Senior Technical Recruiter – AI/ML & Security

Gray Swan; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 123,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with up to 4% matching

28 days annual leave

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Catered lunches (Pittsburgh office)

Flexible work arrangements

Visa sponsorship available

Job summary

Gray Swan is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to own recruiting across its technical organization, spanning Software Engineering, Infrastructure, AI/ML, Security, Research, and more. The role blends strategic partnership with hands-on recruiting, from defining roles to closing exceptional engineers.

You’ll source, screen, build pipelines, and close top technologists, while collaborating with engineering leadership to shape profiles and market approaches.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with significant experience recruiting technical talent.
• A strong track record recruiting software engineers and other highly technical candidates in competitive markets.
• Experience recruiting for a high-growth startup, ideally at an early‑stage or pre‑IPO company.
• Experience partnering directly with engineering leaders, technical executives, and hiring managers.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle technical recruiting from role definition and talent mapping through sourcing, assessment, offer strategy, and close.
• Partner with engineering and technical leadership as a trusted talent advisor, helping define profiles, understand the market, calibrate on talent, and make better hiring decisions.
• Recruit across highly technical functions including Software Engineering, Infrastructure, AI/ML, Security, Research, and technical customer-facing roles.
• Build exceptional passive talent pipelines through creative sourcing, market research, networking, targeted outreach, and referrals.
• Develop a deep understanding of technical talent markets and proactively identify candidates who may not be actively looking.
• Recruit and close highly sought-after technical candidates, developing compelling pitches, understanding candidate motivations, navigating objections, and competing effectively for top talent.
• Coach and challenge hiring teams on technical profiles, interview processes, candidate calibration, and hiring decisions.
• Partner with engineering leaders to improve technical interview design, scorecards, calibration, and debrief processes.
• Use recruiting data and market intelligence to understand pipeline health, conversion rates, sourcing effectiveness, time-to-fill, and offer acceptance, and adjust strategy accordingly.
• Manage multiple high-priority technical searches simultaneously while maintaining a high bar for candidate quality and experience.
• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience that is thoughtful, responsive, rigorous, and highly personal.
• Help build recruiting infrastructure and processes that can scale as Gray Swan grows.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Technical recruiting

Startup experience

Engineering leadership partnering

Sourcing instincts

Candidate closing

Data-driven recruiting

Hiring strategy

Job description

Gray Swan is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to own recruiting across its technical organization, spanning Software Engineering, Infrastructure, AI/ML, Security, Research, and more. The role blends strategic partnership with hands-on recruiting, from defining roles to closing exceptional engineers.

You’ll source, screen, build pipelines, and close top technologists, while collaborating with engineering leadership to shape profiles and market approaches.