Technical Recruiter

Company Overview:

We are building Protege to solve the biggest unmet need in AI — getting access to the right training data. The process today is time intensive, incredibly expensive, and often ends in failure. The Protege platform facilitates the secure, efficient, and privacy-centric exchange of AI training data.

Solving AI’s data problem is a generational opportunity. We’re backed by world-class investors and already powering partnerships with some of the most ambitious teams in AI. The company that succeeds will be one of the largest in AI — and in tech.

We’re a lean, fast-moving, high-trust team of builders who are obsessed with velocity and impact. Our culture is built for people who thrive on ambiguity, own outcomes, and want to shape the future of data and AI.

Role Overview:

As the first Technical Recruiter at Protege, you will own the end-to-end hiring process for multiple roles across the company, from sourcing to signed offer. You’ll partner closely with Engineering, Data, and Product hiring managers to deeply understand role requirements, craft compelling outreach, and guide candidates through a thoughtful, high-touch experience that reflects Protege’s brand and values.

This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, growth-stage environment and can manage multiple searches independently while delivering both speed and quality. You’ll be the driver of our talent pipeline, ensuring we hire exceptional people who will help Protege scale and succeed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for multiple technical roles at once, from intake to offer negotiation

• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, technical assessments, success criteria, and interview strategies

• Build and execute sourcing strategies to identify and engage top talent

• Craft compelling job descriptions and outreach messages that align with Protege’s voice

• Drive an excellent candidate experience, providing clear communication and timely feedback throughout the process

• Coordinate and facilitate interviews, ensuring an efficient and fair evaluation process

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date candidate data in our applicant tracking system

About You:

• 5+ years of experience in full-cycle technical recruiting, ideally in a startup or high-growth company

• You have the proven ability to own multiple searches independently across different functions and levels

• You are an excellent communicator, always clear, concise and persuasive

• You are highly organized, able to manage competing priorities without sacrificing quality

• You are adept at building strong relationships with hiring managers and candidates alike

• You are comfortable working in a fast-moving environment with evolving priorities

• You are curious, tenacious, and proactive

• You are biased towards action and continuously stay scrappy

• You treat those around you with kindness
  

Bonus if you have these attributes:

• Experience recruiting technical and non-technical roles

• Strong storytelling skills for representing Protege’s mission and culture to candidates

• Background in building inclusive hiring processes and driving diversity initiatives