Technical Recruiter - AI Research & Engineering

Patronus AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity packages

15 days paid vacation

Parental & sick leave

Health insurance

Job summary

Patronus AI, based in San Francisco, seeks a Technical Recruiter to own end-to-end hiring for researchers and engineers. You’ll source aggressively, collaborate with founders on role scope, and close candidates who have multiple options, using AI to streamline sourcing, outreach, and funnel analysis.

You will manage the full cycle for research, platform, product engineering and technical program management roles, maintaining a high bar and delivering an exceptional candidate experience in a

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting, including startup experience.
• Hired engineers or researchers in competitive markets with multiple offers.
• Able to source candidates not actively applying and off first page results.
• Able to read resumes, GitHub profiles or papers and form your view before the hiring manager.
• Strong negotiation skills to craft compelling value propositions and close offers.
• Maintain a clean ATS and report pipeline with evidence-based decisions.
• Excited about AI and use it to improve recruiting efficiency.
• Excellent writing for outreach to candidates.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruiting for research and engineering roles from intake to close.
• Source passive candidates from publications, citations, open-source contributions, conferences, and academic networks.
• Collaborate with co-founders and hiring managers to define scope, bar, and success for roles.
• Develop domain fluency to evaluate technical qualifications beyond keywords.
• Close candidates and manage offers and negotiations with founders.
• Ensure a positive candidate experience for all applicants.
• Leverage AI to map markets, draft outreach, and analyze funnel data.
• Build expanding capabilities in increasingly ambiguous recruiting challenges.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Sourcing passive candidates

Candidate negotiations

Technical fluency

Strong outreach writing

Tools

Greenhouse

Job description

Patronus AI, based in San Francisco, seeks a Technical Recruiter to own end-to-end hiring for researchers and engineers. You’ll source aggressively, collaborate with founders on role scope, and close candidates who have multiple options, using AI to streamline sourcing, outreach, and funnel analysis.

You will manage the full cycle for research, platform, product engineering and technical program management roles, maintaining a high bar and delivering an exceptional candidate experience in a