Contract Technical Recruiter (AI Focus)

Hook Alliance; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Hook Alliance is seeking an experienced Contract Technical Recruiter to support a rapidly growing organization focused on AI and emerging technologies. This fully remote role targets highly specialized AI, data, software engineering, and GTM talent across the AI ecosystem.

You will partner with hiring managers to design recruiting strategies, source and interview top-tier AI professionals, and build robust pipelines of passive candidates in dynamic markets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience.
• Experience recruiting AI, ML, data, software engineering, and AI go-to-market roles.
• Strong understanding of the AI technology stack and related skill sets.
• Proven ability to source and engage passive technical talent.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for AI, engineering, and go-to-market roles.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand technical requirements and develop effective recruiting strategies.
• Source, engage, screen, and interview top-tier technical and commercial talent.
• Build and maintain strong pipelines of passive candidates across AI and emerging technology markets.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience while managing multiple searches in a fast-paced environment.
• Provide regular updates on recruiting activity, pipeline health, and market insights.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

AI talent strategy

Sourcing passive candidates

Stakeholder management

Technical interviewing

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Contract Technical Recruiter to support a rapidly growing organization focused on AI and emerging technologies. This is a fully remote opportunity for a recruiter with a proven track record of hiring highly specialized technical talent across the AI ecosystem. The ideal candidate understands the AI talent landscape and has experience recruiting the professionals who build, deploy, and commercialize AI products—not simply using AI tools to recruit.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for highly specialized AI, engineering, and go-to-market roles.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand technical requirements and develop effective recruiting strategies.
• Source, engage, screen, and interview top-tier technical and commercial talent.
• Build and maintain strong pipelines of passive candidates across AI and emerging technology markets.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience while managing multiple searches in a fast-paced environment.
• Provide regular updates on recruiting activity, pipeline health, and market insights.

Target Hiring Experience

Candidates should have experience recruiting for several of the following types of roles:

• Agentic AI Engineers
• Prompt Engineers
• Data Scientists
• Machine Learning Engineers
• AI Automation Engineers
• Software Engineers supporting AI platforms
• Product Managers (AI)
• AI Solutions Architects
• Technical Sales, Solutions Engineers, Customer Success, or other Go-to-Market professionals supporting AI products

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting for AI, machine learning, data, software engineering, and AI go-to-market functions.
• Strong understanding of the AI technology stack and the skill sets required to build, deploy, and commercialize AI solutions.
• Proven ability to source and engage passive technical talent.