Senior Technical Recruiter for AI/ML & Software, Equity

Front Door Defense; Los Angeles, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

PTO

Stock Options

Job summary

Machina Labs is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter in Los Angeles to build scalable pipelines for AI/ML and software roles. This senior IC will own full-cycle recruiting and partner with engineering leaders to translate needs into search strategies.

You'll map markets, develop proactive pipelines, and manage a disciplined process across funnel stages, while contributing to scaling the recruiting function as the company grows.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
• At least 4 years of in-house recruiting experience.
• Demonstrated success recruiting senior software engineers and specialized talent (AI/ML, data, infrastructure, robotics).
• Strong technical fluency and ability to understand nuanced engineering profiles.
• Excellent sourcing and market-mapping skills with proven passives onboarding.
• Experience running disciplined recruiting processes, including calibration, structured interviewing, debriefs, pipeline management, and ATS hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting for software engineering, AI/ML, data, infrastructure, and other highly technical roles, from senior IC through leadership levels.
• Partner with engineering leaders to translate business and technical needs into clear, realistic candidate profiles and search strategies.
• Lead profile calibration, including defining must-haves, tradeoffs, target talent pools, and what success looks like before a search launches.
• Build thoughtful market maps and proactive pipelines for hard-to-find technical talent.
• Use market data and candidate feedback to recalibrate when the market does not support the initial profile.
• Drive a consistent, high-quality recruiting process, including recruiter screens, interview plans, scorecards, debriefs, pipeline management, and candidate communication.
• Maintain strong operating discipline and data quality within our ATS, using funnel data and market insight to identify where searches are working or getting stuck.
• Contribute to improving how we recruit as we scale, including processes, tools, reporting, talent pipelines, and hiring-manager practices.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

In-house recruiting

Sourcing & market-mapping

Stakeholder management

ATS hygiene

ATS

Tools

ATS

Job description

Machina Labs is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter in Los Angeles to build scalable pipelines for AI/ML and software roles. This senior IC will own full-cycle recruiting and partner with engineering leaders to translate needs into search strategies.

You'll map markets, develop proactive pipelines, and manage a disciplined process across funnel stages, while contributing to scaling the recruiting function as the company grows.