Technical Recruiter
This role leads end-to-end recruitment for technical teams at AI-focused companies, managing everything from sourcing ML engineers and research scientists to closing offers. Technical Recruiters distinguish themselves through deep expertise in evaluating specialized talent—understanding the nuances of AI infrastructure, distributed systems, and research backgrounds—and building strategic relationships with hiring leaders to align talent strategy with business growth. They typically operate within dedicated talent acquisition teams at high-growth AI companies, partnering with sourcers, coordinators, and cross-functional stakeholders to navigate competitive markets for top-tier engineering and research talent.
Measured across 52 of 52 open postings.
This role is advertised at 2 levels, so a single figure for the role would describe none of them. Experience and pay are the midpoints for each level on its own.
| Level | Share | Median years | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | 50%(26) | 5 | $160k |
| Senior | 37%(19) | 6 | $175k |
A dash means too few postings stated it to report a midpoint. Most companies do not publish a salary band, so pay is indicative rather than a market rate. 2 levels with fewer than 10 open postings are not shown.
“Experience leveraging AI tools (Claude, GPT, Copilot, etc) to build agents that serve as a productivity enhancement”
“leveraging modern AI tools, market intelligence, and scalable sourcing practices to help us identify and hire world-class aircraft engineering talent”
“An "AI builder" mindset: genuinely curious about the technology, hands-on with new tools, and able to speak credibly to deeply technical candidates.”
“Curiosity about technology and the products you're hiring for. Experience recruiting within AI, infrastructure, developer tools, or distributed systems is a plus”
Requirements are a share of every open posting, so a role missing from this list is one where almost nobody asks. Work mode is different: many postings never say, so that figure counts only the ones that do. A posting stops being advertised when it is filled, cancelled or reorganised, so read the last figure as how long these stay on the market, not as time to hire.
Skills
What companies are looking for in this role.
Talent sourcing and outreach
Full-cycle recruiting
Structured candidate assessment
Recruiting operations and systems
Offer negotiation and closing
Employer branding and recruitment marketing
People and hiring analytics
Talent market intelligence
AI/ML talent landscape fluency
AI-assisted recruiting workflows
Hands-on AI tool fluency
Executive relationship building
Technology
The tools and technologies that define this role.
Open Jobs
52 open Technical Recruiter jobs across 36 companies.
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