Senior Technical Recruiter

About David AI David AI is the first audio data research company. We bring an R&D approach to data–developing datasets with the same rigor AI labs bring to models. Our mission is to bring AI into the real world, and we believe audio is the gateway. Speech is versatile, accessible, and human— it fits naturally into everyday life. As audio AI advances and new use cases emerge, high-quality training data is the bottleneck. This is where David AI comes in.

David AI was founded in 2024 by a team of former Scale AI engineers and operators. In less than a year, we've brought on most FAANG companies and AI labs as customers. We recently raised a $50M Series B from Meritech, NVIDIA, Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Amplify Partners, First Round Capital and other Tier 1 investors.

Our team is sharp, humble, ambitious, and tight-knit. We're looking for the best research, engineering, product, and operations minds to join us on our mission to push the frontier of audio AI.

About the Talent team The Talent team is responsible for building David AI's internal team, the people behind our mission. This includes identifying, engaging, and closing exceptional talent across technical, product, and business functions so we can scale the org as fast as the business demands.

About the role As a Senior Technical Recruiter, you’ll own full-cycle hiring for our most critical technical roles across engineering, research, and technical product. You’ll partner directly with our CTO and engineering leaders to define what great looks like, design hiring processes that assess for it, and close candidates who have plenty of other options. You’ll be a trusted advisor to hiring managers and a key driver of how we scale our technical team.

In this role, you will

• Own full-cycle recruiting for engineering and other technical roles, from intake and role scoping through sourcing, screening, interview management, and offer close.

• Partner closely with the CTO and engineering hiring managers to define role requirements, calibrate on candidate profiles, and design structured interview processes that assess for the right signal.

• Drive candidate engagement and closing, including compensation conversations, offer negotiation, and competing-offer strategy.

• Build and run proactive outreach to passive candidates, using boolean search, talent mapping, and personalized messaging to reach top engineers who aren’t actively looking.

• Deliver an excellent candidate experience at every stage, acting as the primary point of contact and an authentic ambassador for David AI.

• Maintain clean pipelines in Ashby and use funnel data to identify bottlenecks, improve conversion, and keep hiring managers informed.

• Stay ahead of the technical talent market, including comp benchmarks, competitor talent movement, and hiring trends across AI/ML and infrastructure.

• Contribute to recruiting operations, such as interview training, scorecards, and process improvements that help the team scale.

Your background looks like

• 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, with meaningful time spent at a high-growth startup.

• A track record of hiring senior engineers in a competitive market and closing candidates weighing multiple offers.

• Experience partnering directly with engineering leadership as a trusted advisor, not just an order-taker.

• Strong command of offer negotiation, compensation structures (including equity), and closing strategy.

• Comfort sourcing your own pipeline with boolean search and tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, Juicebox, and Ashby or a similar ATS.

Bonus points if you have

• Experience recruiting for AI/ML, research, or data-focused companies.

• Experience recruiting for ML engineers, research engineers, or infrastructure/platform engineers.

• Experience designing or improving interview processes from scratch at an early-stage company.

• Familiarity with market mapping and competitive talent intelligence.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO.

• Top-notch health, dental, and vision coverage with 100% coverage for most plans.

• FSA & HSA access.

• 401k access.

• Meals 2x daily through DoorDash + snacks and beverages available at the office.

• Unlimited company-sponsored Barry's classes.

Visas We sponsor international candidates across several visa types, including H-1B transfers, H-1B1, O-1, E-3, and TN. We also hire candidates on STEM OPT. If you’re on OPT, we’ll want to confirm you have a path to one of the visas listed above before your OPT ends. While we can’t guarantee any individual outcome, we’ve successfully sponsored teammates from all over the world.