Talent Partner, AI Infrastructure & Engineering

ZipRecruiter; City Of London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech startup in London seeks a Talent Acquisition Partner to lead hiring for mission-critical roles in AI infrastructure. This role demands a strong background in Infrastructure & Engineering recruitment, along with technical fluency in modern AI infrastructure. You will enhance the recruitment processes and ensure a positive candidate experience. This position offers a competitive package and a flexible working environment.

Benefits

Competitive package (base + equity)

Dynamic progression plan

Human-first flexibility

Qualifications

• Heavy experience in Infrastructure & Engineering hiring for an AI Infra/DC/HPC organisation.
• Strong capability to design structured interviews and evaluate senior talent.
• Experience in high-growth start-up/scale-up environments.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end hiring for AI infrastructure roles.
• Manage end-to-end processes from intake to offer for Infra & Engineering roles.
• Ensure a transparent and respectful candidate experience.

Skills

Infrastructure & Engineering hiring experience

Technical fluency in AI Infra/DC/HPC

Stakeholder management

Data-driven recruitment analytics

Tools

ATS/CRM tooling

Job description

Overview

Talent Partner, AI Infrastructure & Engineering, London

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.

At Nscale, our Engineering team plays a critical role in driving the deployment and then subsequent management of our infrastructure and software platforms. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

About the role

As the Talent Acquisition Partner focused on Infrastructure & Engineering, you’ll own end‑to‑end hiring for mission‑critical roles primarily across AI infrastructure, data centre engineering & operations, and network & storage.

You’ll have a deep understanding of how modern AI infrastructure is designed, built, and run – enough to confidently assess for the right skills, behaviours and scaling experience. You’ll collaborate with technical leaders to design structured assessments, shape interview panels, and deliver a world‑class candidate experience while hiring at pace and quality.

What you'll be doing

Talent Acquisition Execution

• TA ownership for Infra & Engineering: 0-1 from assessing hiring needs through to prioritisation, channel selection, sourcing and onboarding
• Partner with engineering and infrastructure leaders to define success profiles and competencies for AI infra roles.
• Help refine recruitment processes, systems and metrics to improve efficiency and scalability.

Full‑Cycle Recruitment

• Manage end‑to‑end processes from intake to offer for Infra & Engineering roles.
• Conduct phone screens, evaluate candidates for experience across GPU/hardware, AI build/operations, networking and reliability at scale.
• Implement structured, competency‑based interviews, work samples and technical exercises with calibrated rubrics.
• Proactively build pipelines for repeat/hard‑to‑fill roles and future sites.

Candidate Experience

• Ensure a transparent, timely, and respectful process; act as trusted advisor to candidates.
• Coach panels on best practice to reduce bias and improve signal.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Advise hiring managers with market data on availability, compensation and competitive landscape.
• Facilitate effective debriefs and decision‑making; drive alignment on bar and trade‑offs.

Employer Branding & Talent Attraction

• Partner on targeted campaigns for infrastructure talent (events, meetups, technical blogs).
• Showcase Nscale’s mission and technical challenges to attract top engineers and DC specialists.

Process Improvement & Market Insights

• Use funnel metrics and quality‑of‑hire data to iterate processes and raise bar.
• Stay current on infra/AI hiring trends (e.g., HPC, orchestration, observability, power & cooling in DCs) and translate into sourcing strategies.

About You

• Heavy experience in Infrastructure & Engineering hiring for an AI Infra/DC/HPC organisation
• Technical fluency to credibly engage infra candidates and understands GPUs & containers (Kubernetes/Docker), Linux fundamentals, basic networking & storage, observability and data‑centre operations (power/cooling/uptime).
• Strong capability to design structured interviews and evaluate senior talent.
• Proven stakeholder management with technical leadership; able to influence with data.
• Experience in high‑growth start‑up/scale‑up environments; thrives in ambiguity.
• Data‑driven, with fluency in ATS/CRM tooling and recruitment analytics.
• Commitment to inclusive hiring and creating diverse slates.

What we can offer you

At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core.

• Highly competitive package (base + equity) with reviews every 12 months.
• Join the fastest-growing tech startup, your chance to push boundaries, collaborate with brilliant minds, and make your mark on cutting‑edge AI.
• Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by trying new things, leading, challenging the status quo, and owning your impact, always with our full support.
• Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments.

Join our thriving remote-first team. Geography is no barrier to impact or connection. We build seamless virtual collaboration, empowering you, wherever you work.

Interview Process

• Meet with Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition - Rory (45mins)
• Meet with wider Talent Acquisition team - Alice, Liam (45min-1hr)
• Final stage with VP People - Nicola (45mins)

Equal Ops Statement

We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, including the + community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio‑economic backgrounds.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.