Technical Recruiter

Hyperbolic; California; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyperbolic is seeking an experienced technical recruiter to own end-to-end engineering hiring in a fast-growing environment in California. You will craft targeted outreach, engage passive engineers, and drive hiring across AI/ML, infrastructure, and cloud domains.

You will work closely with the Head of Talent and engineering leaders to define role requirements, build a compelling candidate experience, and optimize the recruiting funnel using data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical recruiting experience for engineering teams.
• Experience sourcing for AI/ML, infrastructure, cloud talent.
• Strong ability to engage passive candidates and build relationships.
• Familiarity with modern ATS and AI-assisted search tools.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle engineering recruiting from intake to offer.
• Lead intake meetings with hiring managers to define requirements and strategy.
• Proactively source passive candidates across LinkedIn, GitHub, and communities.
• Screen for technical fit, motivation and culture add; calibrate market expectations.
• Coordinate interviews, gather feedback, and drive timely hiring decisions.
• Manage offers and closing in partnership with leadership on leveling/compensation.
• Deliver a fast, thoughtful candidate experience at every stage.
• Maintain clean pipeline data in the ATS and report on funnel health.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Sourcing passive candidates

Engineering hiring

Communication & selling

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

Tools

Ashby ATS

Sourcing tools

Job description

Who you are

• 5+ years of technical recruiting experience, ideally including time at a high-growth startup or tech company
• A track record of hiring engineers in infrastructure, distributed systems, cloud, AI/ML or developer tools
• A strong, creative sourcer who enjoys finding and engaging passive talent
• Enough technical fluency to hold credible conversations with senior engineers and understand what makes them great
• Skilled at managing a full requisition load while keeping hiring managers aligned and moving quickly
• Data-minded: you use funnel metrics and market intel to adjust your approach
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with a talent for selling a mission
• Comfortable with ambiguity, high ownership and building process while you execute
• Experience recruiting at an AI lab, neocloud, hyperscaler, GPU cloud or infrastructure company
• Early recruiting hire at a venture-backed startup
• An existing network across AI, ML and infrastructure engineering talent
• Hands-on experience with Ashby or a similar modern ATS, plus sourcing tools and AI-assisted search
• Familiarity with open-source communities

What the job involves

• Own full-cycle recruiting for engineering and technical roles, from intake to signed offer
• Run intake meetings with hiring managers to define role requirements, candidate profiles and search strategy
• Proactively source passive candidates across LinkedIn, GitHub, open-source communities, research papers, conferences and referrals
• Write compelling outreach and pitch Hyperbolic's mission and technical challenges to senior engineers
• Screen candidates for technical fit, motivation and culture add, and keep hiring managers calibrated on the market
• Coordinate structured interview loops, gather scorecard feedback and drive timely hiring decisions
• Manage offers and closing, partnering with the Head of Talent on leveling and compensation
• Deliver a fast, thoughtful candidate experience at every stage
• Keep pipeline data clean in our ATS (Ashby) and report on funnel health, time-to-hire and source effectiveness
• Help build employer brand in the AI and infrastructure community through events, content and referrals