About the company
Our client is an AI technology company expanding its technical team. Its recruiting function works closely with leadership to build engineering and product capabilities.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Join as a Technical Recruiter and own full-cycle hiring for technical roles. You will help establish recruiting systems and work directly with leaders on role definition, sourcing, and closing.
What you'll do
- Recruit across software engineering, infrastructure, applied AI, and product engineering.
- Build outbound sourcing pipelines from scratch.
- Partner with leadership on calibration, interviews, and closing strategy.
- Deliver a responsive, high-touch candidate experience.
- Develop recruiting workflows, templates, and talent market maps.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 2+ years of technical recruiting experience.
- A strong understanding of engineering, infrastructure, systems, and applied AI roles.
- Experience sourcing, engaging, and closing engineers in competitive markets.
- Experience partnering directly with founders, executives, or senior hiring managers.
- Ability to recruit difficult-to-close senior, founding, or infrastructure engineers.
- Comfort working independently in a fast-moving startup environment.
Bonus points
- An engineering, AI, startup, university, or quantitative talent network.
- Experience building a recruiting function at an early stage.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 150,000 to 225,000 per year.
- Equity: Competitive equity.
Location and work model
- San Francisco, California, United States.
- The role is listed as onsite, with a candidate-facing requirement to attend the office three times per week.
- Visa transfers are supported.
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