Senior Technical Recruiter (Contract)

Senpilot; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Part time

Job summary

Senpilot in Toronto is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to own full-cycle hiring for senior and staff software engineers in a competitive AI talent market. You will partner with engineering leadership and build proactive sourcing beyond inbound applicants.

This is a 3-month contract with hybrid work, based in downtown Toronto, with the team meeting in person three days per month. The role emphasizes storytelling, negotiation, and strategic advisory with leaders to close top-tier engineers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience.
• Experience hiring senior and staff software engineers in a fast-growing company.
• Genuine enthusiasm for how AI is changing software engineering and recruiting; comfortable using AI tools.
• Proven ability to build and manage passive candidate pipelines through proactive sourcing.
• Strong stakeholder management, partnering with engineering leaders as a strategic advisor.

Responsibilities

• Build and run proactive sourcing strategies to identify senior and staff developer talent beyond inbound applicants.
• Own full-cycle recruiting for senior and staff engineering roles, from intake through offer negotiation and close.
• Represent Senpilot's mission and culture to senior technical candidates in competitive markets.
• Track pipeline health and hiring metrics, using data to refine sourcing and process.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership at every stage to ensure successful hires.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Senior/staff hiring

AI in recruiting

Passive candidate pipelines

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Ownership/action bias

Tools

AI tools in workflow

Job description

Senpilot builds AI agents that help utilities operate smarter, faster, and more reliably, automating everything from engineering workflows to regulatory filings and compliance. Our mission is to create the intelligence layer for the modern grid: AI systems that understand utility data, reason across it, and act autonomously to improve safety, resilience, and efficiency.

We are building production‑grade intelligence that sits at the heart of how critical infrastructure is planned, monitored, and regulated, helping utilities unlock the next generation of reliability.

Joining Senpilot means joining a small, high‑performance team that combines deep expertise in AI systems, data engineering, and energy infrastructure. We focus on generating value and we run toward the hard problems because that's where the value is. If you want to join a fast‑growing team and help build the future of intelligent infrastructure, this is the place to do it.

The Role

We’re looking for a Senior Technical Recruiter to own full‑cycle hiring for our most critical roles as we scale. You'll partner with our engineering team, specializing in identifying, engaging, and closing senior and staff‑level software developers in a competitive market for AI‑forward talent.

We're looking for someone who lives for the entire hunt, from tracking down that one senior or staff engineer, landing them with a sharp, well‑crafted cold outreach message, building genuine rapport, and closing them against every competing offer on the table. If the chase lights you up as much as the win does, you'll thrive here.

This is an initial 3‑month contract.

What You’ll Do

• Build and run proactive sourcing strategies to identify and engage hard‑to‑find senior and staff developer talent, going well beyond inbound applicants.
• Own full‑cycle recruiting for senior and staff engineering roles, from intake through offer negotiation and close, partnering closely with engineering leadership at every stage.
• Build and run proactive sourcing strategies to identify and engage hard‑to‑find senior and staff developer talent, going well beyond inbound applicants.
• Represent Senpilot's mission and culture compellingly to senior technical candidates in competitive talent markets
• Track pipeline health and hiring metrics, using data to continuously refine sourcing and process.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of full‑cycle technical recruiting experience, with a strong track record hiring senior and staff‑level software engineers.
• Experience recruiting inside a fast‑growing company, comfortable operating with ambiguity and shifting priorities.
• Genuine fluency and enthusiasm for how AI is changing both software engineering and the recruiting function, and comfort using AI tools in your own workflow.
• Proven ability to build and manage passive candidate pipelines through creative, proactive sourcing.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, able to partner with engineering leaders as a strategic advisor rather than an order‑taker.
• Sharp judgment for technical talent assessment, even without a deep engineering background yourself.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, particularly around structuring and closing competitive offers for senior candidates.
• A bias toward action and ownership, consistent with working on a small, high‑performance team.

Work Location

We Appreciate the flexibility of hybrid work, and we also value the energy that comes from being in the same room. Our team gathers at our office in downtown Toronto three times a month. If you're able to join us in person on those days, we'd love to hear from you.

What Is In For You

The estimated annual base salary range for this role in Canada is $100,000 CAD - $130,000 CAD. Actual salaries may vary within the range, or above or below it, based on factors such as experience, skills, location, and business needs.

AI at Senpilot

AI is embedded in how we work, and we encourage our team to lean on it to learn new skills, sharpen their craft, and put their energy toward the work that genuinely moves the needle.

That extends to how we hire. We bring AI into our recruitment process not to take the humanity out of it, but to keep things organized and smooth so the experience feels more personal, not less. It gives our team room to focus on the parts that count: genuine conversations and well thought decisions. Above all, every decision is made by real people, drawing on genuine understanding, and rooted in our values and culture.

Senpilot is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workforce. Accommodations are available upon request during the recruitment process.