Senior Technical Recruiter - Frontier AI (Europe)

Proximity Works; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global tech firm is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to drive the closure of AI and ML roles worldwide. This role requires strong technical skills and the ability to source and engage top talent using innovative outreach strategies. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in global recruitment and be comfortable navigating technical challenges. Join this dynamic team to shape the future of AI products and engineering platforms.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Best-in-class health coverage

Annual global off-sites

Qualifications

• Proven track record as an individual contributor recruiter.
• Successful sourcing and closing of frontier AI talent globally.
• Strong technical comprehension, including MLOps and backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end closure of AI, ML, and backend roles globally.
• Build adjacency maps for relevant companies and labs.
• Manage interview loops and deliver offers quickly.

Skills

Individual contributor recruiting

Sourcing AI and ML talent

Technical comprehension

Persuasive outreach campaigns

Global recruitment expertise

Job description

Role Summary

We are seeking a hands-on Senior Technical Recruiter who will individually own the end-to-end closure of frontier AI, ML, and backend roles. This is not a traditional TA manager role. It is a high-impact recruiting position requiring technical fluency, first principles sourcing, and persuasive outreach. You will identify, engage, and close exceptional global talent who will help Proximity build world-class AI products and engineering platforms.

What You'll Do

• Own the end-to-end closure of senior AI, ML, multimodal, backend, and engineering hires globally
• Build adjacency maps of companies, labs, and communities working on relevant frontier problems
• Generate technical screening prompts, knockout questions, and rubrics independently
• Source beyond LinkedIn. Leverage GitHub, arXiv, OSS repos, Kaggle, Twitter, Discord, Substack, niche forums, and micro-communities
• Craft and execute compelling outreach campaigns using artifact-first hooks and Proximity's track record as trusted partners to global sports, media, and entertainment leaders
• Drive urgency by compressing interview loops, managing notice-period negotiations and buyouts, and delivering offers quickly
• Ensure evidence-backed sourcing with GitHub repos, demos, papers, and talks, while maintaining a world-class candidate experience

Requirements

What You'll Need

• Proven track record as an individual contributor recruiter, not just a TA manager
• Demonstrated success sourcing and closing frontier AI, ML, backend, or engineering talent globally
• Strong technical comprehension. Comfortable with transformer fine-tuning, multimodal pipelines involving video, audio, and text, MLOps stacks, scalable backend systems, and related domains
• Evidence of artifact-based sourcing such as GitHub repos, OSS contributions, research papers, or competition wins
• Experience in persuasive multi-touch outreach campaigns and passive talent conversion
• Global exposure and ability to recruit across India, EU, LATAM, or other regions with cost-sensitive hiring strategies

Nice to Have

• Experience hiring for early-stage or hypergrowth AI and ML product teams
• Success recruiting engineers in video generation, lip-sync, diffusion, audio processing, or real-time streaming
• Familiarity with ad-tech hiring at scale (RTB, personalization, streaming infrastructure)
• Portfolio of outreach copy or campaigns with proven conversion results

What Success Looks Like

• 6 to 8 successful frontier hires per quarter across India, EU, and LATAM markets
• At least 80 percent of sourced candidates are evidence-backed through OSS, papers, or demos
• At least two positive replies per 10 passive outreach attempts
• SLA adherence: under 8 hours for feedback loops, under 10 days time-to-offer on urgent roles
• Candidate satisfaction NPS of 8 or higher

Success Traits

Builder's mindset

• High agency
• Strategic + hands-on balance
• Cultural intelligence
• Analytical clarity
• Trustworthiness
• Growth orientation

Benefits

Compensation, Benefits & Why Join Proximity

• Competitive compensation aligned with global markets, with remote-first flexibility
• Best-in-class health coverage
• Annual global off-sites with Proxonauts from SF, Dubai, India
• Help build AI/ML products and engineering teams that power global leaders in sports, streaming, and media
• Work directly with global CTO offices on frontier AI problem statements that shape the future of entertainment and technology
• High autonomy, direct accountability, and global reach

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Other

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting

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