Senior Technical Recruiter (AI)

Location: On-site in Mountain View, California, United States

Company

AI Fund is a venture studio founded by Dr. Andrew Ng that builds AI companies from the ground up with corporate partners, investors, and founders.

What you will do

• Run full-cycle Engineer in Residence searches across active AI Fund ideas, from first conversation through signed offer.
• Recruit for AI Fund's internal team, beginning with engineers on the Build team and expanding to other studio roles.
• Evaluate and recruit builders based on shipped products, technical contributions, and applied GenAI experience.
• Use AI for sourcing, research, outreach, screening, and the development of custom recruiting tools.
• Manage hiring events, hands-on build exercises, panels, decisions, and candidate communication without unnecessary delays.
• Report pipeline health weekly and use recruiting data to improve the process.

Requirements

• 6 or more years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including at least 3 years hiring senior engineers or research-caliber technical talent.
• Experience closing hard-to-hire technical candidates, ideally in startups, venture studios, or venture-backed companies.
• Fluency in how modern AI teams work, including the ability to distinguish hands-on builders from people who manage them and conduct credible screens with either.
• Daily hands-on use of AI tools in recruiting and a strong interest in advancing AI-supported recruiting workflows.
• Basic technical ability or a strong desire to learn, deep curiosity, and the ability to quickly understand new concepts.
• Ability to communicate clearly enough to build trust with candidates and founders and explain unusual roles and offers.
• Ability to independently manage several searches while keeping stakeholders informed.

Nice to have

• Experience recruiting founders, founding engineers, or candidates for an entrepreneurial program.
• Experience at a venture studio, incubator, or early-stage founder program.
• Agency or executive search experience in AI, robotics, or deep tech.

Culture & Benefits

• Base salary plus carry and benefits.
• Opportunity to work on recruiting for Engineer in Residence candidates whose ideas may become funded companies.
• Exposure to AI companies and ideas through AI Fund's network.
• Resources to improve recruiting practices and build AI workflows used by the wider team.
• Commitment to a respectful workplace and equal employment opportunities.

Hiring process

• The process includes an initial contact, hiring events, a hands-on build exercise, a panel, and a final decision.
• AI tools may support application review, resume analysis, or response assessment, while final decisions remain with humans.