Talent Acquisition Associate - Arctic Engine

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.

• 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.

• 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.