Senior Technical Recruiter Nuro - Mountain View, CA, US

Senior Technical Recruiter

Nuro

Mountain View, CA, US

Full-Time

HR

Logistics

Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to make autonomy accessible to all. Founded in 2016, Nuro is building the world's most scalable driver, combining cutting-edge AI with automotive-grade hardware. Nuro licenses its core technology, the Nuro Driver™, to support a wide range of applications, from robotaxis and commercial fleets to personally owned vehicles. With technology proven over years of self-driving deployments, Nuro gives the automakers and mobility platforms a clear path to AVs at commercial scale, empowering a safer, richer, and more connected future.

About the Role

As a member of Nuro's Technical Recruiting team, you will identify, engage, and close world-class talent across Machine Learning Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, Data Platform, and Core Infrastructure Engineering. You will partner closely with our engineering leaders to build high-impact teams that drive Nuro's AI-first strategy and long-term technical vision.

About the Work

• Manage the full-cycle technical recruiting process, including top-of-funnel strategy, proactive sourcing, driving searches, and leading offers and closing.
• Partner with engineering leaders across ML Infrastructure, Data Platform, Developer Productivity, and Core Infrastructure to shape hiring strategy, define role profiles, and ensure a highly effective and structured interview process.
• Use data and analytics to influence hiring decisions, identify bottlenecks, and continuously improve recruiting velocity and quality.
• Maintain our high hiring bar by assessing both technical strength and cultural alignment, ensuring each hire elevates the team.
• Collaborate with sourcing and recruiting partners to build strong pipelines, implement new tools and workflows, and increase the overall efficiency of our recruiting engine.

About You

• You are a hunter with a track record of creatively identifying and engaging deeply technical, high-caliber talent without relying on job boards or databases.
• You have a minimum of 5 years of in-house technical recruiting experience at high-growth technology companies or start-ups, ideally with a focus on infrastructure or platform engineering.
• You thrive in environments with a very high hiring bar and are discerning in evaluating engineering talent across systems, data, platform, and ML infrastructure domains.
• You are an engaging communicator who builds trust quickly with both candidates and hiring partners.
• You are highly self-motivated with exceptional prioritization skills, capable of driving multiple searches in parallel with urgency and clarity.
• You are intellectually curious, able to quickly grasp complex technical concepts, and comfortable partnering with senior engineering leaders.
• You operate with integrity, sound judgment, and a strong work ethic.
• You are passionate about building world-class engineering organizations and excited by the impact of highly scalable infrastructure.

Bonus Points

• Experience recruiting ML infrastructure, distributed systems, data platform, or large-scale infrastructure engineers.
• Experience supporting diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• Familiarity with Greenhouse ATS.

At Nuro, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. For this position, the reasonably expected pay range is between $132,300.00 - $198,450.00/year for the level at which this job has been scoped. Your base pay will depend on several factors, including your experience, qualifications, education, location, and skills. In the event that you are considered for a different level, a higher or lower pay range would apply. This position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package.

At Nuro, we celebrate differences and are committed to a diverse workplace that fosters inclusion and psychological safety for all employees. Nuro is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and expressly prohibits any form of workplace discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.