Talent Sourcer for Research Software Engineers (AI/ML)

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 137,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Hybrid schedule (office days 3/wk)

Remote work option

Job summary

OpenAI, a leading AI research and deployment company, seeks a Research Recruiting professional to identify and engage world-class software and ML engineers driving frontier research. You will lead top-of-funnel sourcing, craft outreach strategies, and build long-term relationships with highly specialized talent to support our research teams.

You will map emerging fields, identify leading contributors, and partner with recruiters, hiring managers, and research leaders to surface exceptional

Qualifications

• Significant experience sourcing specialized engineering/technical talent across a range of highly technical domains.
• Deep interest in AI and the engineering challenges behind frontier research.
• Demonstrable success in sourcing and hiring top technical talent at a premier tech company, high-growth startup, VC, and/or executive search firm.
• Ability to drive multiple complex searches in parallel while maintaining a high quality bar and exceptional stakeholder + candidate experience.
• A passion for the research and mapping components of sourcing; it’s a long game.

Responsibilities

• Build highly targeted searches that deliver candidate profiles with precision.
• Craft thoughtful outreach approaches to engage passive talent and cultivate relationships with high-priority targets.
• Develop creative strategies to discover non-traditional, highly specialized, up-and-coming talent.
• Partner with hiring managers to develop customized sourcing strategies and advise on the market.
• Take a data-driven approach to candidate tracking and funnel metrics.
• Represent OpenAI and engage with community members at conferences and events.

Job description

OpenAI, a leading AI research and deployment company, seeks a Research Recruiting professional to identify and engage world-class software and ML engineers driving frontier research. You will lead top-of-funnel sourcing, craft outreach strategies, and build long-term relationships with highly specialized talent to support our research teams.

You will map emerging fields, identify leading contributors, and partner with recruiters, hiring managers, and research leaders to surface exceptional