Senior Recruiter, AI & Engineering
At a glance
Senior Recruiting & Talent Acquisition role at NewsBreak. Mountain View · $120,000–$160,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Lead technical hiring from initial role definition through candidate close across engineering, AI, machine learning and infrastructure
- Shape hiring plans and success criteria with engineering managers, then help design structured interviews
- Reach passive candidates through original sourcing approaches and develop networks across AI/ML, backend and platform engineering
- Advise on talent availability using compensation benchmarks and competitor hiring activity
- Review pipeline measures to spot delays, strengthen hiring outcomes and refine recruiting processes
What you bring
- At least five years of technical recruiting, including end-to-end hiring for software, AI/ML or infrastructure talent
- Background recruiting at a fast-growing Silicon Valley technology company or an AI-centered organization
- Ability to run several demanding senior searches independently while prioritizing outreach and workload
- Strong sourcing ability and skill earning trust with technical managers and senior engineering leaders
Who this fits
This senior individual-contributor role suits a recruiter who can steer complex searches and advise engineering leaders. You must work in the Mountain View office five days each week. Experience hiring for frontier AI or LLM teams, closing staff-level candidates, and professional English-Mandarin fluency are advantages.
From the employer
About NewsBreak
Local life runs on local information. What happened down the street? Who can fix this? Where should we go tonight? NewsBreak started in 2015 to answer these questions, and today more than 40 million people a month rely on us to follow what’s going on in their zip code.
Three platforms with one vision: powering local life. Led by founder and CEO Jeff Zheng, NewsBreak is our local life and news platform; Nearby AI connects people with local businesses; and NDot AI helps publishers and creators grow and earn.
Building for the long term. A $115 million Series C made us a unicorn in 2021, and we keep investing in our people. We’re Great Place to Work® certified and named to Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators (2025) and Fortune’s Best Workplaces in the Bay Area™ (2026).
Everyone makes an impact. Whether you write code, shape products, tell our story, or run the business, we want people who own projects end to end, stay curious, and speak up. Join us.
Learn more at: NewsBreak, Nearby AI, NDot AI
About the Role
We're looking for a Senior Technical Recruiter, AI & Engineering to help build the teams behind our AI-powered platform. This is a high-impact, individual-contributor recruiting role for someone who thrives on owning complex technical searches end to end and wants to operate at a strategic level.
You'll partner closely with engineering leaders and hiring managers to translate ambitious hiring plans into a rigorous, creative sourcing and closing strategy. You'll be the recruiting expert in the room — shaping role scoping, calibrating interview loops, and closing exceptional candidates in one of the most competitive technical talent markets in the world.
Success in this role requires deep technical recruiting craft, sharp market instincts, and the resilience to run multiple senior-level searches simultaneously in a fast-moving AI company.
This position is 100% in-office (Monday through Friday) at our Mountain View headquarters.
What You'll Work On
Full-Cycle Technical Recruiting
- Own full-cycle recruiting for high-impact Engineering, AI, Machine Learning, and Infrastructure roles, from senior IC to staff/principal level.
- Partner with hiring managers to scope roles, define success profiles, and build hiring plans aligned to team priorities.
- Manage a high volume of concurrent, often highly specialized searches without sacrificing quality or candidate experience.
Sourcing & Market Strategy
- Develop and execute creative, proactive sourcing strategies to identify and engage passive talent from leading AI companies and top-tier Silicon Valley technology firms.
- Build and maintain a strong personal network and talent pipeline across AI/ML, backend, infrastructure, and platform engineering.
- Stay current on compensation benchmarks, competitor hiring trends, and the broader AI talent landscape to advise hiring managers with real market intelligence.
Candidate & Hiring Manager Experience
- Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, guiding them through role definition, interview design, and offer strategy.
- Deliver a consistently exceptional candidate experience, from first outreach through offer and close, including for senior and executive-level technical candidates.
- Maintain a high hiring bar through structured interview processes, calibrated scorecards, and rigorous technical assessment coordination.
Recruiting Operations & Continuous Improvement
- Use recruiting data and pipeline metrics to identify bottlenecks and continuously improve time-to-fill, offer-accept rates, and funnel quality.
- Champion AI-powered recruiting tools, sourcing automation, and process improvements to increase efficiency without sacrificing rigor.
- Contribute to employer branding efforts that help NewsBreak stand out to top technical talent.
What We're Looking For
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of technical recruiting experience, with a strong track record of full-cycle recruiting for software engineers, AI/ML engineers, infrastructure engineers, or other highly competitive technical talent.
- Experience recruiting for high-growth Silicon Valley technology companies or AI-first organizations.
- Proven ability to independently manage multiple senior/complex searches at once, with strong prioritization and organizational skills.
- Strong sourcing skills, including creative, proactive outreach to passive candidates through multiple channels.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility with technical hiring managers and senior engineering leaders.
- Demonstrated resilience, adaptability, and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Willingness to work on-site five days per week in Mountain View.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience recruiting for frontier AI, LLM, agentic AI, or generative AI teams.
- Experience closing senior IC, staff, or principal-level technical candidates in competitive, multi-offer situations.
- Familiarity with AI-powered recruiting/sourcing tools and applicant tracking systems (e.g., Greenhouse, Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, or similar).
- Experience supporting globally distributed engineering teams.
- Professional fluency in both English and Mandarin Chinese is a plus.
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