Lead Technical Recruiter - Research
At a glance
Senior Recruiting & Talent Acquisition role at Harvey. San Francisco · full-time · $163,900–$245,900 base.
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What you'll do
- Turn research leaders’ technical priorities into hiring plans, working directly with the Chief Research Officer and Harvey Labs leadership
- Run full-cycle searches for AI, machine learning, research and engineering roles, from talent mapping through offers and close
- Find and engage specialized candidates across AI companies, research labs, startups, academia and open-source communities
- Use market intelligence to advise leaders on talent supply, competition, pay and candidate motivations
- Improve recruiting methods and processes as Harvey Labs grows, while raising standards across the recruiting team
What you bring
- At least seven years of full-cycle technical recruiting in fast-moving, high-growth settings
- Recruiting experience with AI research teams or technical roles requiring a similarly specialized search
- The ability to assess complex technical profiles and build trust with technical leaders and candidates
- Strong sourcing skills, paired with organized, data-informed management of several complex searches
Who this fits
This suits a hands-on senior recruiter who can shape unclear searches, advise technical leaders and source hard-to-find AI talent. The role is based in San Francisco and is hybrid.
From the employer
Why Harvey
At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.
This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.
Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.
At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Lead Technical Recruiter to help build Harvey Labs, our AI research organization.
You’ll partner closely with our Chief Research Officer and technical leadership to build the team from the ground up, initially focused on post-training talent across data and evaluations, infrastructure, and modeling and training. You’ll own searches end-to-end, develop talent strategies for highly specialized AI talent markets, and help define how we identify and attract exceptional technical talent as Harvey Labs scales.
This is a hands-on role with significant ownership. You’ll operate in ambiguity, develop a strong point of view on the AI talent landscape, and serve as a trusted advisor to technical leadership.
What You'll Do
Partner closely with our Chief Research Officer and Harvey Labs leadership to translate technical priorities into recruiting strategies
Own full-cycle recruiting across specialized AI/ML, research, and engineering roles
Build deep talent maps across leading AI companies, research labs, startups, academia, and open-source communities
Develop creative, high-touch sourcing and engagement strategies for exceptional talent, from experienced researchers to emerging new grads
Help leaders define new profiles, calibrate talent bars, and evolve search strategies based on market insights
Advise leadership on talent availability, competitive dynamics, compensation, and candidate motivations
Drive searches from initial market mapping through offer strategy, negotiation, and close
Use data and market intelligence to continuously improve our recruiting strategy
Help build scalable recruiting processes and raise the bar for technical recruiting across Harvey
What You Have
7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments
Experience recruiting for technical AI research teams or similarly specialized technical roles
Strong aptitude for understanding complex technical domains and evaluating candidate qualifications
Exceptional sourcer who enjoys identifying hard-to-find talent across research labs, startups, academia, open source, and other nontraditional channels
Willing to take creative, white-glove approaches to engaging and closing exceptional talent
Trusted advisor who can build credibility with highly technical leaders and candidates
Comfortable with ambiguity and able to help shape searches when the profile isn't fully defined
Strong instincts for talent and a genuine interest in the evolving AI landscape
Data-driven and highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple complex searches without sacrificing candidate experience
High ownership, low ego, strong judgment, and a willingness to roll up your sleeves
Leads by example and helps elevate the broader recruiting team
Highly resourceful and fluent with modern AI tools, using them to accelerate research, sourcing, outreach, market mapping, and recruiting operations without sacrificing judgment or the candidate experience
Compensation
$163,900 - $245,900 USD
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