intern and new-grad searches from outreach through offer, keeping the candidate process timely and strong
- Work with leaders to project hiring needs and connect recruiting plans to team priorities
- Set up recruiting workflows and measures, then use results to improve the process
What you bring
- At least four years in recruiting, including two or more years focused on university or early-career hiring in a high-growth setting
- A record of creating or expanding internship or university-graduate programs and demonstrating results
- You can build productive relationships with universities and external recruiting partners
- You can work independently across multiple hiring cycles and use data to guide choices
Who this fits
This role suits a recruiter who wants to build an emerging-talent program from the ground up and own intern and new-grad hiring. It is an onsite, full-time role in San Francisco.
From the employer
Who We Are
Serval is an AI-native automation platform transforming how enterprises operate. We build intelligent agents that understand real-world workflows and execute them end-to-end — replacing manual processes and rigid legacy systems with adaptive, learning software. Founded in early 2024, Serval is already trusted by companies like Fox, Notion, Perplexity, Vercel, and Brex to automate high-volume, high-friction operational work across their organizations.
At the core of Serval is an agentic AI platform that turns natural language into production-grade workflows. Our agents don’t just respond to requests — they reason, take action across systems, and continuously improve with usage. What began with operational use cases has quickly evolved into a horizontal AI automation layer used across IT, HR, Finance, Security, Legal, and Engineering.
Our mission is to eliminate repetitive, manual work across the enterprise and give teams leverage through intelligent automation. Long term, we’re building the universal AI operations layer — a system of agents that sits across business functions and runs the workflows that keep modern companies moving.
We’re backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Meritech, First Round, General Catalyst, Elad Gil, and others.
Role Overview
As Serval’s first Emerging Talent Recruiter, you’ll build and scale our emerging talent program from the ground up—creating a durable pipeline of early-in-career talent that fuels our mission to reinvent enterprise automation with AI. You’ll design and execute a university and early talent strategy that connects Serval to top students, student groups, and campus communities, translating our ambitious vision into opportunities for the next generation of builders. This is a high-impact, builder role for someone who thrives on ownership, velocity, and turning relationships into long-term talent engines.
What You’ll Do
Stand up and scale Serval’s emerging talent program across internships and new grad hiring.
Build strong partnerships with universities, career centers, and student organizations to create a steady pipeline of high-caliber early-career talent.
Own full-cycle recruiting for interns and new grads, delivering a fast, high-quality candidate experience.
Partner with leaders to forecast needs and align hiring with company priorities.
Establish clear processes, tools, and metrics to track performance and continuously improve outcomes.
What You’ll Need
4+ years of recruiting experience, including 2+ years in university or early career recruiting in a high-growth environment.
Proven experience building or scaling internship or university grad programs with measurable results.
Strong relationship-building skills with universities and external partners.
Ability to operate independently, manage multiple hiring cycles, and use data to drive decisions.
Clear, compelling communicator who can represent Serval’s AI-driven mission to early-career talent.
Nice to Have
Experience recruiting technical talent (engineering, product, data).
Background at an early-stage or venture-backed startup.
Experience running campus events, hackathons, or technical programs.
What We Offer
Impact: Be a key player in shaping the success of our product and company.
Growth: Build a fundamentally new AI product offering with the support of our experienced team and investors. Grow rapidly with the company.
Culture: Join a culture that values innovation, ownership, accountability, and fun.