Handshake

Handshake

Senior Technical Recruiter

San Francisco, CA · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 days ago
Distributed SystemsMachine LearningStakeholder ManagementRecruitingResearchLeadershipCommunication

About the role

  • This isn't a recruiting role where you simply fill reqs.
  • Use recruiting data and funnel metrics to identify bottlenecks, improve hiring velocity, and raise the quality bar across the organization
  • This is an in-office role, 5 days/week (no remote/hybrid).

Responsibilities

  • Build one of the fastest-growing AI businesses in the world
  • Handshake AI partners with every major frontier AI lab to deliver high-quality human data at massive scale.
  • We're hiring a Senior Technical Recruiter to help build the teams powering Handshake's next stage of growth.
  • You'll help shape hiring strategy, influence organizational growth, build talent markets from scratch, and partner directly with engineering and executive leadership on some of the company's most important hires.
  • Own full-cycle recruiting for critical technical hires across engineering, AI, research, product, and design organizations
  • Experience recruiting for frontier AI companies or organizations building AI products and infrastructure

Requirements

  • Exceptional sourcer: You know how to find and engage talent that isn't actively looking, and you've built creative sourcing strategies for competitive technical markets
  • Experience hiring Product Managers, Product Designers, or Research teams in addition to Engineering
  • Experience with modern recruiting technology including Ashby, Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter, BrightHire, and AI-powered sourcing tools
  • 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience hiring exceptional engineering and technical talent at high-growth technology companies
  • Proven success partnering directly with Engineering leaders and executives on hiring strategy, organizational planning, and talent decisions

Skills

  • Exceptional sourcing skills with a track record of identifying and engaging difficult-to-reach technical talent
  • Excellent communication, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills in fast-paced environments

Compensation

  • 💰 Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching

Benefits

  • Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported and thrive at work and in life.
  • The below benefits are for full-time US employees.
  • 🎯 Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company
  • 💰 Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching
  • 🍼 Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching
  • 💝 Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend
  • 📚 Growth: $2,000 learning stipend and ongoing development
  • 💻 Office Experience: Free lunch, gym, commuter benefits, and a collaborative headquarters in San Francisco
  • 🏝 Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days
  • Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers http://joinhandshake.com/careers.

Company info

  • Team outings, referral bonuses, and opportunities to help shape one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the world
  • Our platform connects the world's best technical talent with the companies building the future of artificial intelligence.
  • As part of our centralized Technical Recruiting organization, you'll partner with leaders across all three of Handshake's business lines to hire exceptional technical talent.

This listing is sourced directly from Handshake's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.