Founding Talent Partner - Product and Engineering

Role summary

Founding Talent Partner - Product and Engineering is a role at Knit in New York, New York, United States (hybrid). Posted 2026-08-13. Experience level: 5-10.

Job title

Founding Talent Partner - Product and Engineering

Company

Knit

Location

New York, New York, United States

Work arrangement

hybrid

Category

Software Engineering

Experience level

5-10

Date posted

2026-08-13

Job description

A little about us

Knit is the AI-native consumer research platform helping brands automate and accelerate primary research. With our Researcher-Driven AI, we’ve condensed the entire quant + qual research process from weeks into days (sometimes hours!) for 50+ enterprise brands — including Amazon, T-Mobile, Mars, NASCAR, and more. We’re on a mission to scale and democratize world-class research. From survey generation to stakeholder-ready reports, our platform is redefining how insights teams operate — and we need your help to push the limits of what’s possible.

Overview

At Knit, talent acquisition is a craft. We're looking for hunters and connectors to map the market and pull the best people out of it. This is not a LinkedIn-all-day job, and we’re most interested in the outcomes you drive. This is an in-market super-connector role, and you'll have the trust and autonomy to find talent wherever they are.

We're looking for high-agency doers. We're open to career changers with a track record of building networks and getting it done.

What's in it for you: Knit is an AI-native startup with real traction and blue-chip customers. Our product and engineering team is NYC-based, high-performing, and fun. If you're looking to be creative and make your mark, we'd love to meet you.

Responsibilities | What you will own...

Partnering with leadership, you'll lead hiring AI-native engineers and product managers. This isn't just filling reqs as they open. It's knowing who the great people are, and why they'd move, long before we need them.

You'll have a seat at the table and the trust from leadership to deliver results the best way you see fit.

What you'll do

Own product and engineering hiring end to end

Be outside. You'll build proactive relationships — know the great companies, who's inside them, and who's ready to move

Build networks of talent. We expect much of your pipeline will come from networking, referrals, and intros

Build Knit's reputation as the place kind, ambitious people go next

Partner closely with engineering and product leadership as a trusted advisor

Ensure everyone has a great experience with Knit, whether or not they join

Your background:

Recruiting is your craft. You're creative, forward-looking, always sharpening your work and testing new theories

You hold out for the right person rather than the available one

A super-connector with a real network and the instinct to keep building it

Strong judgment and a nose for talent, including people from non-traditional backgrounds

Credible with engineers. You get folks excited to work here

A trusted partner to hiring teams

You’re a builder and are comfortable with ambiguity — you'll shape much of this role yourself

We're open to diverse backgrounds. You could be an experienced recruiter or high-agency career changer who wants to do the best work of their career.

Benefits

Upon joining the Knit team, you will receive a competitive salary + commission plan if applicable to role, Equity Options, Healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), and Additional Coverage, a company laptop and one-time, onboarding Technology Stipend, a 401(k) with company match, flexible time-off, hybrid working, catered lunch, and more!

Salary

In accordance with New York pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $175,000 - $190,000. Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s level, experience, and qualifications upon joining Knit.

Our Company Values

We are the Championship Team. This means we:

Are 1% better every day: We approach situations with a growth mindset and ask, “How can we make the business better?” and “What would it take?”

Play to win: We set audacious goals and push ourselves to achieve them with a bias towards action (When we see a need, we take initiative, and hold ourselves accountable to seeing it through).

Keep the main thing the main thing: Identify what has the biggest impact and prioritize to focus on it.

In accordance with New York pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is listed below. Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s level, experience, and qualifications upon joining Knit.

Salary Range

$175,000 — $190,000 USD

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