Strategic Technical Recruiter – AI/ML & Engineering

Mixpeek; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in a fast-growing AI company

Comprehensive health, dental, and vis

Flexible PTO policy

Meals provided during working hours

Opportunity to work with cutting-edge

Collaborative and innovative work

Job summary

Athena Intelligence in New York City is seeking a Technical Talent Recruiter who will serve as the strategic talent partner to leadership and own full-cycle recruiting for our technical and non-technical teams. This role is a builder role focused on attracting, assessing, and closing exceptional engineering, AI and non-technical talent in an in-office environment.

You will design structured interview loops and scorecards, stand up efficient tooling and automation, elevate candidate experience,

Qualifications

• 4–8+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting with a strong record hiring engineers and ML/AI talent in competitive markets.
• Consistent success in proactive sourcing and closing.
• Ability to assess core engineering and ML skill sets; comfortable discussing systems, stacks, and research-adjacent roles.
• Fluent with ATS workflows and analytics; identifies funnel drop-offs and bias; iterates for throughput and quality.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; trusted partner to senior stakeholders; navigates ambiguity with urgency and judgment.
• Experience implementing structured interviewing, inclusive hiring practices, and targeted outreach to broaden.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruiting for software, ML/AI, data, infra/platform, and product engineering roles.
• Define role scope, leveling, competencies, interview plans, and scorecards with hiring managers.
• Run structured screens, organize debriefs, and drive decision quality.
• Generate top-of-funnel via targeted outbound, referrals, communities, meetups, OSS contributors, university programs, and events.
• Build market maps for niche skill sets and maintain warm pipelines for current and future needs.
• Deliver a high-touch, transparent process: timely communication, well-run interviews, and clear expectations.
• Enable interviewers with rubrics and training; craft candidate-facing materials and role briefs that reflect our culture and bar.
• Advise leaders on talent markets, compensation trends, and role trade-offs; align on success profiles.
• Coach interviewers on structured evaluation and bias reduction; calibrate for a consistently high talent bar.
• Maintain ATS hygiene and dashboards; track time-to-fill, stage conversion, source mix, offer-accept, and pipeline diversity.
• Improve workflows and SLAs; pilot automation and AI-assisted sourcing/screening tools where appropriate.
• Craft competitive offers with Finance/People; lead closing strategies; manage references, background checks, and work authorization.
• Coordinate onboarding handoffs and support first-week experience.
• Uphold recruiting compliance and documentation standards.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Sourcing & outreach

Interviewing & evaluation

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

DEI & inclusive hiring

Communication

Tools

ATS

Job description

Athena Intelligence in New York City is seeking a Technical Talent Recruiter who will serve as the strategic talent partner to leadership and own full-cycle recruiting for our technical and non-technical teams. This role is a builder role focused on attracting, assessing, and closing exceptional engineering, AI and non-technical talent in an in-office environment.

You will design structured interview loops and scorecards, stand up efficient tooling and automation, elevate candidate experience,