Head of Technical Recruiting

Triwill Group; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

ACTAI is seeking a Head of Technical Recruiting to own the company’s global technical hiring, focusing on AI/ML, backend, infrastructure, web and mobile engineering leadership. You will build the recruiting strategy, structure and cadence to scale with the company, while personally leading critical searches from market mapping to closing.

You will partner with founders and engineering leadership to set hiring bars, create effective interview processes and drive fast, high-quality placements

Qualifications

• 10+ years of recruiting experience for software engineering, AI/ML or other highly technical talent.
• Proven track record building and leading technical recruiting in high-growth tech companies.
• Experience leading critical searches for senior engineers and technical leaders.

Responsibilities

• Own technical hiring across ActAI, including AI/ML, backend, infrastructure, web and mobile engineering leadership.
• Build the technical recruiting strategy, team structure and operating cadence to meet hiring goals.
• Lead searches for critical and senior hires from market mapping to closing and offer negotiation.
• Set and enforce standards for candidate quality based on actual technical contribution and relevance.
• Partner with engineering leaders to define hiring bars, interview processes and final decisions.
• Grow and coach a high-performing recruiting team and continuously improve sourcing and assessment.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Head hunting

Market mapping

Assessment

Hiring strategy

Job description

# Head of Technical RecruitingRemoteSingaporeAll jobsRemote jobs## SkillsTechnical RecruitingAI/ML HiringBackend DevelopmentInfrastructure ManagementWeb DevelopmentMobile DevelopmentMarket MappingHeadhuntingCandidate AssessmentOffer NegotiationHiring StrategyTeam Building## DescriptionABOUT ACTAIThere 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 hallucinationsOur objective is to organise anyone's life, allowing us all to spend time on valuable and meaningful things ABOUT THE ROLEAs Head of Technical Recruiting, you will own ActAI's global technical recruiting function and be accountable for building the engineering and AI teams required to scale the company. WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING- Own technical hiring across ActAI, including AI/ML, backend, infrastructure, web, mobile and engineering leadership.- Build the technical recruiting strategy, team structure, hiring priorities and operating cadence required to meet company hiring goals.- Personally lead searches for critical and senior hires, from market mapping and headhunting through assessment, offer negotiation and closing.- Set the standard for candidate quality, ensuring recruiters evaluate actual technical contribution, complexity and relevance rather than relying on titles, companies or keywords.- Partner directly with engineering and company leadership to define hiring bars, target profiles, interview processes and final hiring decisions.- Build and coach a high-performing technical recruiting team, reviewing pipelines and raising the quality of sourcing, assessment and candidate management.- Use recruiting data and market intelligence to identify bottlenecks, challenge ineffective searches and continuously improve hiring quality, speed and conversion.- Build scalable recruiting processes and talent networks across the US, Europe and Asia without allowing process to replace judgement or execution. WHAT YOU WILL NEED- 10+ years of recruiting experience with deep experience hiring software engineering, AI/ML or other highly technical talent.- Proven track record building and leading technical recruiting for a high-growth technology company while remaining hands-on with critical searches.- Strong understanding of engineering and AI talent markets, with the ability to assess the substance and relevance of highly technical profiles.- Demonstrated success hiring senior engineers, technical leaders and other scarce talent through proactive headhunting.- Experience building, managing and raising the performance of technical recruiting teams.- Ability to work directly with founders and engineering leaders, challenge assumptions and translate company priorities into executable hiring plans.- Strong judgement on talent, high execution speed and clear accountability for hiring outcomes. NICE TO HAVE- Experience leading technical recruiting at an AI company, AI-native startup or high-growth technology company.- Direct experience recruiting AI researchers, ML engineers, applied AI engineers and senior engineering leaders.- Strong existing networks across global AI and engineering communities.- Experience building technical teams across multiple markets, particularly the US, Europe and Asia.