Technical Recruiter
Own full-cycle technical recruiting for engineering and AI roles at a fast-growing frontier AI data infrastructure startup. Build sourcing pipelines, partner directly with founders, and help shape hiring processes and systems from day one.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own full-cycle recruiting for technical roles, including software engineering, infrastructure, applied AI, full-stack, and product engineering.
- Build high-quality outbound sourcing pipelines for top technical talent.
- Source candidates from AI labs, high-growth startups, big tech, quant firms, and elite universities.
- Partner with founders and hiring managers to define role requirements, interview loops, scorecards, and hiring strategy.
- Run candidate processes end-to-end, including outreach, screens, coordination, feedback collection, offer support, and closing.
- Create a high-touch candidate experience that reflects AfterQuery’s bar, speed, and culture.
- Track and improve recruiting funnel metrics, including response rates, pass-through rates, offer acceptance, and time to hire.
- Help build the foundation of AfterQuery’s recruiting function, including systems, templates, workflows, and talent market maps.
Required Qualifications
- 1+ years of experience in technical recruiting, ideally at a high-growth startup, AI company, top tech company, or technical recruiting agency.
- Proven ability to source, engage, and close strong engineering candidates in competitive markets.
- Strong understanding of technical roles across software engineering, infrastructure, full-stack, applied AI, and systems/product engineering.
- Experience building outbound sourcing pipelines from scratch.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong judgment on candidate quality, calibration, culture fit, and hiring urgency.
- High agency, strong ownership, and comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment.
- Experience partnering directly with founders, executives, or senior hiring managers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience recruiting for AI, ML, data infrastructure, developer tools, quant, or frontier technology companies.
- Strong network across engineering, AI, startup, university, or quant communities.
- Experience hiring founding engineers, senior engineers, infrastructure engineers, or other hard-to-close technical talent.
- Comfortable with LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS systems, sourcing tools, email sequencing tools, and AI-assisted recruiting workflows.
- Experience improving interview processes, scorecards, calibration systems, or candidate experience.
- Startup experience preferred.
Skills
Technical Recruiting, Outbound Sourcing, LinkedIn Recruiter, Ats Systems, Sourcing Tools, Email Sequencing Tools, Ai-Assisted Recruiting, Full-Cycle Recruiting, Candidate Experience, Hiring Strategy
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