Senior AI/Tech Talent Acquisition Partner

Triwill Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ActAI is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to independently source and close top technical talent for AI and engineering leadership roles worldwide. You will own searches end-to-end, build talent maps, headhunt passive candidates, and partner with engineering leaders to refine hiring processes.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of recruiting experience in software engineering, strong sourcing skills, and a data-driven approach to hiring across international markets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of recruiting experience, with substantial experience hiring software engineers and other technical talent.
• Strong track record of independently delivering difficult technical hires through proactive headhunting.
• Good understanding of software engineering disciplines and the ability to evaluate technical profiles beyond company, title and keywords.
• Strong sourcing capability across LinkedIn and other relevant platforms, communities and networks.
• Ability to advise hiring managers using evidence from the talent market rather than simply executing requests.
• Strong candidate management, negotiation and closing skills.
• High ownership, judgement and execution speed.

Responsibilities

• Own technical searches end-to-end across AI/ML, backend, frontend, mobile, infrastructure and engineering leadership.
• Build talent maps and sourcing strategies for difficult searches across leading AI startups, technology companies, research organisations and technical communities.
• Personally identify and headhunt high-quality passive candidates rather than depending on inbound applications.
• Assess technical profiles deeply enough to understand what candidates actually built, their individual contribution and relevance to ActAI.
• Partner directly with engineering leaders to calibrate hiring bars, refine target profiles and improve interview processes.
• Manage and close senior candidates through compensation discussions, competing offers and other complex situations.
• Use recruiting data and market feedback to identify pipeline problems and continuously improve search strategy and conversion.

Skills

5+ years recruiting experience

Independent headhunting

Sourcing across platforms

Stakeholder advisory

Candidate management & closing

Ownership & speed

Software engineering understanding

Job description

ActAI is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to independently source and close top technical talent for AI and engineering leadership roles worldwide. You will own searches end-to-end, build talent maps, headhunt passive candidates, and partner with engineering leaders to refine hiring processes.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of recruiting experience in software engineering, strong sourcing skills, and a data-driven approach to hiring across international markets.