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About the Role

Own the full recruiting cycle from kickoff to offer acceptance, including drafting role profiles, sourcing, screening, managing the candidate experience, running debriefs, negotiating offers, and closing. Run deep technical searches and build pipelines for roles where the talent pool is small and competitive, such as research scientists, AI engineers, electrical engineers, and hardware leads. Source creatively beyond LinkedIn by mining various platforms and networks to find passive candidates. Partner with hiring managers to calibrate on candidate profiles, design effective interview loops, and ensure the hiring bar is maintained. Sell the company's mission by translating complex technical work into a compelling narrative for senior researchers and AI engineers. Manage the candidate experience by being responsive, honest, and high-touch, ensuring candidates have a positive impression regardless of the outcome. Close offers by running thoughtful, competitive negotiations and collaborating with leadership on compensation philosophy, equity, and counter-offer strategies.

Responsibilities

Own the full recruiting cycle from kickoff to offer acceptance.
Draft role profiles.
Source candidates.
Screen candidates.
Manage the candidate experience.
Run debriefs.
Negotiate offers.
Close offers.
Run deep technical searches.
Build pipelines for roles with small and competitive talent pools.
Source creatively beyond LinkedIn.
Mine arXiv, GitHub, X, conference proceedings, lab pages, and personal networks.
Partner with hiring managers.
Calibrate on what 'great' looks like.
Design interview loops that measure signals.
Push back when the bar is moving in the wrong direction.
Sell the mission.
Translate complex technical work into a compelling story.
Be responsive, honest, and high-touch with candidates.
Run thoughtful, competitive negotiations.
Partner with leadership on comp philosophy, equity narratives, and counter-offer strategy.

Requirements

2+ years of full cycle technical recruiting experience.
Experience at a startup or fast-growth tech company is ideal.
A track record of closing senior engineering, research, or technical leadership roles.
Strong sourcing skills with a proven playbook for finding hard-to-reach candidates.
Comfort with technical depth; ability to understand paper abstracts or GitHub profiles.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to hold conversations with senior technical professionals.
A bias for action.
Operational instincts to keep a busy pipeline organized.
Comfort with ambiguity.
Appetite to build process where none exists.
Prior experience recruiting for AI/ML, robotics, hardware, biotech, climate, or other deep tech verticals.
Experience recruiting in a small startup environment (under 100 people).
Experience recruiting in a pre-Series B startup is ideal.

Skills

Full cycle technical recruiting
Sourcing
Screening
Candidate experience management
Offer negotiation
Technical search
Pipeline building
Creative sourcing
Stakeholder management
Communication (written and verbal)
Technical understanding
Process building
Startup recruiting

Experience Level

2+ years of experience

Salary/Compensations

$120,000 - $165,000

Benefits

Market standard benefits (health, vision, dental, 401k, etc.)