Senior Technical Recruiter — AI Talent

Applix; Telangana; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Applix is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to own AI hiring and partner with engineering leaders to recruit for AI applications and production systems.

This role requires hands-on Greenhouse Recruiting experience, strong sourcing skills, and ownership from intake through joining. You will build pipelines, conduct initial screens, and manage offers through joining to ensure timely, high-quality hires.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical recruiting experience for AI/ML talent.
• Experience closing specialized AI roles and hiring to production.
• Hands-on use of Greenhouse Recruiting for pipelines and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment for AI/ML engineers, data scientists, and MLOps roles.
• Define role requirements with hiring managers and set interview criteria.
• Build pipelines via LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, and AI communities.
• Coordinate assessments, collect feedback, and move hiring decisions forward.
• Manage offers, negotiations, and joining.
• Maintain Greenhouse records and reporting.

Skills

AI recruitment

Greenhouse Recruiting

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Greenhouse Recruiting

Boolean search

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Technical Recruiter to own AI hiring at Applix. You will partner with engineering leaders to find, assess, and hire people building AI applications and production systems.

The role requires proven experience hiring AI talent and hands-on experience with Greenhouse Recruiting, along with strong sourcing skills and ownership from intake through joining.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment for AI/ML engineers, applied AI engineers, AI architects, data scientists, and MLOps engineers.
• Work with hiring managers to define role requirements, candidate profiles, and interview criteria.
• Build candidate pipelines through LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, GitHub, AI communities, and targeted outreach.
• Engage passive candidates and communicate Applix’s work, opportunities, and role expectations clearly.
• Conduct initial screens covering relevant experience, project ownership, motivation, and compensation expectations.
• Coordinate technical assessments and interviews, collect timely feedback, and keep hiring decisions moving.
• Manage offers, negotiations, counteroffers, and candidate engagement through joining.
• Maintain recruiting workflows in Greenhouse, including job setup, interview stages, scorecards, candidate records, and reporting.
• Track sourcing effectiveness, pipeline conversion, time to fill, and offer acceptance.
• Share market insights to help hiring managers refine requirements and hiring plans.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of technical recruiting experience, including demonstrated success hiring AI/ML talent.
• A track record of closing specialized AI roles, including candidates who have built and deployed production AI systems.
• Hands-on experience using Greenhouse Recruiting to manage pipelines, interview workflows, scorecards, and reporting.
• Working familiarity with AI/ML, LLM applications, RAG, AI agents, model deployment, and MLOps sufficient to understand hiring requirements and conduct meaningful initial screens.
• Strong passive sourcing, Boolean search, talent mapping, and personalized outreach skills.
• Ability to manage multiple searches independently and build effective relationships with technical hiring managers.
• Strong communication, negotiation, organization, and follow-through.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience recruiting for an AI startup or a growing engineering organization.
• Experience hiring across India and the US.
• Experience sourcing through open-source projects, technical communities, and research networks.

What success looks like

Strong AI candidate pipelines, successful hires, timely hiring decisions, accurate Greenhouse records, and a thoughtful candidate experience.