Talent Acquisition Associate - Arctic Engine

About this role

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
Employment Type: FTE
Location: Domlur, Bangalore (WFO / 6 days per week)
Experience: 2-4 years
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 2-4 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.