Recruiter, Handshake AI

About Handshake AI

Handshake AI powers the future of human-in-the-loop data for the world’s most advanced AI research labs. We leverage the largest early-career network in the world to deliver high-quality, domain-specific data at scale — from physics PhDs to finance experts to practicing physicians. Our human data products are trusted to train, evaluate, and improve frontier AI models.

The Role

We’re seeking experienced, high-energy recruiters to join our Handshake AI talent team and scale our professional domain expert network. You’ll be responsible for high-volume recruiting in law, medicine, finance, and other specialized fields, identifying and engaging fellows, contractors, and full-time experts to support our human data projects.

This role moves fast, requires exceptional sourcing skill, and thrives on building candidate pipelines in hard-to-reach talent pools. Prior agency or executive search experience is strongly preferred.

What You’ll Do

• Own full-cycle recruitment for domain experts in law, medicine, finance, and other professional fields.

• Source and engage passive talent through creative outreach, research, and market mapping.

• Manage high-volume requisitions with speed and precision while maintaining a high bar for candidate quality.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with candidates, driving engagement from first contact through close.

• Partner with Operations and Growth teams to deeply understand role requirements and project timelines.

• Track and report recruiting metrics, ensuring data integrity in Ashby and other tools.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience: 3+ years of recruiting, with a preference for agency or search firm backgrounds in high-volume or hard-to-fill markets. We are open to people with staffing agency experience only.

• Sourcing Expertise: Proven success finding and engaging niche, high-caliber talent.

• Industry Knowledge: Comfort recruiting in specialized professional fields such as legal, medical, or financial.

• Drive & Urgency: Thrives in a fast-moving environment with shifting priorities and ambitious targets.

• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to build trust quickly.

• Tools: Experience using ATS platforms (Ashby a plus), LinkedIn Recruiter, and other sourcing tools.