Senior Technical Recruiter — AI/ML & Engineering Talent

Triwill Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ActAI is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to lead end-to-end technical searches for AI/ML, backend, frontend, and infrastructure roles, partnering with engineering leaders to set hiring bars and improve interview processes.

You will proactively headhunt high-quality passive candidates, assess technical work beyond titles, and drive negotiations to close senior hires while using data to refine strategies and conversion.

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

Recruiting experience (5+ years)

Passive candidate headhunting

Sourcing across platforms (LinkedIn)

Technical evaluation

Negotiation & closing

Hiring manager advisory

LinkedIn Recruiter

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

ActAI is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to lead end-to-end technical searches for AI/ML, backend, frontend, and infrastructure roles, partnering with engineering leaders to set hiring bars and improve interview processes.

You will proactively headhunt high-quality passive candidates, assess technical work beyond titles, and drive negotiations to close senior hires while using data to refine strategies and conversion.