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Senior Technical Recruiter

OpenAI· People
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Hybrid (US - Remote), Hybrid (Seattle), Hybrid (San Francisco)$172k - $295kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Experienced technical recruiter focused on hiring engineering leaders for OpenAI's Applied Foundations, partnering with engineering leaders to define role scope, leadership expectations, and technical requirements, and managing full-cycle leadership searches from mapping to close.

Responsibilities

  • Lead full-cycle searches for senior engineering leaders across Applied Foundations.
  • Partner with hiring leaders to define role scope, leadership expectations, technical requirements, and outcomes of a successful hire.
  • Develop talent maps and targeted search strategies using direct sourcing, referrals, market research, and long-term relationship building.
  • Engage passive leadership candidates through outreach and substantive conversations about their experience, motivations, and potential impact at OpenAI.
  • Partner with hiring teams to assess leadership capabilities, including building teams, developing managers, setting technical direction, and leading through change.
  • Advise senior stakeholders using market intelligence and search evidence, including when to revisit requirements or broaden the talent pool.
  • Own complex closing strategies, navigating compensation, equity considerations, counteroffers, and career decisions.
  • Maintain a rigorous operating rhythm across searches, communicating progress and surfacing risks early.
  • Strengthen leadership recruiting practices by sharing insights, improving assessment approaches, and coaching teammates in challenging searches.

Qualifications

  • Substantial technical recruiting experience with a track record of personally owning and closing engineering leadership searches.
  • Experience in executive search or in-house leadership recruiting or comparable environment requiring targeted research, senior stakeholder partnership, and discretion.
  • Ability to evaluate leadership scope beyond titles and differentiate technical expertise, people leadership, and organizational impact.
  • Credibility with senior engineering leaders and ability to provide clear recommendations, including constructive pushback when needed.
  • Experience managing complex offers and understanding how compensation, role scope, context, and motivation influence decision-making.
  • Strategic judgment combined with strong sourcing and execution skills; comfortable from search kickoff through close.
  • Ability to learn unfamiliar technical domains quickly and adapt as priorities evolve.
  • Clear communication, thoughtful handling of sensitive information, and openness to feedback.

Skills

Required:Technical recruitingExecutive searchStakeholder management

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
  • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
  • 13+ paid company holidays, and additional paid focus/recharge office closures, plus paid sick or safe time
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Daily meals in offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Additional taxable fringe benefits such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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