Technical Recruiter

Gray Swan is on a mission to empower the world to use AI safely and securely. We evaluate AI models for the leading frontier labs while building real-time threat detection and adaptive adversarial red teaming agents for teams deploying AI.

We’re a team of approximately 50 people, well-funded, and growing quickly. Our work directly influences how the world deploys AI agents and systems at scale.

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We’re looking for a Senior Technical Recruiter to own recruiting across Gray Swan’s technical organization, spanning Software Engineering, Infrastructure, AI/ML, Security, Research, and other emerging technical functions.

This is a high-ownership role for someone who can operate as both a strategic talent partner and hands-on technical recruiter
. You’ll work closely with engineering and technical leadership to define what great looks like, develop hiring strategies, map highly competitive talent markets, and personally execute searches from first outreach through close.

We’re looking for someone who is a doer
. You’ll source, screen, build pipelines, close candidates, analyze recruiting data, and solve problems when searches aren’t working. You should be equally comfortable partnering with an engineering leader on a difficult hiring decision and spending the afternoon personally sourcing exceptional engineers.

• Own full-cycle technical recruiting from role definition and talent mapping through sourcing, assessment, offer strategy, and close.

• Partner with engineering and technical leadership as a trusted talent advisor
  , helping define profiles, understand the market, calibrate on talent, and make better hiring decisions.

• Recruit across highly technical functions including Software Engineering, Infrastructure, AI/ML, Security, Research, and technical customer-facing roles
  .

• Build exceptional passive talent pipelines through creative sourcing, market research, networking, targeted outreach, and referrals.

• Develop a deep understanding of technical talent markets and proactively identify candidates who may not be actively looking.

• Recruit and close highly sought-after technical candidates
  , developing compelling pitches, understanding candidate motivations, navigating objections, and competing effectively for top talent.

• Coach and challenge hiring teams on technical profiles, interview processes, candidate calibration, and hiring decisions.

• Partner with engineering leaders to improve technical interview design, scorecards, calibration, and debrief processes
  .

• Use recruiting data and market intelligence to understand pipeline health, conversion rates, sourcing effectiveness, time-to-fill, and offer acceptance
  , and adjust strategy accordingly.

• Manage multiple high-priority technical searches simultaneously while maintaining a high bar for candidate quality and experience.

• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience that is thoughtful, responsive, rigorous, and highly personal.

• Help build recruiting infrastructure and processes that can scale as Gray Swan grows.

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience
  , with significant experience recruiting technical talent.

• A strong track record recruiting software engineers and other highly technical candidates in competitive markets.

• Experience recruiting for a high-growth startup
  , ideally at an early-stage or pre-IPO company.

• Experience partnering directly with engineering leaders, technical executives, and hiring managers
  .

• Strong technical sourcing instincts—you enjoy the hunt and know how to identify exceptional engineers beyond the obvious candidate pools.

• The ability to understand technical roles well enough to effectively source, assess, calibrate, and sell candidates
  , without needing to be an engineer…