Tech Recruiter (R&D)

Wordsmith AI; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Opportunity to build a category-defining company

Fast-moving environment with trusted partnerships

Strong engineering culture focused on ownership

Job summary

An innovative AI company in Edinburgh is seeking a Technical Recruiter to lead the recruitment of engineering roles. You will own the entire hiring process, from building talent pipelines to negotiating offers. The ideal candidate has experience in fast-growing tech companies and strong sourcing skills. This position is crucial to shape the engineering team that will drive the company's ambitious goals. You’ll enjoy a competitive salary with equity and the opportunity to contribute to a pioneering AI firm.

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting in fast-growing technology companies.
• Strong judgement on talent and culture fit.
• Ability to partner closely with technical stakeholders.
• High ownership and pace in a startup environment.
• Strong judgement on talent and culture fit.
• Based in Edinburgh or willing to relocate.

Responsibilities

• Own technical hiring for engineering roles.
• Build strong pipelines by identifying exceptional talent.
• Work closely with CTO and managers for role definitions.
• Manage hiring processes from kickoff to offer negotiation.
• Improve recruiting infrastructure and hiring playbooks.

Skills

Recruiting software engineers

Strong sourcing ability

Comfort with passive candidates

Partnering with technical stakeholders

High ownership in a startup environment

Job description

Technical Recruiter

Location: Edinburgh

Wordsmith is building the AI command centre for in-house legal teams.

Legal teams sit at the centre of every major business decision, but the tools they use were built for a slower era. We’re changing that. Wordsmith embeds AI directly into legal workflows so in-house teams can move at the speed of the businesses they support.

We’re a venture-backed AI company growing quickly in Edinburgh, with engineering at the heart of what we do.

To support that growth we’re looking for a Technical Recruiter to help us build one of the most ambitious AI engineering teams in Scotland.

What you’ll do

Own technical hiring

Lead recruitment across our engineering organisation, including:

• Product Engineers
• Applied AI / LLM Engineers
• Platform and infrastructure roles
• Product and technical leadership roles

Build strong pipelines

Proactively identify and engage engineers across Scotland, the UK and Europe.

We are looking for people who can find exceptional talent, not just manage inbound applicants.

Partner with engineering leaders

Work closely with our CTO and engineering managers to define roles, refine interview processes and hire the right people.

Run excellent hiring processes

Manage hiring end-to-end:

• role kick-offs
• sourcing and outreach
• interview coordination
• candidate experience
• offer negotiation

Help us scale

Improve our hiring playbooks, interview scorecards and recruiting infrastructure as the engineering team grows.

What we’re looking for

• Experience recruiting software engineers in fast-growing technology companies
• Strong sourcing ability and comfort approaching passive candidates
• Ability to partner closely with technical stakeholders
• High ownership and pace in a startup environment
• Strong judgement on talent and culture fit
• Based in Edinburgh or willing to relocate

Why this role matters

The pace of product development depends on the people building it.

The engineers we hire today will shape the platform for years to come.

You’ll play a central role in building a team capable of delivering on that ambition.

What you’ll get

• Competitive salary and equity
• The chance to help build a category-defining AI company
• A fast-moving environment where recruiters are trusted partners, not coordinators
• A strong engineering culture focused on shipping and ownership