Technical Recruiter– Healthcare AI
Ellipsis Health · San Francisco, CA
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- On site
- Internship
- $130,000 / year
- San Francisco, CA
Job highlights
- Lead technical hiring for AI healthcare startup.
- Own full recruitment lifecycle.
- Partner with hiring managers.
- Improve hiring processes and candidate experience.
- Build talent pipelines and employer brand.
About the role
Technical Recruiter – Healthcare AI
Ellipsis Health is redefining how care teams engage and support patients through voice-based artificial intelligence. Our Voice AI Care Manager, Sage, delivers empathetic, real-time conversations that help health plans and care management teams scale outreach, reduce operational bottlenecks, and improve member experience and outcomes.
Built on a foundation of more than 3 million real clinical conversations, Ellipsis Health’s proprietary vocal biomarker technology enables Sage to understand not just what is said—but how it is said—bringing emotional intelligence into care at scale. Today, Ellipsis Health partners with leading health plans, PBMs, provider, pharma, care management organizations, and healthcare innovators to support engagement across a variety of care management and patient engagement use cases.
Backed by top investors including CVS Health/Aetna, Salesforce Ventures, and Khosla Ventures, Ellipsis Health is entering its next phase of growth—expanding market presence, deepening enterprise partnerships, and defining the category for empathetic voice AI in healthcare.
About The Role
We are looking for a strong, proactive Technical Recruiter to lead hiring across our engineering, product, data, and technical operations teams. This person will own the full recruiting lifecycle, help us build a high-quality and efficient hiring process, and serve as a trusted partner to hiring managers across the company.
This role is ideal for someone who is excited to work inside a fast-moving startup environment and wants to build recruiting as a true strategic function. We are looking for someone who can drive searches independently, improve recruiting operations, deliver a great candidate experience, and help us scale thoughtfully as we grow.
Key Responsibilities
- Own full-cycle recruiting for technical and other business-critical roles, from kickoff through close.
- Partner closely with hiring managers to understand role requirements, calibrate profiles, and build effective search strategies.
- Source, engage, and manage high-quality candidates across engineering, product, data, design, and other priority functions.
- Run structured and efficient recruiting processes, including intake meetings, screening, interview coordination, candidate communication, and offer support.
- Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
- Improve the quality, consistency, and speed of our hiring processes.
- Help hiring managers define interview plans, scorecards, and evaluation criteria.
- Ensure an excellent candidate experience from first touch through final decision.
- Track recruiting funnel metrics and use data to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement.
- Partner with leadership on headcount planning, prioritization, and hiring strategy.
- Help strengthen our employer brand and represent the company effectively to candidates.
- Reduce dependence on external agencies by building strong internal recruiting capabilities.
- Support recruiting operations, ATS hygiene, process documentation, and continuous improvement across the hiring function.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, QA, or SDET leadership roles, including experience managing high-performing QA teams
- 4+ years of recruiting experience, with significant experience hiring for technical roles.
- Experience owning full-cycle recruiting in a startup or high-growth environment.
- Strong track record of sourcing and closing candidates across engineering, product, data, or other technical functions.
- Ability to build trust with hiring managers and provide thoughtful guidance throughout the hiring process.
- Strong interviewing, screening, and candidate assessment skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Clear and professional written and verbal communication.
- Ability to manage multiple searches and shifting priorities at once.
- Strong judgment, follow-through, and a high level of ownership.
- Experience using an ATS and recruiting tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing platforms.
Nice to Have
- Experience in healthcare technology, digital health, or regulated software environments.
- Experience recruiting for AI, machine learning, data, healthcare technology, or enterprise SaaS roles.
- Experience building recruiting processes at an early-stage or scaling startup.
- Familiarity with compensation benchmarking and offer development.
- Experience supporting hiring manager training or interview process design.
- Comfort working across both technical and non-technical recruiting when needed.
Success in This Role Looks Like
- The QA organization is structured, scalable, and aligned around clear quality standards
- Testing practices are robust across product functionality, data pipelines, AI-enabled workflows, and customer-specific implementations
- Releases are more predictable, and fewer issues escape into production
- Production issues are identified, triaged, and resolved more efficiently, with strong feedback loops into engineering and product
- Quality metrics are visible, actionable, and tied to customer experience and platform reliability
- The organization has greater confidence in launch readiness, data integrity, and real- world performance across the platform
Why This Role Matters
Hiring is one of the most important ways we build the company. This role will help us attract exceptional talent, improve the quality and efficiency of our hiring process, and build a more sustainable internal recruiting function as we scale.
Salary And Benefits
We offer a competitive salary of $120,000–$140,000 and benefits, including a 401(k) that matches up to 4% of your salary, health, vision, and dental insurance, and very flexible paid time off.
To Apply
We would love to talk if you meet the job qualifications and would like to add something special to our fast-growing team. Please send your resume to careers@ellipsishealth.com.
Background Checks
As a health technology company, we reserve the right to run a background check on any applicant to which we extend an offer and to re-perform any such check at any time during the course of employment. Please note that there is no set policy for rejecting candidates based on specific background check results, and we consider each candidate as a whole before making any decisions. We comply with all “ban the box” laws in applicable jurisdictions.
Assistance
If you have a disability or otherwise require any assistance whatsoever in the application or recruitment process, please feel free to submit a request to careers@ellipsishealth.com.
Why Join Us
- Work on technology that improves access, equity, and outcomes in healthcare.
- Collaborate with a mission-driven team that blends AI innovation with clinical integrity.
- Help shape the future of how patients interact with care through ethical, high-impact design.
Key skills/competency
- Technical Recruiter
- Healthcare AI
- Full-cycle recruiting
- Talent acquisition
- Sourcing
- Candidate experience
- Hiring managers
- Startup recruiting
- ATS
- LinkedIn Recruiter
Skills & topics
- Technical Recruiter
- Healthcare AI
- Recruiting
- Talent Acquisition
- Sourcing
- Startup
- AI
- Machine Learning
- Hiring
- Operations
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your 4+ years of technical recruiting experience, startup background, and success in sourcing/closing candidates.
- Showcase AI/Healthcare expertise: Emphasize any experience with AI, machine learning, data, healthcare technology, or enterprise SaaS roles.
- Demonstrate process improvement: Detail how you've improved hiring processes, candidate experience, and built talent pipelines.
- Prepare for behavioral questions: Be ready to discuss your ownership, judgment, and ability to manage priorities.
- Network proactively: Connect with the hiring team on LinkedIn and research Ellipsis Health's mission and values.
Technical preparation
Behavioral questions
Frequently asked questions
- What is the salary range for the Technical Recruiter – Healthcare AI role at Ellipsis Health?
- The Technical Recruiter – Healthcare AI role at Ellipsis Health offers a competitive salary between $120,000 and $140,000 annually.
- Is the Technical Recruiter role at Ellipsis Health remote?
- This Technical Recruiter role is primarily remote and located in the US, with a partial in-person component expected in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- What kind of benefits does Ellipsis Health offer to employees?
- Ellipsis Health provides comprehensive benefits including a 401(k) with a 4% match, health, vision, and dental insurance, and flexible paid time off.
- What specific technical roles will this Technical Recruiter be hiring for at Ellipsis Health?
- This Technical Recruiter will lead hiring for engineering, product, data, and technical operations teams within the healthcare AI space.
- Does Ellipsis Health conduct background checks for this Technical Recruiter position?
- Yes, as a health technology company, Ellipsis Health reserves the right to conduct background checks on all offered candidates and during employment.
- What experience is required for the Technical Recruiter position at Ellipsis Health?
- Required experience includes 4+ years of technical recruiting, full-cycle recruiting in a startup/high-growth environment, and a strong track record of sourcing and closing technical candidates.
- How can I apply for the Technical Recruiter – Healthcare AI job at Ellipsis Health?
- To apply for the Technical Recruiter – Healthcare AI position, please email your resume directly to careers@ellipsishealth.com.
- What makes Ellipsis Health a unique company to work for as a Technical Recruiter?
- Ellipsis Health is at the forefront of voice-based AI in healthcare, backed by major investors, offering a chance to work on technology that improves health outcomes and shape the future of patient care.