Lila Sciences
Technical Recruiter, AI Research
$160K–$215K
Cambridge, MA USA +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Location
- Cambridge, MA USA
San Francisco, CA USA
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience.
About the job
Leads full-cycle recruiting for AI research and engineering teams, shaping hiring strategy and building relationships with ML research talent.
What you'll do
- Develop and execute recruiting plans from hiring-manager intake through sourcing, interviews, offers, and close.
- Build networks and attract AI/ML researchers through academic, community, and non-traditional channels.
- Improve recruiting processes, employer brand, talent strategy, and pipeline reporting.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting supporting technical research teams, including a track record recruiting AI/ML research talent.
- Strong existing network in the ML research community.
- Ability to attract passive candidates from leading academic institutions and frontier labs, and scale technical hiring.
- Strong technical aptitude and negotiation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with agentic recruiting tools or workflows.
- Experience recruiting at a deep-tech or frontier AI research organization; international recruiting experience.
Pay
$160,000 — $215,000 USD base salary
Tools
AI/ML, LLM, RL, Generative AI, GitHub
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