What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Recruiter position at 7AI?
As a Technical Recruiter at 7AI, you will own full-cycle recruiting for Software, Machine Learning and Security Engineering roles. You won’t just “fill roles”; you’ll be a strategic partner to R&D leadership, raising the talent bar, and ensuring we hire exceptional performers who thrive in high-intensity startup environments.
This role is ideal for someone who has recruited in fast-paced startup environments where performance expectations are high, talent density matters, and speed is critical; but quality is never compromised.
What You’ll Do
Experience
This role is ideal for someone who has recruited in fast-paced startup environments where performance expectations are high, talent density matters, and speed is critical; but quality is never compromised.
What You’ll Do
- Own end-to-end recruiting for R&D (Software, ML/AI, Security Engineers etc)
- Partner closely with R&D leaders on headcount planning and talent strategy
- Develop creative, high-conviction sourcing strategies to identify and engage top 1% talent
- Actively source passive candidates using outbound, referrals, events, and targeted market mapping
- Drive structured, high-bar interview processes that prioritize performance, rigor, and culture add
- Close exceptional candidates in competitive markets
- Continuously improve recruiting processes, candidate experience, and employer brand
- Serve as a talent advisor — providing data-driven insights on market trends, compensation, and competitive intelligence
Experience
- 4 years of technical recruiting experience, with a strong focus on Software Engineering, Machine Learning and/or Security Engineering
- Proven success hiring top-performing Engineers in the Boston market
- Experience recruiting in fast-paced, high-growth startup environments, with experience in the Cybersecurity domain preferred
- Track record of operating in organizations with a relentlessly high performance bar
- Ability to translate engineering requirements into effective candidate sourcing and evaluation strategies
- Experience in both agency and in-house recruiting preferred
- High urgency and bias for action
- Strong judgment and ability to assess talent beyond resumes
- Comfort working in ambiguity and evolving org structures
- Highly organized and process-oriented without being bureaucratic
- Exceptional sourcing capability and candidate engagement
- Strong closing skills in competitive markets
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Data-driven approach to recruiting metrics and pipeline management
- Clear, persuasive communicator
- We hire for slope over pedigree
- We prioritize builders over maintainers
- We value intensity, resilience, and intellectual honesty
- We expect excellence in craft and execution
- We move fast — but never compromise on talent quality