Talent Acquisition Associate - Arctic Engine

Job description

About Arctic Engine: Arctic Engines is an enterprise-grade Al human data operations company specializing in high-quality training data, RLHF, and human feedback pipelines for frontier Al models. We are part of the Apna Group, one of India's fastest-growing unicorns, backed by marquee investors such as Lightspeed, Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Peak XV, and others. With native access to Apna's 60M+ workforce, we deliver high-quality training data at unmatched scale and speed. **The role** We're hiring a **Talent Acquisition Associate** to own end-to-end hiring across the company. This is a high-ownership, high-variety role, not a narrow recruiting function. You'll be building and running hiring pipelines across whatever roles the business needs at any given time, while also handling candidate communication, screening, and coordination. **Location:** Bangalore (Work from Office - Domlur | 6 days/week) **Requirement:** 1 **Stipend:** 25k per month **Duration:** 6 months ### Requirements **What you'll do** - Build and manage hiring pipelines across multiple concurrent roles as they come up. - Source and screen candidates via Tally forms, referrals, and job boards. - Draft and send candidate communication (outreach, screening, offers, rejections). - Coordinate interviews and assessments with internal stakeholders. - Track pipeline status and maintain hiring trackers/spreadsheets. - Support onboarding coordination for new hires. - Take on ad hoc ops and GTM tasks as they come up. This role is dynamic and will expand based on what the business needs. **What we're looking for** - Fresher or 0-1 years experience, any degree. - High ownership mindset, doesn't need hand-holding once given a task. - Strong written and verbal communication (English required, Hindi preferred). - Based in or willing to relocate to Bengaluru, open to a 6-day work week with 1 WFH day. - Comfortable with spreadsheets, forms, and fast-paced coordination. - Comfortable in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment. **What you get:** - Direct exposure to founding team, GTM, and ops functions at a fast-growing Al company. - Full autonomy and decision-making as you build trust and prove yourself. - Real ownership from day one, not a shadow/assist role. - A clear path to eventually owning all of Talent Acquisition for Arctic Engines. - Steep learning curve across recruiting, ops, and GTM in your first year. - Clear path to full-time offer (PPO) based on performance over the 6-month period.