Talent Engineer
The Boring Company
Other Engineering, People & HR
Bastrop, TX, USA
Posted on Oct 31, 2025
Talent Engineer
Bastrop, TX
OPERATIONS, Recruiting
In office
Full-time
The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more with the ultimate goal of making Hyperloop adoption viable and enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.
Talent Engineering is focused on recruiting with a first-principles and engineering mindset. The team works closely with both engineering and recruiting teams to create novel approaches for rapidly scaling the hiring of exceptional people. We operate with a flat organizational structure where all employees are hands-on, show initiative, and communicate clearly to deliver excellence.
Responsibilities
- Own the full hiring process from system design through candidate closure.
- Develop creative sourcing channels beyond LinkedIn, including referrals, event networking, hosted competitions, and targeted online communities.
- Start every hiring need by asking: “Who are the absolute best people in the world for this role?” then build and execute end-to-end systems to identify, engage, and attract them.
- Exercise strong judgment to recognize excellence across technical and non-technical domains.
Basic Qualifications
- Engineering Degree
- Experience thriving in a startup or high-growth environment, where adaptability and innovation are key.
- Experience working at organizations with exceptional talent density, including successful referrals and recruiting contributions.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Proven track record building and executing recruiting systems that identify and attract top-tier talent.
- Demonstrated technical creativity through personal projects, open-source work, or innovative hacks.
- Comfortable with “vibe coding” and rapidly grasping technical concepts to evaluate candidates across domains.
- Deep belief that assembling high-performance teams is an engineering problem.
- Natural affinity for exceptional people, with a “people person” reputation among peers.
- Nerdy engineering background combined with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Advanced judgment in assessing excellence without reliance on traditional recruiting tools.
- Ability to design scalable, repeatable processes while executing at high urgency.
Additional Requirements
- Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed to meet hiring timelines.
- Ability to travel for events, networking, and candidate engagements as needed.
Reporting Location: Bastrop, Texas - Headquarters (**On-site 5 days/week**)
Culture
We're a team of dedicated, smart, and scrappy people. Our employees are passionate about our mission and determined to innovate at every opportunity.
Benefits
We offer employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, paid vacation, and a competitive amount of equity for all permanent employees.
The Boring Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with The Boring Company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
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