Senior Technical Recruiter

Goodfire
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 120,000 - 280,000 annuallyFunction: People, HR & TalentExperience: 5-10 yearsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Adaptability","Problem-solving","Stakeholder management"]

Senior Technical Recruiter to build talent acquisition for AI/ML research, product, and GTM. Own full-cycle recruiting from sourcing to offer, design scalable interview loops, and build recruiting infrastructure while partnering with founders. Stay embedded in the SF AI scene, maintain a warm talent network, and help shape who joins Goodfire as it scales.

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Goodfire
Goodfire
8 months ago

Senior Technical Recruiter

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Job Summary

Senior Technical Recruiter to build talent acquisition for AI/ML research, product, and GTM. Own full-cycle recruiting from sourcing to offer, design scalable interview loops, and build recruiting infrastructure while partnering with founders. Stay embedded in the SF AI scene, maintain a warm talent network, and help shape who joins Goodfire as it scales.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: People, HR & Talent
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own end-to-end recruiting across AI/ML research scientists, research engineers, ML infrastructure, security, and non-technical roles (ops, GTM, etc) as needed
  • •Build and maintain a proactive pipeline of top AI talent so we''re never starting from zero when a role opens
  • •Stay embedded in the AI community: actively participate in SF/Bay Area AI events, networking meetups, and conferences; maintain relationships that generate warm intros
  • •Design interview loops, ensure bar alignment, and build recruiting infrastructure that will scale with the company while executing all IC recruiting work yourself
  • •Protect the bar: You default to skepticism, looking for reasons candidates won''t work. You''re comfortable with rigorous evaluation processes (work trials, deep reference checks, behavioral interviews) and high rejection rates.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 120,000 - 280,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •5-10 years of recruiting experience, with 3+ years in early-stage startup or research-intensive environments
  • •2+ years recruiting specifically for AI/ML, research engineering, or ML infrastructure roles (strongly preferred)
  • •Proven ability to recruit across both technical (engineering, research) AND non-technical (GTM, product, ops) roles
  • •Sole operator experience: You''ve been THE recruiting function or founding recruiter before & are comfortable operating independently
  • •Quality over quantity mindset: You measure success by quality of hires, not speed or volume. You protect the bar aggressively
Experience:5-10 yearsAI/MLResearchStartup
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationAdaptabilityProblem-solvingStakeholder management
Languages:English

Company Brief

Goodfire
Goodfire builds AI-powered developer and business tools to help teams generate, integrate, and deploy custom large-language-model applications. Their platform focuses on simplifying prompt engineering, model orchestration, and secure data connectivity for enterprise AI workflows.
Industry: Developer Tools
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