Early Career Recruiter
San Jose, CAFull-timePosted todayStill listed today
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Job overview
Etched is hiring an Early Career Recruiter to own its internship program across technical and non-technical teams. The role covers recruiting strategy, candidate pipelines, intern programming, and return offers, with reporting to the Head of Talent and company executives. The team works fully in person in San Jose. The posting prefers experience with campus recruiting or internship programs, familiarity with AI or semiconductor talent, and a strong technical background.
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Full job description
About Etched Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency across both prefill and decode workloads. Our first products are heavily focused on inference. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history.
Job Summary We’re hiring someone to own Etched’s internship program end to end, across every technical and non-technical team. You’ll decide where we recruit, who we hire, what their summer looks like, and how many come back. You will be reporting directly to the Head of Talent and other executives at the company.
What You’ll Do
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Own the internship program end to end: headcount planning, sourcing, screening, interviews, offers, onboarding, and return offers
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Hire interns across every team, from RTL and firmware to GTM and finance
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Run high-volume pipelines without lowering the bar
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Design intern programming that makes interns want to come back
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Track conversion, offer acceptance, and return-offer rates
You may be a good fit if you
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Have built something from zero and can point to the results
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Judge talent by what people have done, not their credentials
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Can explain to a sophomore why transformer-specific silicon matters
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Can run hundreds of candidates in parallel without letting any of them wait
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Thrive in ambiguity and care deeply about candidate experience
Nice-to-have
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Experience running campus recruiting or an internship program
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Familiarity with the AI or semiconductor talent landscape
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Strong technical background (engineering, CS, or hands-on technical work)
Benefits
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Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
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$500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
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Housing subsidy of $2.5k per month for those living within walking distance of the office
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Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
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Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
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Daily lunch + dinner in our office
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Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
How we’re different Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson. We are the first inference-focused frontier AI system. Our addressable market is the entirety of inference, unlike many of our competitors.
We are a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row), and greatly value engineering skills. We do not have boundaries between engineering and research, and we expect all of our technical staff to contribute to both and work across disciplines as needed.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,798 open Recruiting jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$128–178K/yr164 salary ranges
- California median$25–29/hr46 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 280 open Recruiting jobs in California and 1,798 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- Recruiting postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (1,127 postings).
- Education
- 378 of the 1,798 open Recruiting jobs (21%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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