Senior Technical Recruiter, AI/ML Research

Together AI
San Francisco, US
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward senior technical recruiters comfortable with scaling world-class AI research teams in competitive markets while operating as strategic talent partners.

Best fit for

  • Seasoned recruiter with deep AI research hiring expertise in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
    — “seasoned Senior Technical Recruiter to partner closely with AI Research and Engineering leadership
  • Strategic talent partner who can influence hiring decisions through market expertise.
    — “influence hiring decisions through data and market expertise
  • Recruiter with proven success in closing top-tier AI talent from both industry and academia.
    — “proven track record hiring exceptional AI researchers, research engineers, applied scientists

Things to consider

  • Role requires navigating complex searches in constrained talent markets.
    — “navigate complex searches and close highly competitive candidates in constrained talent markets
  • Must operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with rapidly evolving priorities.
    — “comfort operating in fast-paced, ambiguous, high-growth environments with rapidly evolving priorities

How to stand out

  • Showcase specific examples of designing recruiting processes for emerging technical organizations.
    — “Demonstrated ability to design recruiting processes and talent strategies from the ground up
  • Highlight relationships with top AI talent across academia and industry networks.
    — “Build and nurture relationships with top AI talent across academia, open-source communities
  • Demonstrate experience refining interview processes tailored for research hiring.
    — “Design and refine interview processes tailored for research hiring
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • scale world-class research teams
  • build and nurture AI talent relationships
  • provide market intelligence
  • improve recruiting processes
Typical background
technical recruitingAI/ML industry experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Technical RecruitingAi/ml ResearchExecutive PartnershipFull-cycle Recruiting

Preferred

Ai/ml InfrastructureOpen-source Community Engagement

About the role

Original posting from Together AI via Greenhouse

About the Role

Together AI is building the AI Native Cloud — an end-to-end platform for generative AI lifecycle, integrating fast, reliable inference, and model-shaping services with cutting-edge AI cloud infrastructure. We are looking for a seasoned Senior Technical Recruiter to partner closely with AI Research and Engineering leadership to scale world-class research teams across kernels, inference optimization, applied AI and model shaping.

This role is ideal for someone who understands the unique dynamics of recruiting top-tier AI researchers and research engineers in a highly competitive market and can operate as a strategic talent partner to technical leadership.

Responsibilities

Partner with executives, research leadership, and hiring managers to define and execute hiring strategies

Lead full-cycle recruiting for specialized AI talent, including researchers, research engineers, applied scientists, and ML systems engineers

Build and nurture relationships with top AI talent across academia, open-source communities, research labs, and industry networks

Drive exceptional candidate experiences from initial engagement through offer close, with a strong focus on relationship building and long-term talent cultivation

Provide market intelligence on AI talent trends, compensation, competitive hiring landscapes, and emerging research organizations to influence hiring strategy and organizational planning

Collaborate cross-functionally with sourcing, coordination, people operations, and leadership teams to continuously improve recruiting processes and operational excellence

Design and refine interview processes tailored for research hiring, including technical evaluations, publication reviews, and research presentation loops

Requirements

5+ years of technical recruiting experience at high-growth technology companies, with a proven track record hiring exceptional AI researchers, research engineers, applied scientists, or ML infrastructure talent at leading AI labs, hyper-scale startups, or frontier technology companies

Experience recruiting from both industry and academic pipelines, including familiarity with publications, conferences, open-source contributions, and research communities

Ability to build trusted partnerships with senior technical leaders and influence hiring decisions through data and market expertise

Resourceful, adaptable, and creative in solving recruiting challenges, with comfort operating in fast-paced, ambiguous, high-growth environments with rapidly evolving priorities and hiring needs

Demonstrated ability to design recruiting processes and talent strategies from the ground up for emerging technical organizations

Strong execution mindset with the ability to navigate complex searches and close highly competitive candidates in constrained talent markets

About Together AI

Together AI is a research-driven artificial intelligence company. We believe open and transparent AI systems will drive innovation and create the best outcomes for society, and together we are on a mission to significantly lower the cost of modern AI systems by co-designing software, hardware, algorithms, and models. We have contributed to leading open-source research, models, and datasets to advance the frontier of AI, and our team has been behind technological advancement such as FlashAttention, Hyena, FlexGen, and RedPajama. We invite you to join a passionate group of researchers in our journey in building the next generation AI infrastructure. 

Compensation

We offer competitive compensation, startup equity, health insurance, and other benefits, as well as flexibility in terms of remote work. The US base salary range for this full-time position is: $165,000 - $210,000 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by location, level and role. Individual compensation will be determined by experience, skills, and job-related knowledge. 

Equal Opportunity

Together AI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more.

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Source: Together AI careers (Greenhouse)

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