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Eventual

Eventual

People & HR, IT
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 75-130 / hour
Posted on Sep 23, 2025

Location

San Francisco

Employment Type

Contract

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Operations

Compensation

  • $75.00 – $130.00 per hour

About Eventual

Every breakthrough AI application, from foundation models to autonomous vehicles, relies on processing massive volumes of images, video, and complex data. But today’s data platforms (like Databricks and Snowflake) are built on top of tools made for spreadsheet-like analytics, not the petabytes of multimodal data that power AI. As a result, teams waste months on brittle infrastructure instead of conducting research and building their core product.


Eventual was founded in 2022 to solve this. Our mission is to make querying any kind of data, images, video, audio, text, as intuitive as working with tables, and powerful enough to scale to production workloads. Our open-source engine, Daft, is purpose-built for real-world AI systems: coordinating with external APIs, managing GPU clusters, and handling failures that traditional engines can’t. Daft already powers critical workloads at companies like Amazon, Mobileye, Together AI, and CloudKitchens.


We’ve assembled a world-class team from Databricks, AWS, Nvidia, Pinecone, GitHub Copilot, Tesla, and more, quadrupling our size within a year. With Series A and seed funding from Felicis, CRV, Microsoft M12, Citi, Essence, Y Combinator, Caffeinated Capital, Array.vc, and top angels from the co-founders of Databricks and Perplexity, we’re looking to double the team now. Join us—Eventual is just getting started.


Please note we're looking for individuals who are excited to be a part of a tight-knit team working together 4 days / week in our SF Mission district office. This is a full-time contract role with a length of about 6 months. There is possibility of full-time conversion.

Your Role:

As our Technical Recruiting Partner, you'll be the driving force behind building Eventual's engineering team during a critical growth phase. You'll work directly with our founders and engineering leadership to identify, attract, and close exceptional technical talent who will shape the future of data infrastructure. This isn't just filling requisitions—you'll be a strategic partner helping us compete for top-tier engineers in one of the most competitive hiring markets in tech.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Full-cycle recruiting for 8+ engineering hires across multiple technical disciplines over 6 months

  • Source candidates through creative outreach, technical communities, and your existing networks

  • Screen and qualify candidates for technical depth, cultural fit, and alignment with our fast-paced startup environment

  • Manage candidate experience from initial contact through offer negotiation and onboarding

  • Partner closely with hiring managers to refine job requirements and interview processes

  • Track and report on recruiting metrics, pipeline health, and time-to-hire improvements

What we look for:

  • 3+ years technical recruiting experience at a startup (Series A-C companies preferred) and/or a technical agency

  • Technical fluency to evaluate engineering candidates and speak credibly about complex technical roles

  • Proven sourcing skills using LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, technical communities, and Boolean search techniques

  • Strong networks in the SF Bay Area and remote engineering talent pools

  • Data-driven approach with experience using recruiting analytics and pipeline management

  • Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills with both candidates and internal stakeholders

  • Scrappiness and willingness to learn/adopt AI tools in the recruiting process

Perks & Benefits

  • In-person tight knit team with 4x a week in office

  • Competitive comp

  • Catered lunches and dinners for SF employees

  • Team building events & poker nights

  • Flexible PTO

  • Latest Apple equipment