Principal Recruiter
Skills
Software As A ServiceApplicant Tracking SystemsEmerging TechnologiesKey MetricsNegotiationScratchScreening
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience in-house at a B2B SaaS or technology company
- Proven track record owning the full recruiting lifecycle for hard-to-find engineering profiles
- Direct experience recruiting AI engineers ML engineers or agentic systems builders
- Familiarity with technical communities such as Hugging Face LangChain Discord or AI-focused GitHub organizations
- Genuine curiosity about AI and emerging technology and the ability to hold a credible conversation with engineers
- Strong full-cycle instincts from sourcing through close with ability to build a pipeline to signed offer
- Experience using Greenhouse Ashby or a comparable ATS
- High ownership mentality and ability to run searches like a business
- Clear direct communication with candidates and stakeholders
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving lean team environment
Nice to have
- High ownership
- Technical curiosity
- Creative sourcing
- Strong communication
- Commercial mindset
Day to day
- Own full-cycle recruiting for US remote AI and engineering roles from intake to close
- Build proactive sourcing pipelines using LinkedIn Recruiter GitHub community forums and AI practitioner networks
- Partner with co-founders and hiring managers to shape profiles run sharp screenings and deliver a strong candidate experience
- Represent the company credibly in technical conversations manage offers and track recruiting metrics in an ATS
- Contribute to employer branding and bring market insight on talent trends compensation and sourcing channels