Senior -Cycle Recruiter specializing in AI Engineering & Applied

Senior Full Life-Cycle Recruiter specializing in AI Engineering & Applied

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Type: Contract

Category: Recruiter

Industry: Financial Services

Workplace Type: Remote

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Date Posted: 11/05/2026

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Remote in San Francisco, CA

Our client seeks a Senior Full Life-Cycle Recruiter specializing in AI Engineering and Applied Research. The recruiter will manage end-to-end hiring, advise leaders with market insights, and execute deep sourcing strategies to build inclusive pipelines. The role is remote in market for the Bay Area with occasional onsite collaboration in San Francisco.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $ to $58.00/hr. w2

• Manage full life-cycle recruiting from strategy kickoff through sourcing, screening, offer construction, negotiation, and closing.

• Partner with AI Engineering leaders and Applied Research Directors to provide market insights, talent mapping, and pipeline analytics.

• Source specialized technical talent across traditional and non-traditional channels.

• Deliver an inclusive and high-touch candidate experience that reflects our client's culture.

• Craft competitive and complex offer packages, including equity, compensation structures, and sign-on incentives, and close against competitive markets.

• Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion across pipelines and selection stages.

• 4+ years of full life-cycle recruiting experience in technology with focus on specialized engineering or scientific roles.

• 2+ years sourcing and closing candidates in AI, Machine Learning, Data Science, or Applied Research.

• Proven success managing complex offers and competing with top-tier tech companies and labs.

• Preferred: 5+ years recruiting in generative AI, LLM infrastructure, deep learning frameworks, or advanced AI research.

• Preferred:
  Understanding of AI ecosystem skills such as PyTorch, Tensor Flow, Distributed Computing, Model Optimization, Vector Databases, and Multi-Agent Systems.

• Preferred:
  Experience sourcing from leading academia, research labs, and tech research conferences.

• Preferred:
  Analytical capability using talent analytics and ATS tools such as Workday, Greenhouse, or Beamery.

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening
and hiring
process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ( , ) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position.

All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result…