Senior Technical Recruiter, AI/ML Research
Together AI· People
Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$165k - $210kfull-timePosted 4mo ago
About the role
Senior Technical Recruiter to partner with AI Research and Engineering leadership at Together AI to scale research teams across kernels, inference optimization, applied AI and model shaping.
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
Qualifications
- 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
Skills
Required:Full-cycle recruitingRelationship building with senior technical leadersMarket intelligence
Benefits
- competitive compensation
- startup equity
- health insurance
- flexibility in terms of remote work
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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