Lead AI Tech Recruiter — Equity & Bonus

Harvey; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 246,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401k match

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Harvey is seeking a Lead Technical Recruiter to build Harvey Labs, our AI research organization, and to own end-to-end searches for post-training talent across data, evaluations, infrastructure, modeling, and training.

You’ll partner with our Chief Research Officer and technical leadership to define talent strategies, build scalable recruiting processes, and attract exceptional AI talent in a fast-growing environment. This role requires hands-on ownership and strong market insight.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
• Experience recruiting for technical AI research teams or similarly specialized technical roles.
• Strong aptitude for understanding complex technical domains and evaluating candidate qualifications.
• Exceptional sourcer who can identify hard-to-find talent across research labs, startups, academia, open-source, and other nontraditional channels.
• Willing to take creative, white-glove approaches to engaging and closing exceptional talent.
• Trusted advisor who can build credibility with highly technical leaders and candidates.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Chief Research Officer and Harvey Labs leadership to translate technical priorities into recruiting strategies.
• Own full-cycle recruiting across specialized AI/ML, research, and engineering roles.
• Build deep talent maps across leading AI companies, research labs, startups, academia and open-source communities.
• Develop creative, high-touch sourcing and engagement strategies for exceptional talent, from experienced researchers to emerging new grads.
• Help leaders define new profiles, calibrate talent bars, and evolve search strategies based on market insights.
• Advise leadership on talent availability, competitive dynamics, compensation, and candidate motivations.
• Drive searches from initial market mapping through offer strategy, negotiation, and close.
• Use data and market intelligence to continuously improve our recruiting strategy.
• Help build scalable recruiting processes and raise the bar for technical recruiting across Harvey.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Technical recruiting

Talent market mapping

Candidate sourcing

Data-driven recruiting

Stakeholder management

Ambiguity handling

Job description

Harvey is seeking a Lead Technical Recruiter to build Harvey Labs, our AI research organization, and to own end-to-end searches for post-training talent across data, evaluations, infrastructure, modeling, and training.

You’ll partner with our Chief Research Officer and technical leadership to define talent strategies, build scalable recruiting processes, and attract exceptional AI talent in a fast-growing environment. This role requires hands-on ownership and strong market insight.