Company Overview

Realm builds AI for the mining industry. We integrate with existing mine infrastructure — cameras, SCADA systems, drones, and data repositories — to predict equipment failures, detect unsafe behaviors, and optimize operations. Our platform deploys intelligence in various ways to improve productivity and safety — monitoring PPE compliance via computer vision, optimizing froth flotation processes, analyzing longwall shearer performance, tracking MSHA citation patterns, and more.

Our founders started their careers at Palantir before going on to build Blend Labs (publicly traded fintech, founded as CTO) and Even (acquired by Walmart). Our leadership team brings experience from Uber, Metropolis, and other high-bar organizations. We're a small, senior team that ships daily to production mines.

AI isn't just our product — it's how we build. We're an AI-first engineering team that uses the latest models and tooling throughout our development process, moving faster and at higher quality than traditional teams our size.

Our culture values high agency, deep ownership, collaboration, and autonomy across a fully remote workforce. Teams here move quickly and make meaningful contributions to a product that shapes global industrial outcomes.

The Opportunity

Realm is rapidly expanding across the American coal mining industry, where we are positioned to boost coal production by $10B per year. To support that growth, we're hiring a Technical Recruiter who thrives in fast-moving environments, can identify exceptional technical talent, and partners closely with engineering and product leadership to build the team that powers Realm's mission.

This role owns full-cycle recruiting for our most critical technical hires -- engineers who write TypeScript and Rust, deploy to Kubernetes, build computer vision pipelines, and go hands-on in active mine sites. You'll be our first dedicated recruiting hire, which means you'll also help build the systems, processes, and culture that will scale hiring at Realm.

What You'll Do

Full-Cycle Technical Recruiting

Own end-to-end recruiting for software engineering, forward deployed engineering, and applied AI/ML roles

Source, engage, and close exceptional candidates across channels -- outbound outreach, inbound pipelines, referral networks, and niche technical communities

Build and manage a high-quality candidate pipeline with urgency and rigor, maintaining a strong bar at every stage

Partner with hiring managers to deeply understand role requirements and translate them into compelling search strategies

Conduct structured interviews and help calibrate the team on what "great" looks like for each role

Recruiting Operations & Systems

Design and own the ATS (Ashby) workflow, interview process, and candidate experience from first touch to offer

Build sourcing playbooks and templates that can be reused and improved over time

Track recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, pass-through rates, offer acceptance) and use data to improve outcomes

Manage relationships with candidates thoughtfully - Realm's reputation as an employer is a main part of your job

Employer Brand & Candidate Experience

Craft outreach and job descriptions that authentically represent Realm's mission, culture, and technical ambition

Represent Realm compellingly to candidates considering multiple offers, including those at larger or better-known companies

Contribute to initiatives that build Realm's presence in the technical communities we hire from

What We're Looking For

Must-Have Qualifications

5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, ideally in-house at a high-growth startup

Proven ability to source and close strong software engineers -- including backend, full-stack, and infrastructure roles

Comfortable recruiting for niche or highly specialized profiles (e.g., forward deployed engineers, ML engineers, industrial tech)

Strong sourcing instincts -- you don't just post and pray; you build pipelines proactively and creatively

Low ego, high EQ, and a genuine collaborator -- you build trust quickly with both candidates and hiring managers

Highly organized and process-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple open roles simultaneously without dropping balls

Excellent written and verbal communication skills -- your outreach gets responses

Based in US - citizen or permanent resident

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

Experience recruiting for industrial, defense, government, or mission-critical software environments

Familiarity with the technical concepts behind roles you recruit for (TypeScript, AI/ML, Kubernetes, APIs, computer vision)

Experience building a recruiting function from scratch at an early-stage company

Strong existing network of senior software engineers

Why Realm?

Work on mission-critical problems at the intersection of AI, safety, and global infrastructure

High-ownership role with direct influence on the team and culture we're building

Competitive compensation with significant equity upside

Dynamic, remote work environment with global reach