Senior Recruiter, AI & Engineering

NewsBreak•Mountain View, CA

8h•$120,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

NewsBreak is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter, AI & Engineering to join their team. This role is responsible for building the teams behind NewsBreak's AI-powered platform. It is a high-impact, individual-contributor role focused on owning complex technical searches from beginning to end and operating at a strategic level. The recruiter will partner with engineering leaders and hiring managers to develop and execute hiring plans, acting as the recruiting expert to shape role scoping, calibrate interview loops, and close exceptional candidates in a competitive market. Success requires deep technical recruiting skills, market instincts, and the ability to manage multiple senior-level searches simultaneously in a fast-paced AI company. This position is 100% in-office, Monday through Friday, at the Mountain View headquarters.

Requirements

5+ years of technical recruiting experience, with a strong track record of full-cycle recruiting for software engineers, AI/ML engineers, infrastructure engineers, or other highly competitive technical talent.
Experience recruiting for high-growth Silicon Valley technology companies or AI-first organizations.
Proven ability to independently manage multiple senior/complex searches at once, with strong prioritization and organizational skills.
Strong sourcing skills, including creative, proactive outreach to passive candidates through multiple channels.
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility with technical hiring managers and senior engineering leaders.
Demonstrated resilience, adaptability, and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
Willingness to work on-site five days per week in Mountain View.

Nice To Haves

Experience recruiting for frontier AI, LLM, agentic AI, or generative AI teams.
Experience closing senior IC, staff, or principal-level technical candidates in competitive, multi-offer situations.
Familiarity with AI-powered recruiting/sourcing tools and applicant tracking systems (e.g., Greenhouse, Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, or similar).
Experience supporting globally distributed engineering teams.
Professional fluency in both English and Mandarin Chinese is a plus.

Responsibilities

Own full-cycle recruiting for high-impact Engineering, AI, Machine Learning, and Infrastructure roles, from senior IC to staff/principal level.
Partner with hiring managers to scope roles, define success profiles, and build hiring plans aligned to team priorities.
Manage a high volume of concurrent, often highly specialized searches without sacrificing quality or candidate experience.
Develop and execute creative, proactive sourcing strategies to identify and engage passive talent from leading AI companies and top-tier Silicon Valley technology firms.
Build and maintain a strong personal network and talent pipeline across AI/ML, backend, infrastructure, and platform engineering.
Stay current on compensation benchmarks, competitor hiring trends, and the broader AI talent landscape to advise hiring managers with real market intelligence.
Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, guiding them through role definition, interview design, and offer strategy.
Deliver a consistently exceptional candidate experience, from first outreach through offer and close, including for senior and executive-level technical candidates.
Maintain a high hiring bar through structured interview processes, calibrated scorecards, and rigorous technical assessment coordination.
Use recruiting data and pipeline metrics to identify bottlenecks and continuously improve time-to-fill, offer-accept rates, and funnel quality.
Champion AI-powered recruiting tools, sourcing automation, and process improvements to increase efficiency without sacrificing rigor.
Contribute to employer branding efforts that help NewsBreak stand out to top technical talent.