Senior Technical Recruiter, Machine Learning

Dandy; Canada; Remote; CAD 152,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to focus on recruiting talent in Machine Learning and AI. This role involves defining technical roles, engaging deeply with candidates, and advising leadership on recruitment strategies. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of technical recruiting experience, especially in ML. This position offers competitive compensation and a remote work environment.

Benefits

Health insurance

Dental support

Generous paid time off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in technical recruiting.
• Minimum of 3 years recruiting Machine Learning or AI talent.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic partner to VPs and ML Directors.
• Define roles based on first principles.
• Utilize technical acumen in candidate evaluations.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Machine Learning

AI concepts

Stakeholder management

Precision and rigor

Job description

Location

USA - Remote

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Remote

Department

General & Administrative; Talent & Recruiting

Compensation

• $108.8K – $128K • Offers Equity

Actual compensation for roles will vary based on factors including the candidate's location, skills, qualifications, and experience.

Please note that compensation listed for U.S. based roles applies only to candidates working in the United States. Candidates hired outside the U.S. will receive regionally adjusted compensation.

Dandy is transforming the massive and antiquated dental industry—an industry worth over $200B. Backed by some of the world’s leading venture capital firms, we’re on an ambitious mission to simplify and modernize every function of the dental practice through technology. As we expand our reach globally, Dandy is building the operating system for dental offices around the world—empowering clinicians and their teams with technology, innovation, and world-class support to achieve more for their practices, their people, and their patients.

About the Role

We're looking for an exceptional Senior Technical Recruiter to focus exclusively on recruiting top-tier talent in Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning, and Applied AI. This is a critical strategic role. You won't just fill requisitions; you'll be a talent strategist responsible for identifying, engaging, and assessing candidates who possess the deep technical expertise, first-principles thinking, and precision required to build and deploy novel AI solutions at scale.

Success in this role demands deep business and technical acumen. You must speak fluently about model architecture, research directions, and deployment challenges to earn credibility with both candidates and technical leadership.

What You'll Do

• Act as Strategic Partner: Serve as a trusted, knowledgeable advisor to VPs of Engineering, ML Directors, and Research Leads, providing data-backed insights on market compensation, research trends, and hiring feasibility.
• Operate on First Principles: Define roles based on first principles, including understanding the fundamental technical challenges the team needs to solve, rather than just filling a set of skills.
• Communication: Maintain extremely high precision in communicating role requirements, team context, and candidate feedback, ensuring perfect alignment between technical leadership and the talent pipeline.
• Technical Credibility: Utilize your deep technical acumen to craft personalized outreach and conduct initial technical screens that evaluate a candidate's research quality, contribution to papers, and understanding of core ML concepts.
• Ecosystem Mapping: Strategically map the talent landscape across top-tier academic institutions, research labs, and pioneering AI companies globally, building a long-term talent pipeline.
• Quality & Bar-Raising: Champion a relentless focus on quality, ensuring every candidate presented raises the bar for technical excellence, rigor, and impact.
• Interview Process Design: Partner with hiring managers to design and continuously refine a structured, predictive assessment process that accurately measures deep expertise in ML/AI.
• Process Ownership: Own the full-cycle recruiting process for complex ML/AI roles, from initial contact to negotiation and closing.
• Offer Negotiation: Lead sophisticated offer negotiations, requiring a nuanced understanding of market rates for highly specialized ML roles.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of progressive experience in technical recruiting, with a minimum of 3 years dedicated to recruiting Machine Learning, AI, or Deep Learning research or software engineering talent in highly nuanced environments.
• Technical acumen and an intellectual curiosity to credibly engage with senior ML professionals and understand the differences between various ML concepts.
• Proven ability to assess talent based on the quality of their first-principles thinking and research contributions, not just years of experience.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with a track record of influencing senior technical leadership in a high-growth, high-bar environment.
• A meticulous approach to work, emphasizing precision, rigor, and operational excellence in a complex hiring landscape.

Req ID: J-782

For full-time positions, Dandy offers a wide range of best-in-class, comprehensive, and inclusive benefits tailored to each country where we operate. Our local benefits packages typically include healthcare, dental, mental health support, parental planning resources, retirement savings options, and generous paid time off—ensuring our team members are supported no matter where they live and work.

Dandy is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture that celebrates authenticity to win as one. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

Dandy also fully complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We are dedicated to embracing challenges and creating an accessible, inclusive workplace for all individuals. If you require any accommodations for your interview or have any questions beforehand, rest assured that we will do everything we can to meet your needs. Visit Dandy Careers for more!

Compensation Range: $108.8K - $128K