Recruiting Lead (AI)

Location: Hybrid in Mountain View, California, USA

Base salary: $160,000–$260,000 per year, plus bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is an AI research lab building realtime voice models, inference systems, APIs, and products for consumer-facing applications.

What you will do

• Own critical senior searches end to end, from talent strategy and market mapping through offer negotiation and close.
• Advise founders, executives, and hiring managers on role definition, calibration, and search strategy.
• Build pipelines for AI, engineering, research, and business talent through creative sourcing and long-term candidate relationships.
• Use recruiting metrics to monitor funnel health, diagnose bottlenecks, and report on hiring progress.
• Apply AI assistants and AI-native sourcing and automation tools to improve recruiting workflows while preserving high-touch candidate communication.
• Improve recruiting processes, interviewer quality, and candidate experience, while mentoring other recruiters.

Requirements

• 8+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, including senior and hard-to-fill technical roles.
• Strong understanding of technical roles; experience hiring in AI/ML, infrastructure, or research environments is preferred.
• Experience closing senior talent in highly competitive markets and partnering directly with executives and hiring managers.
• Ability to run GTM, marketing, and business searches alongside technical recruiting.
• Fluency with recruiting data and metrics-driven strategy.
• Hands-on experience with AI assistants and a modern AI-native recruiting stack.

Nice to have

• Experience in retained executive search or serving as a strategic search partner to founders and executives.

Culture & Benefits

• High-ownership environment with autonomy and responsibility for setting direction.
• Fast-moving startup environment with ambiguity and shifting priorities.
• Focus on workflow optimization, process quality, and clear stakeholder communication.
• Bonus, equity, and benefits in addition to the base salary.