Senior Technical Recruiter (AI / ML / Infra) - Contract at Blaze Talent – Remote, New York

Contract Technical Recruiter – Engineering (Remote, 3–6 Month Contract)
Location: Remote (US-based)Engagement Type: Contract (1099)Compensation: $50–90/hrDuration: 3 to 6 monthsStart 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).

CompensationThe base pay range for this role is $50 – $90 per hour.