Lead Technical Recruiter (AI)

TL;DR

Lead Technical Recruiter (AI): Owning complex, high-stakes technical searches and setting the bar for recruiting craft with an accent on executive-adjacent roles and novel function build-outs. Focus on mentoring the team, optimizing recruiting systems, and driving data-backed hiring strategies in a high-velocity environment.

Location: Must be based in the United States

Salary: $172,500 - $196,000 (US base salary)

Company

hirify.global provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end delivery on the most complex, ambiguous, or highest-priority technical searches.
• Set the sourcing, evaluation, and closing standard for the function, modeling top-tier performance.
• Act as a thought partner to hiring managers and executives on hiring strategy and market realities.
• Mentor and coach recruiters across the team on sourcing craft, search design, and stakeholder management.
• Identify and close gaps in recruiting systems, tools, and processes to improve team velocity and data quality.
• Build and share market intelligence, including compensation benchmarks and talent pool maps.

Requirements

• 7+ years of technical recruiting experience in high-growth, US-headquartered tech startups.
• Proven track record of independently closing hard-to-fill and senior technical roles.
• Demonstrated ability to run multiple high-complexity searches simultaneously with measurable outcomes.
• AI fluency: ability to apply AI to accelerate workflows, structure problems, and improve output quality.
• Strong operational instincts and experience owning improvements to sourcing tools and dashboards.
• Exceptional communicator capable of building trust with executives and hiring managers.

Culture & Benefits

• High-velocity, high-ownership environment focused on impact and continuous feedback.
• Work at the intersection of AI, national security, and fighting crime.
• Opportunity to participate in the company equity plan.
• Distributed-first culture with a focus on clarity, urgency, and adaptability.
• Emphasis on experimentation and iterating quickly on hiring processes.