Senior Tech Recruiter for AI/ML & Software Talent

Sonatus

Sunnyvale (CA)

Hybrid

USD 128,000 - 174,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Dependent Care Program

Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD

Unlimited PTO

Hybrid work

Free lunches

Job summary

Sonatus is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to own full-cycle recruiting for AI/ML, software, embedded, and cloud roles. You’ll partner with engineering leaders, calibrate candidate profiles, and drive strategies using market insights and data.

The role is hybrid, based in Sunnyvale, requiring three on-site days per week. You will lead strategic sourcing, assess candidates against defined criteria, and apply AI to recruiting processes while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships

Qualifications

5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience in fast-paced startup or high-growth technology environments.
Ability to advise engineering leaders, influence hiring decisions, and provide data- and market-driven recommendations.
Demonstrated success developing multi-channel sourcing strategies and recruiting passive talent across competitive technical domains such as software, embedded systems, cloud, or AI/ML.
Strong technical curiosity and AI fluency, with the ability to quickly understand complex technical domains and leverage AI to improve recruiting processes.
Experience using recruiting metrics and funnel data to assess pipeline health, forecast outcomes, and adjust strategy.
Ability to manage multiple complex searches while maintaining a strong candidate experience and stakeholder communication.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.
Ability to work onsite at our Sunnyvale headquarters three days per week.

Responsibilities

Full-Cycle Recruitment: Drive the recruitment lifecycle for technical roles across AI/ML, software, embedded, systems, cloud, and related areas globally, ensuring an efficient, rigorous, and high-quality hiring process.
Recruiting Calibration & Strategy: Lead intake and calibration sessions, translating business and technical requirements into clear candidate profiles, sourcing strategies, assessment criteria, and recruiting plans.
Hiring Manager Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor, proactively identifying risks, challenging assumptions, and influencing hiring strategies through market insights, pipeline data, and candidate feedback.
Strategic Sourcing & Pipeline Development: Develop and execute creative, multi-channel sourcing strategies to engage high-caliber technical talent, continuously evaluating effectiveness and adjusting as needed.
Screening & Assessment: Assess candidates against defined success criteria, including technical experience, scope, complexity, ownership, impact, communication, and motivation, while driving consistent, evidence-based evaluation.
AI & Recruiting Innovation: Apply AI to improve recruiting processes, productivity, research, sourcing, analysis, and decision-making, while identifying opportunities to improve how the team operates.
Data & Pipeline Management: Maintain accurate Greenhouse data and leverage recruiting metrics to identify risks, forecast outcomes, diagnose bottlenecks, and adjust strategy while ensuring compliance.
Talent Intelligence & Market Research: Understand relevant talent markets, competitor activity, compensation trends, talent availability, and emerging technologies, translating insights into actionable recommendations.