Forward Deployed Recruiter - Engineering

Move

16h•Remote

About The Position

Move is an embedded talent consultancy that places recruiters inside client companies and supports them with AI tools. This remote-first role is embedded within client teams, working in their systems and alongside their hiring managers. The recruiter owns full-cycle hiring for technical roles, including software engineering, AI and machine learning, infrastructure, data and product. The position requires understanding technical work well enough to engage credibly with engineers and explain opportunities clearly, while partnering with hiring managers to build effective hiring processes.

Requirements

Experience hiring technical talent to a high bar in software engineering, AI and machine learning, infrastructure or data.
Evidence of using AI to improve recruiting work, with an informed view of its strengths and limitations.
Ability to form clear opinions while remaining open to changing them based on evidence.
Composure in ambiguous situations and an ability to create order amid new clients, limited process or high expectations.
Ability to communicate using logic and data, including when a hiring manager disagrees.
Curiosity and commitment to continued learning.
Must be based in the UK and able to travel to London for client days and occasional team sessions.

Responsibilities

Run structured, detailed intake meetings to clarify hiring needs and make downstream recruiting more effective.
Own technical roles from search strategy through offer, working within the client's team and systems.
Source and engage engineers who are not actively looking, using AI agents to extend reach while exercising judgment over whom to contact and how.
Build technical credibility and discuss relevant stacks, architectures and problems with engineering candidates.
Coach hiring managers, including founders and CTOs, on calibration, interview design and feedback.
Build appropriately structured hiring foundations and processes that support pace.
Report honestly on pipeline health, process performance, candidate losses and corrective actions.
Use Move's AI agents and develop the ability to build and improve agents.