AI Technical Recruiter

Output Biosciences; City of Utica (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health insurance

Dental/Vision coverage

Job summary

Output Biosciences is seeking a recruiter to own the full-cycle process across AI/ML and research roles, building a strong candidate pipeline and screening with technical depth. You will lead outreach, interviews, and negotiations in a stealthy startup environment.

You will shape hiring strategy, represent the company at AI conferences and biotech events, and partner with founders to deliver a rigorous, human candidate experience while managing the ATS and compensation discussions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting in AI/ML or engineering.
• Sourcing niche technical talent in competitive markets.
• Screen AI/ML researchers; assess publications and depth.
• Proactive sourcing strategies; build long-term relationships.
• Familiarity with AI/ML conferences, labs and communities.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruiting across AI/ML and research roles.
• Build candidate pipeline through proactive sourcing and networking.
• Conduct first-round screenings with technical fluency in AI/ML.
• Design and improve screening frameworks and interview processes.
• Represent Output Biosciences at conferences and biotech events.
• Partner with founders to define roles and hiring strategy.
• Own ATS; ensure pipeline data quality and reporting.
• Structure compensation and negotiate offers including equity.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

AI/ML recruiting

Candidate screening

Sourcing strategy

Relationship building

Tools

Ashby

Greenhouse

Job description

Role Overview

Output has built a biological reasoning model that understands biology at the scale and complexity life actually operates. Our model independently learned the principles of molecular interactions, opening up drug treatments that were previously impossible. We’re already generating therapies that traditional approaches cannot reach. The hardest problems in both AI and biology are being solved here, and there is room for you to own one.

Output is currently in stealth, operated by a team of repeat founders and biotech veterans with multiple exits in AI x Bio, and backed by top‑tier VCs including Y Combinator.

Responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end recruiting across all roles: sourcing, outreach, screening, managing interview loops, and closing.
• Build and maintain a candidate pipeline through proactive sourcing, networking, and long‑term relationship building with researchers and scientists in AI, biology, and drug discovery.
• Conduct first‑round screening interviews, evaluating candidates with enough technical fluency to distinguish real depth from surface familiarity in AI/ML and computational biology.
• Design and continuously improve screening frameworks and interview processes, ensuring Output identifies exceptional talent efficiently and consistently.
• Represent Output at key venues including AI conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR) and biotech events, building relationships with researchers, PhD students, and postdocs.
• Partner with the founders and hiring managers to define roles, set hiring strategy, and ensure every candidate experiences a rigorous and human process.
• Own and maintain the ATS, keeping pipeline data clean and using it to track progress, identify bottlenecks, and improve workflows.
• Manage the process through to offer: structuring competitive compensation packages, presenting offers to candidates, and handling negotiations on equity, salary, and terms.

About You

• 3+ years of full‑cycle technical recruiting experience with a meaningful focus on AI/ML, research, or engineering roles.
• Track record of sourcing and closing niche technical talent in highly competitive markets.
• Enough technical fluency in AI/ML to screen research candidates credibly: understand the difference between someone who has trained models and someone who has used APIs, and assess publication records and research depth.
• Comfortable building proactive sourcing strategies and cultivating long‑term candidate relationships, not just filling open roles.
• Familiarity with the AI/ML research community: key conferences, top labs, publication venues, and how researchers evaluate opportunities.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trust with researchers and scientists who are skeptical of recruiting outreach.
• Working knowledge of startup compensation structures, including equity, vesting, and how to position offers competitively against well‑funded AI labs.
• Comfortable working in a stealth environment where brand recognition must not be relied upon and must sell on substance.

Bonus Points

• Experience recruiting in biotech, drug discovery, or computational biology in addition to AI/ML.
• Experience as the first or early recruiter at a startup, building processes from scratch.
• Experience with ATS platforms (Ashby, Greenhouse, or similar).
• Experience building university partnerships or intern/new‑grad pipelines.
• Scientific or technical background that gives you deeper candidate assessment ability.

Our Values

• Heart: We foster a culture of ownership. We are assembling a team of individuals who are passionate and take pride in their contributions.
• Excellence: We have an unwavering commitment to excellence and continuously challenge ourselves to reach the highest standards.
• Practicality: We value practicality and results‑oriented thinking. We are committed to making a tangible impact on the lives of patients and the broader community.
• Honesty: We place a high value on honesty and directness. We firmly believe in addressing issues as they arise, in an open and transparent manner.
• Fun: We believe that life is too short to not have fun. Our goal is to create a workplace that is fun, engaging, rewarding, and fulfilling.

What We Offer

• We encourage new and different ideas, creativity and contrarian thinking.
• Healthy feedback‑focused environment to help you strive - leadership will have high expectations, regularly share constructive feedback, support you and help you grow, and welcome receiving feedback and ideas from you.
• You own your day‑to‑day management. What we care about is that we all hit our milestones.
• Competitive salary and equity in a growing, well‑funded startup.
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage.