Technical Recruiter

10alabs; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Comprehensive benefits

401(k)

Unlimited PTO

Professional development stipend

Remote work environment

Job summary

10a Labs seeks a Technical Recruiter to architect and scale our talent engine, focusing on technical and mission-driven hires across engineering, red teaming, research, product, and operations. You will partner with leadership to shape hiring strategy, build proactive sourcing pipelines, design structured interview processes, and improve onboarding and ATS workflows.

This remote, growth‑minded role offers a competitive USD salary, comprehensive benefits, 401(k), unlimited PTO, and ongoing

Qualifications

• 3+ years in recruiting and operations, ideally at a high-growth startup.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated success recruiting both technical and non-technical roles in competitive markets.
• Strong outbound sourcing capability.
• Experience designing and implementing hiring processes, SOPs, onboarding programs, and process improvements.
• Comfort rolling up your sleeves, operating in ambiguity, and building systems from scratch.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with HR management systems, job boards, and applicant-tracking systems.
• Comfort working in fast-moving environments such as startups or research labs.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting, including sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding.
• Build and execute proactive sourcing strategies for highly competitive AI and engineering markets.
• Develop structured interview processes and evaluation rubrics.
• Partner with hiring managers to define performance profiles and talent gaps.
• Drive candidate experience and closing strategy.
• Track recruiting metrics and optimize funnel and ATS workflows.
• Partner with leadership on workforce planning and hiring prioritization.
• Contribute to improvements of onboarding programs and performance review cycles.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Sourcing strategies

Interview processes

ATS workflows

Workforce planning

Onboarding programs

Vendor coordination

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

HRIS

ATS

Job boards

Job description

About 10a Labs:

10a Labs is the safety and threat‑intelligence layer trusted by frontier AI labs, AI unicorns, Fortune 10 companies, and leading global technology platforms. Our adversarial red teaming, model evaluations, and intelligence collection enable engineering, safety, and security teams to stay ahead of evolving threats and deploy AI systems safely.

About the Role:

We are hiring a Technical Recruiter to architect and scale our talent engine and strengthen core people operations.

This is a high‑ownership role focused primarily on recruiting exceptional technical and mission‑driven talent in competitive markets. You will build talent pipelines across engineering, red teaming, research, product, operations, and specialized technical roles, and design the systems that enable them to succeed once hired.

You will work directly with leadership to shape hiring strategy and ensure we consistently hire exceptional talent.

What You’ll Own:

Talent Acquisition

• Own full-cycle recruiting, including sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding.
• Build and execute proactive sourcing strategies for highly competitive AI and engineering markets.
• Develop structured interview processes and evaluation rubrics.
• Partner with hiring managers to define performance profiles and talent gaps.
• Drive candidate experience and closing strategy.
• Track recruiting metrics and continuously improve funnel performance and ATS workflows.
• Partner with leadership on workforce planning and hiring prioritization.

People Operations & Infrastructure

• Contribute to improvements of structured onboarding programs
• Support performance review cycles and feedback systems.
• Implement and document SOPs for core processes.
• Coordinate with external vendors, legal counsel, and service providers.
• Identify bottlenecks and test new tools or workflows to boost efficiency.
• Contribute to and own other cross‑functional, operational projects as the company continues to scale.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years in recruiting and operations, ideally at a high-growth startup.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated success recruiting both technical (e.g., ML engineers, software engineers, data scientists, etc.) and non-technical (e.g., researchers, threat investigators, etc.) roles in competitive markets.
• Strong outbound sourcing capability.
• Experience designing and implementing hiring processes, SOPs, onboarding programs, and process improvements.
• Comfort rolling up your sleeves, operating in ambiguity, and building systems from scratch.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with HR management systems, job boards, and applicant‑tracking systems.
• Comfort working in fast-moving, high‑impact environments, such as startups, AI research labs, or security-focused teams.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience recruiting in AI, cybersecurity, or mission‑driven domains.
• Experience recruiting in the US and internationally.

Benefits

• Competitive salary: USD $90k to $120k
• Room for growth with demonstrated success
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Unlimited PTO
• Professional development stipend
• Remote work environment