Senior Talent Partner - Attraction & Acquisition

About the Role

Your mission

This isn’t your typical talent role. You’ll own the entire candidate journey from first spark to signed offer, crafting an experience that doesn’t just attract top talent, but wins them. As the force behind both talent acquisition and employer branding, you’ll shape how the world sees deepset and ensure every interaction reflects our high bar for quality, care, and impact. Your work won’t just fill roles, it will directly fuel our growth, culture, and competitive edge. If you believe that great hiring is a strategic advantage, this is your moment.

Our mission

We are an AI startup that empowers developers to build applications that use natural language as the interface to data. Our open-source frameworkHaystackis used by thousands of developers to build LLM applications. Our LLM platform,deepset AI Platform, enables enterprises worldwide to unlock the potential of large language models for their business cases. Come join our team and work with tech experts on real-world cases, in a fast-paced and high-impact environment, and shape the AI space together with us.

Life at deepset

At deepset you will find an environment with equal opportunities to grow, share ideas, build relationships, and succeed. We believe every employee is important and generates a direct impact on our team’s success.
Our remote first culture is designed to provide work-life balance, autonomy, and flexibility.
Our daily meetings, the in person "re:base", and the social events allow us to work with great synergy. We would like to invite you to visitour lifepage to learn more about our culture.

Your impact

Talent Acquisition (60%)

• You are the first defender of internal excellence and high-performance. You understand our talent bar, and drive ruthlessly to maintain or improve it. You see this challenge as energising and compelling.

• You will own and execute full-cycle recruitment for all company hiring, with a focus on hiring top-tier engineering and AI talent - you will have the ownership and autonomy to design not just the processes, but also the foundations to how we approach TA.

• You will not just partner closely with hiring managers, but you will deeply understand their functions, thereby being able to challenge their points of view, and add value to their thought process around hiring needs - you will be the recruiting expert.

• You will help them to scope roles, design inclusive hiring processes, and deliver a high-quality candidate experience, knowing that every interaction with candidates is meaningful and important - it reflects who we are as a business and our values.

• We believe that diversity, equality and inclusivity does matter. Still. And you will continue to build and nurture diverse pipelines using proactive sourcing, community engagement, and creative outreach.

• You don’t have to love data, but you have to be competent at using it! A close focus on recruitment metrics help drive excellence in performance and delivery - it’s important. Knowing what to track, how to interpret and then how to use this information to iterate and improve, is essential.
  
  

Employer Branding (40%)

• Translate deepset’s mission, values, and culture into compelling narratives that resonate with top talent - and live it.

• Lead content creation for LinkedIn, our careers page, and external platforms (e.g., blog posts, videos, team spotlights, event recaps)

• Collaborate with Marketing, People, and Leadership teams to position deepset as an employer of choice in the AI and open-source communities by truly understanding what matters to the business and delivering our EVP that ties all of these points of view together.

• Work closely with our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)—facilitating safe spaces, events, and initiatives that foster inclusion and belonging

• Drive our presence in underrepresented communities, conferences, and affinity groups to attract mission-aligned, diverse talent - not for the optics, but for the impact. You have to understand this difference.

Your profile

• Deep experience in technical recruitment, ideally in high-growth tech or product-led companies - you will cover all roles, but understanding how and where to engage technical talent is a must.

• Strong storytelling instincts and experience in employer branding, content marketing, or internal communications

• Proven success sourcing and hiring for hard-to-fill technical roles, especially in engineering or AI/ML whilst aligning with our bar of high-performing individuals

• Experience designing and supporting strong communities

• Passion for building inclusive, equitable, and values-driven hiring practices

• A proven track record in driving impact across organisations with clear results of positive outcomes

• Operates with an open, growth mindset meaning you thrive in a world of change and challenges, without needing certainty to drive actions

Perks

• Remote-first or hybrid
  You can choose to work from home or any other workspace that suits you. We offer home office setup (equipment and furniture), and we would be happy to sponsor a coworking spot.
• Grow
  Personal and professional growth is important to us. We have an annual learning and development budget, and also the opportunity to speak at conferences, internal knowledge sharing, and workshops.
• Connect
  We have a virtual office, a monthly social budget to reconnect virtually or in person, online walks and talks with colleagues from other teams, and a flexible travel policy that enables you to meet colleagues in person for special occasions.
• You are an owner
  All employees are enrolled in the employee stock option plan and own a part of the company.
• Personal time off
  If you want to recharge and travel the world - there are 30 days of paid vacation.
• Choose your tech
  The choice is yours among our pre-selected options, and we will provide what you need.
• Pension fund and Health Insurance fitting with your main working location
  All full-time employees are eligible for the pension plan according to the legal guidelines in their location. We also offer health, dental, and vision for employees in the US, in compliance with the local market.
• Travel Insurance
  We want you to be secure during your travels. Therefore, we offer every employee additional travel insurance.
• Sports budget
  To boost your health and well-being, we offer a monthly allowance for your sports activity.
• Oliva - employee mental wellbeing benefit
  To boost your well-being, we offer a benefit that helps you to respond to pivotal moments at work and beyond.
• Dog-friendly
  Our main co-working partner Mindspace welcomes dogs, so you can also bring your best friend to the office and our HQ in Berlin also welcomes dogs
• Enhanced days off for Family Sick Leave
  We offer additional days in case your child gets sick.
• Additional days off
  We don't work on the 24th & the 31st of December.
• Flexible working hours
  You can adapt your work to your private life.

What colleagues say

“As a naturally curious constant learner I saw this role as an exciting opportunity to dive into a dynamic startup environment, learn lots of new things, and contribute to people-focused initiatives. It’s particularly exciting to take responsibility for the newly opened office and take care of this beautiful space making it a hub for collaboration and connection. Beyond the startup world, I am very interested in AI topics. I see it as our future and I am excited about being close to this fascinating AI world. Lastly, I am genuinely inspired to be part of this constantly evolving team. The enthusiasm and support I’ve experienced so far have been impressive, and I look forward to growing together with the team and contributing to our shared journey.” (Anja Terekhova, People Ops & Office Manager)

“For me deepset had everything I was looking for when considering the role and the company. Firstly, the space - AI. I think it is beyond question that AI is the biggest technological development since the advent of the internet. I believe that we are just scratching the surface of the different ways AI will feature in our lives, and so it was exciting to get into the space. Secondly. when looking at haystack and reading develop feedback, it was clear that deepset had developed something that brought simplicity and ease to a complex market. Thirdly, I want to be somewhere that I can make a positive impact." (Chris Hunter, VP People)