Who you are
- 5+ years of technical recruiting experience, ideally including time at a high-growth startup or tech company
- A track record of hiring engineers in infrastructure, distributed systems, cloud, AI/ML or developer tools
- A strong, creative sourcer who enjoys finding and engaging passive talent
- Enough technical fluency to hold credible conversations with senior engineers and understand what makes them great
- Skilled at managing a full requisition load while keeping hiring managers aligned and moving quickly
- Data-minded: you use funnel metrics and market intel to adjust your approach
- Excellent written and verbal communication, with a talent for selling a mission
- Comfortable with ambiguity, high ownership and building process while you execute
- Experience recruiting at an AI lab, neocloud, hyperscaler, GPU cloud or infrastructure company
- Early recruiting hire at a venture-backed startup
- An existing network across AI, ML and infrastructure engineering talent
- Hands-on experience with Ashby or a similar modern ATS, plus sourcing tools and AI-assisted search
- Familiarity with open-source communities
What the job involves
- Own full-cycle recruiting for engineering and technical roles, from intake to signed offer
- Run intake meetings with hiring managers to define role requirements, candidate profiles and search strategy
- Proactively source passive candidates across LinkedIn, GitHub, open-source communities, research papers, conferences and referrals
- Write compelling outreach and pitch Hyperbolic's mission and technical challenges to senior engineers
- Screen candidates for technical fit, motivation and culture add, and keep hiring managers calibrated on the market
- Coordinate structured interview loops, gather scorecard feedback and drive timely hiring decisions
- Manage offers and closing, partnering with the Head of Talent on leveling and compensation
- Deliver a fast, thoughtful candidate experience at every stage
- Keep pipeline data clean in our ATS (Ashby) and report on funnel health, time-to-hire and source effectiveness
- Help build employer brand in the AI and infrastructure community through events, content and referrals