Blaze Talent · 1 month ago
Senior Technical Recruiter (AI / ML / Infra) - Contract
United States
Full-time, Contract
Remote
Senior Level
$50/hr - $90/hr
5+ years expBlaze Talent is hiring a seasoned Contract Technical Recruiter to lead full-cycle engineering hiring for a confidential, high-growth client in the AI Infrastructure space. The role involves partnering with engineering leadership to shape hiring strategies and managing the recruitment process for specialized technical roles in AI and infrastructure.
Staffing & Recruiting
Responsibilities
Work closely with engineering managers, Directors, and VPs to shape hiring strategy, understand technical requirements, and define ideal candidate profiles
Attend intake meetings, calibrate on candidate quality, and advise on market realities for niche AI/infra talent
Lead recruiting for roles such as Backend Engineers, Systems/Infrastructure Engineers, Distributed Systems Engineers, SRE/DevOps talent, GPU/accelerated computing specialists, and other high-impact technical positions
Manage sourcing, candidate outreach, screening, interview alignment, and offer support end-to-end
Build top-of-funnel pipelines through targeted sourcing across LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Stack Overflow, AI/infra communities, meetups, and technical networks
Run sophisticated boolean searches and leverage pattern-matching to uncover hard-to-find talent
Own interview scheduling, feedback loops, candidate communication, and pipeline health reporting
Provide consistent updates to internal stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment
Maintain clean data hygiene across ATS tools and recruiting systems
Identify bottlenecks or process improvements that elevate candidate experience and hiring velocity
Bring a consultative approach that supports both the client and Blaze Talent’s high-touch delivery standards
Qualification
Required
5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, ideally split across agency and in-house environments
Demonstrated success hiring software engineers, systems engineers, SREs, distributed systems specialists, ML/AI infrastructure talent, or similarly technical roles
Experience supporting high-growth or scaling engineering teams, especially within deep tech, cloud, AI, or infrastructure-heavy companies
Strong sourcing capabilities with advanced boolean skills and fluency using tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, Juicebox, GitHub search, and ATS platforms (Ashby preferred)
Comfortable working independently in a fast-moving, high-complexity environment with multiple technical stakeholders
Excellent communication, organization, and relationship-building skills with both candidates and hiring teams
Fully remote-ready with your own laptop and high-speed internet connection
Available during US business hours (PST preferred)
Preferred
Experience with ATS platforms (Ashby preferred)
Available during US business hours (PST preferred)
Company
Blaze Talent
Blaze Talent is a boutique recruiting firm that partners with pre-seed to late-stage startups to scale their teams with top talent through embedded recruiting, contingent search, and retained search.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase