Senior technical recruiter (ai / ml / infra) - contract

Contract Technical Recruiter – Engineering (Remote, 3–6 Month Contract)

Location: Remote (US-based)

Engagement Type: Contract (1099)

Compensation: $50–90/hr

Duration: 3 to 6 months

Start Date: ASAP

Blaze Talent is hiring a seasoned Contract Technical Recruiter to lead full-cycle engineering hiring for a confidential, high-growth client in the AI Infrastructure space. This is an RPO engagement where you’ll be deeply embedded with their technical leadership team, helping scale engineering functions that power next-generation AI systems. You’ll play a critical role in building out teams across distributed systems, platform engineering, hardware-accelerated compute, and AI-focused infrastructure—working directly with hiring managers to fill highly specialized technical roles.

What You’ll Do

Partner With Engineering Leadership

Work closely with engineering managers, Directors, and VPs to shape hiring strategy, understand technical requirements, and define ideal candidate profiles. Attend intake meetings, calibrate on candidate quality, and advise on market realities for niche AI/infra talent.

Own Full-Cycle Recruiting for Technical Roles

Lead recruiting for roles such as Backend Engineers, Systems/Infrastructure Engineers, Distributed Systems Engineers, SRE/DevOps talent, GPU/accelerated computing specialists, and other high-impact technical positions. Manage sourcing, candidate outreach, screening, interview alignment, and offer support end-to-end.

Develop & Drive Sourcing Pipelines

Build top-of-funnel pipelines through targeted sourcing across LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Stack Overflow, AI/infra communities, meetups, and technical networks. Run sophisticated boolean searches and leverage pattern-matching to uncover hard-to-find talent.

Run a Tight Recruiting Process

Own interview scheduling, feedback loops, candidate communication, and pipeline health reporting. Provide consistent updates to internal stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment. Maintain clean data hygiene across ATS tools and recruiting systems.

Enhance Recruiting Operations

Identify bottlenecks or process improvements that elevate candidate experience and hiring velocity. Bring a consultative approach that supports both the client and Blaze Talent’s high-touch delivery standards.

About You

• 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, ideally split across agency and in-house environments.
• Demonstrated success hiring software engineers, systems engineers, SREs, distributed systems specialists, ML/AI infrastructure talent, or similarly technical roles.
• Experience supporting high-growth or scaling engineering teams, especially within deep tech, cloud, AI, or infrastructure-heavy companies.
• Strong sourcing capabilities with advanced boolean skills and fluency using tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, Juicebox, GitHub search, and ATS platforms (Ashby preferred).
• Comfortable working independently in a fast-moving, high-complexity environment with multiple technical stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, organization, and relationship-building skills with both candidates and hiring teams.
• Fully remote-ready with your own laptop and high-speed internet connection.
• Available during US business hours (PST preferred).