Senior Technical Recruiter

David AI•San Francisco, CA

1d•$140,000 - $210,000

About The Position

David AI is an audio data research company that develops datasets using an R&D approach. Founded in 2024 by former Scale AI engineers and operators, the company serves major technology companies and AI labs and recently raised a $50M Series B. The Talent team builds David AI’s internal organization by identifying, engaging, and closing exceptional talent across technical, product, and business functions. As Senior Technical Recruiter, you will own full-cycle hiring for critical roles across engineering, research, and technical product. You will partner directly with the CTO and engineering leaders to define candidate profiles, design assessment processes, and close candidates in a competitive market. The role also contributes to recruiting operations and helps scale the technical team.

Requirements

5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, including meaningful experience at a high-growth startup.
Track record of hiring senior engineers in a competitive market and closing candidates weighing multiple offers.
Experience partnering directly with engineering leadership as a trusted advisor.
Strong command of offer negotiation, compensation structures including equity, and closing strategy.
Ability to source a pipeline using Boolean search and tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Juicebox, and Ashby or a similar ATS.

Nice To Haves

Experience recruiting for AI/ML, research, or data-focused companies.
Experience recruiting ML engineers, research engineers, or infrastructure/platform engineers.
Experience designing or improving interview processes from scratch at an early-stage company.
Familiarity with market mapping and competitive talent intelligence.

Responsibilities

Own full-cycle recruiting for engineering and other technical roles, from intake and role scoping through sourcing, screening, interview management, and offer close.
Partner with the CTO and engineering hiring managers to define role requirements, calibrate candidate profiles, and design structured interview processes.
Drive candidate engagement and closing, including compensation conversations, offer negotiation, and competing-offer strategy.
Build and run proactive outreach to passive candidates using Boolean search, talent mapping, and personalized messaging.
Deliver an excellent candidate experience and serve as the primary point of contact and an ambassador for David AI.
Maintain clean pipelines in Ashby and use funnel data to identify bottlenecks, improve conversion, and keep hiring managers informed.
Monitor technical talent markets, compensation benchmarks, competitor talent movement, and hiring trends across AI/ML and infrastructure.
Contribute to recruiting operations, including interview training, scorecards, and process improvements.