Technical Recruiter

ActAI; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

ActAI in London is looking for a Technical Recruiter to identify and hire top software engineers across AI/ML, backend, frontend, mobile and infrastructure.

You will manage end-to-end recruitment from initial outreach to offers, build talent maps, and assess technical experience beyond titles, partnering with hiring managers to ensure a high-quality ATS and pipeline.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of recruiting experience in a technical field.
• Proactively sourcing candidates beyond inbound applications.
• Ability to understand technical profiles and distinguish experience from keywords.
• Strong written and verbal communication with passive candidates.
• High attention to detail and multi-search management.
• Ownership and willingness to learn technical domains quickly.
• Comfortable in a fast-moving environment with high hiring standards.

Responsibilities

• Source and headhunt engineers across AI/ML, backend, frontend, mobile, infrastructure and other technical disciplines.
• Build targeted talent maps across relevant technology companies, AI startups, research organisations and technical communities.
• Review technical profiles beyond titles and company names, assessing the substance and relevance of candidates' work.
• Conduct recruiter screens to assess experience, motivation, communication, compensation and fit for the role.
• Manage candidates from first outreach through interviews, offer and closing.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand technical requirements and continuously improve candidate targeting.
• Maintain a high-quality recruiting pipeline and accurate candidate data, feedback and next steps in the ATS.

Skills

2+ years recruiting experience

Proactive sourcing

Assess technical profiles

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Ownership & quick learning

Thrives in fast-moving environment

Job description

There are over 5 billion users using basic applications today such email, notes, tasks, calendar and they're not AI-native. Our mission is to build proactive applications for anyone in the world, who are not used to complex prompting. We aim to bring intelligence to conversations, errands, organising and workflows, with minimal to no prompting.

Our product focuses on achieving high reliability for long-running workflows, persistent context, and real-world task completion. We believe products will greatly reduce hallucinations

Our objective is to organise anyone's life, allowing us all to spend time on valuable and meaningful things

About the Role

As a Technical Recruiter, you will identify, assess and hire strong technical talent for ActAI across engineering and AI roles.

What You Will Be Doing

• Source and headhunt engineers across AI/ML, backend, frontend, mobile, infrastructure and other technical disciplines.
• Build targeted talent maps across relevant technology companies, AI startups, research organisations and technical communities.
• Review technical profiles beyond titles and company names, assessing the substance, complexity and relevance of candidates' work.
• Conduct recruiter screens to assess experience, motivation, communication, compensation and fit for the role.
• Manage candidates from first outreach through interviews, offer and closing.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand technical requirements and continuously improve candidate targeting.
• Maintain a high-quality recruiting pipeline and accurate candidate data, feedback and next steps in the ATS.

What You Will Need

• 2+ years of recruiting experience, with meaningful exposure to software engineering or other technical hiring.
• Experience proactively sourcing candidates rather than relying primarily on inbound applications.
• Ability to understand technical profiles and distinguish strong, relevant experience from keywords and titles.
• Strong written and verbal communication with the ability to engage passive technical candidates.
• High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple searches and candidates simultaneously.
• Strong ownership and willingness to learn technical domains quickly.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment with high hiring standards.

Nice to Have

• Experience recruiting for AI/ML, backend, infrastructure, mobile or other highly technical roles.
• Experience recruiting internationally across the US, Europe or Asia.
• Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter, Ashby and other sourcing or recruiting tools.