# Technical Recruiter at Thinking Machines

- Company: Thinking Machines
- What the company does: Connectionism: Research Blog by Thinking Machines Lab. Backed by a16z, Accel and GV.
- Company website: https://thinkingmachines.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $275K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-16
- Apply by: 2026-10-31
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/thinkingmachines/39d630ce-af8d-404c-a7eb-cbaac2f96b24
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/thinking-machines-technical-recruiter/

## About the role

We're hiring a Technical Recruiter, to lead full-cycle recruiting for the infrastructure eams building and operating the systems behind our frontier model training and Tinker's platform - including cluster and network engineering, distributed systems, and site reliability.

## What they're looking for

- 4+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, with a track record of hiring for infrastructure, platform, or systems engineering roles
- Ability to hold a substantive technical conversation about infrastructure domains such as distributed systems, cluster or cloud networking, container orchestration, and systems languages
- Experience partnering directly with hiring managers on intake, bar calibration, and interview loop design
- Sound independent judgment on candidate quality, and the ability to manage multiple concurrent searches with minimal oversight
- Experience recruiting at a high-growth AI, machine learning, or infrastructure-focused technology company
- Proficiency with an applicant tracking system (e.g., Greenhouse or Ashby) and modern sourcing tools

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