Generalist
Talent Acquisition Partner
San Francisco Bay Area (San Mateo) · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting.
About the job
Build and scale technical recruiting strategies, lead priority searches, and partner with hiring managers to attract and close talent across research, AI, robotics, hardware, and other teams.
What you'll do
- Own end-to-end searches, including intake, sourcing, screening, interview design, closing, and onboarding handoffs.
- Map talent markets and conduct targeted candidate outreach using research, conferences, repositories, and referrals.
- Partner with hiring managers using pipeline metrics and candidate feedback to refine hiring strategy and practices.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting.
- Track record closing senior technical hires with competing offers and building successful passive-sourcing searches.
- Data fluency, including ATS reporting and spreadsheet-based funnel analysis; current practical use of AI tools with sound judgment.
- Based in San Francisco or Boston and able to work in person.
Nice to have
- Recruiting for a frontier research organization, AI lab, robotics, autonomous vehicles, or hardware.
- Early or founding recruiter experience; Ashby or comparable ATS experience; agency/search-firm training; or familiarity with both Bay Area and Boston markets.
Tools
Ashby
AI focus
Use AI tools for research, candidate enrichment, and workflow enhancement while maintaining accuracy and assessing where tools may fabricate.
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