Technical Recruiter

Sanderson King; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Sanderson King is seeking a Technical Recruiter to own full-cycle technical hiring for Software Engineering and ML/AI roles in San Francisco. You will partner with engineering leaders to shape talent strategies, build scalable recruiting processes, and attract top technical talent in a fast-growing AI infrastructure startup.

The role requires sourcing, assessing, and closing candidates, with a focus on building relationships with passive engineers and ML experts.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of technical recruiting experience across Software Engineering, ML/AI or Infrastructure.
• Strong full-cycle recruitment experience, including sourcing and closing candidates.
• Experience in an early-stage or hyper-growth technology company.
• Track record engaging difficult-to-reach technical talent.
• Strong stakeholder management with Engineering leaders and senior executives.
• Ability to operate with pace, autonomy and high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Owning searches from initial sourcing through assessment, offer negotiation and close.
• Developing creative outbound strategies to engage highly sought-after technical talent.
• Building strong relationships with passive Engineering and ML candidates.
• Partnering closely with technical leadership on hiring plans and candidate profiles.
• Building and improving interview processes, recruiting infrastructure and sourcing strategies.
• Managing pipelines and hiring velocity using data and funnel metrics.
• Delivering an exceptional candidate experience throughout the process.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Full-cycle recruitment

Software Engineering

Stakeholder management

Sourcing

Job description

Technical Recruiter – High-Growth AI Startup

I’m partnering with one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure businesses in the US as they continue to scale their engineering organisation.

Following significant venture funding and exceptional growth, the business is expanding rapidly and is looking to hire an experienced Technical Recruiter to join its growing Talent team in San Francisco.

This is an opportunity to join at a relatively early stage and have genuine influence over how the company attracts, assesses and closes some of the strongest technical talent in the AI market.

The role

You’ll own full-cycle technical recruitment across areas including:

• Software Engineering
• Infrastructure

This goes well beyond simply managing vacancies.

You’ll partner directly with engineering leaders and senior executives to understand hiring requirements, shape talent strategies and build recruiting processes that can scale with the organisation.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Owning searches from initial sourcing through assessment, offer negotiation and close
• Developing creative outbound strategies to engage highly sought-after technical talent
• Building strong relationships with passive Engineering and ML candidates
• Partnering closely with technical leadership on hiring plans and candidate profiles
• Building and improving interview processes, recruiting infrastructure and sourcing strategies
• Managing pipelines and hiring velocity using data and funnel metrics
• Delivering an exceptional candidate experience throughout the process

What we’re looking for

• 2+ years’ technical recruiting experience across Software Engineering, ML/AI or Infrastructure, ideally with 4–8 years overall experience
• Strong full-cycle recruitment experience, including sourcing and closing candidates
• Experience working within an early-stage or hyper-growth technology company
• A track record of engaging difficult-to-reach technical talent
• Strong stakeholder management with Engineering leaders and senior executives
• The ability to operate with pace, autonomy and high attention to detail

Experience recruiting within highly competitive AI/ML talent markets would be particularly valuable.

We’re especially interested in people who have worked in environments where they’ve had to build rather than simply inherit recruiting processes and infrastructure.

The opportunity

The company is building technology at the heart of the rapidly expanding AI ecosystem and has already secured significant backing from leading global technology investors.

The organisation is scaling rapidly, creating a genuine opportunity for the successful person to help shape the recruiting function rather than joining an established corporate Talent team.

Working pattern: 5 days on-site

Equity: Competitive package

If you’ve recruited exceptional Engineering or ML talent within a high-growth technology business and want to play a key role in scaling the next generation of AI infrastructure, I’d be keen to hear from you.