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Fireworks AIFireworks AISan Mateo, CA

Technical Recruiter

Own full-cycle recruiting for specialized engineering and research domains, partnering with founders and technical leaders to hire senior, hard-to-fill talent. The role requires at least five years of technical recruiting experience, strong technical fluency, and expertise with modern sourcing tools.

180k – 220k/yr
On-site5+ YOERecruiting

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own full-cycle recruiting—including sourcing, screening, and closing—for technical roles within a focused area.
  • Partner with hiring managers and founders to scope roles, define calibrated hiring bars, and build pragmatic hiring strategies.
  • Build and nurture pipelines of technical talent through proactive outreach and referrals with high-touch, personalized engagement.
  • Run structured, bias-aware screens that assess technical depth and mission fit.
  • Deliver an exceptional end-to-end candidate experience and represent the company’s mission and culture.
  • Drive offers and closes using market and compensation data.
  • Maintain a clean ATS, report on funnel health, and continuously improve recruiting processes.
  • Use AI tooling to improve sourcing and screening efficiency while preserving a personal touch.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, ideally at a high-growth startup or in AI/ML, infrastructure, or deep tech.
  • Track record of closing senior and hard-to-fill engineering or research roles in a competitive market.
  • Strong technical fluency and the ability to discuss engineering roles, technology stacks, and technical recruiting needs credibly.
  • Fluency with modern AI-powered sourcing and screening tools.
  • Experience with Ashby.
  • Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills.
  • Strong commitment to candidate experience.
  • Comfort with ambiguity and a fast-changing, high-bar environment.

Nice to Have

  • Familiarity with the open-source AI ecosystem, including PyTorch, model serving, and inference.
  • Experience building recruiting processes or employer-brand programs at an early-stage company.

Benefits and Compensation

  • Work on hard problems in AI infrastructure, including low-latency inference and scalable model serving.
  • Build technology impacting how businesses and developers use AI globally.
  • High ownership and direct impact in a fast-growing environment.
  • Collaborate with engineers and AI researchers.
  • Salary range: $180,000–$220,000 annually.

Skills

Technical RecruitingFull-Cycle RecruitingAI/MLInfrastructuredeep techAshbyai sourcing toolscandidate screeningPyTorchmodel servinginferenceemployer branding

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