# Senior Technical Recruiter, AI/ML Research

**Company:** [Together AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/together-ai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Recruiting
**Salary:** $165k – $210k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Full-Cycle Recruiting, Ai Talent Sourcing, Technical Recruiting, Research Community Engagement, Interview Process Design, Academic Pipeline Recruiting, Talent Market Intelligence, Executive Stakeholder Management, Open-Source Community Engagement, Compensation Benchmarking
**Posted:** 2026-05-28

> Lead full-cycle recruiting for AI researchers, research engineers, and ML systems talent at a frontier AI infrastructure startup. Partner with research leadership to build hiring strategies and source from academia and industry.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Partner with executives, research leadership, and hiring managers to define and execute hiring strategies
- Lead full-cycle recruiting for specialized AI talent, including researchers, research engineers, applied scientists, and ML systems engineers
- Build and nurture relationships with top AI talent across academia, open-source communities, research labs, and industry networks
- Drive exceptional candidate experiences from initial engagement through offer close, with a strong focus on relationship building and long-term talent cultivation
- Provide market intelligence on AI talent trends, compensation, competitive hiring landscapes, and emerging research organizations to influence hiring strategy and organizational planning
- Collaborate cross-functionally with sourcing, coordination, people operations, and leadership teams to continuously improve recruiting processes and operational excellence
- Design and refine interview processes tailored for research hiring, including technical evaluations, publication reviews, and research presentation loops

## Requirements
- 5+ years of technical recruiting experience at high-growth technology companies, with a proven track record hiring exceptional AI researchers, research engineers, applied scientists, or ML infrastructure talent at leading AI labs, hyper-scale startups, or frontier technology companies
- Experience recruiting from both industry and academic pipelines, including familiarity with publications, conferences, open-source contributions, and research communities
- Ability to build trusted partnerships with senior technical leaders and influence hiring decisions through data and market expertise
- Resourceful, adaptable, and creative in solving recruiting challenges, with comfort operating in fast-paced, ambiguous, high-growth environments with rapidly evolving priorities and hiring needs
- Demonstrated ability to design recruiting processes and talent strategies from the ground up for emerging technical organizations
- Strong execution mindset with the ability to navigate complex searches and close highly competitive candidates in constrained talent markets

## Compensation & Benefits
- US base salary range: $165,000 - $210,000 + equity + benefits
- Health insurance and other benefits
- Flexibility in terms of remote work

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