Lead Technical Recruiter, Product & Engineering

Role Overview

• Own the full recruitment lifecycle for US-based product and engineering roles, from role intake through offer and onboarding support.
• Source and engage senior technical candidates through relationship-driven channels (direct outreach, referrals, engineering communities), not job boards alone.
• Partner closely with engineering and product leaders to clarify requirements, calibrate bar, and keep hiring decisions moving.
• Screen candidates for technical depth, judgment, ownership, and execution mindset.
• Coordinate interviews and feedback loops with speed, structure, and clarity.
• Maintain accurate hiring data in the ATS and provide clear pipeline updates to stakeholders.
• Help shape and raise the bar for A1’s technical hiring approach as the team scales.

Requirements

• Strong experience in full-cycle technical recruiting, with solid exposure to the US hiring market.
• Proven ability to run multiple technical searches in parallel without sacrificing quality.
• Experience hiring software engineers, ML engineers, product managers, or other technical roles.
• Strong intuition for technical profiles and how to assess real engineering and product talent.
• Clear, confident communication in English (written and verbal).
• Comfort working with ATS systems and tracking hiring metrics.
• High ownership, urgency, and follow-through.
• (Industry background is flexible. Strong technical hiring experience matters more than domain.)

Benefits

• Build the founding product and engineering team for a global AI application.
• Work directly with senior engineers, product leaders, and founders.
• High ownership, trust, and autonomy.
• Flat structure – decisions are made close to the work.
• Competitive compensation with room to grow as the team scales.