principal recruiter, machine learning
Recruiting | Full-time | Remote
The Role
Lateral is leading end-to-end research and ML builds for frontier AI companies. As those partnerships deepen, we’re seeing intense demand to help clients scale the adjacent layers of their technical organizations across software and infrastructure. This role exists to meet that opportunity.
You’ll work alongside our founding team to strengthen continuity and context for clients, reduce search entropy, and raise hiring signal across the stack. The position plays a central role in how we execute searches, build systems, and deliver a premiere experience across every engagement.
In practice, you will:
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Own searches across the full technical stack where research, infrastructure, and product intersect
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Operate as a trusted advisor to founders and talent leaders on strategy for roles that are often unscoped, deeply technical, and critical to company trajectory
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Drive process discipline and generate proprietary market intelligence that compounds across searches and clients
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Network across top labs, venture firms, and high-signal operator communities
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Mentor teammates and raise the bar for research-grade recruiting craft across the organization
Why You Might Be a Fit
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You’ve hired engineers or researchers for high-bar teams, or can demonstrate deep technical and sales intuition even without a traditional recruiting background
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You’re intensely curious, learn fast, and thrive in high-agency environments where progress depends on initiative, not instruction
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You’re comfortable with ambiguity and prefer operating with context rather than oversight
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You prioritize quality, precision, and storytelling over volume and transactions
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You think in systems and feedback loops and understand how talent, data, and relationships compound over time
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You’re both intrinsically and extrinsically driven: you take your work personally and care about being great for its own sake
Location & Compensation
Lateral is a remote-first company with founding members in San Francisco, New York, and Washington, D.C. We’ll hire the right person wherever you are. The team travels frequently to ML conferences and client headquarters domestically and internationally.
We offer top-percentile base salaries and uncapped commission for exceptional performance. There are no convoluted draws or politics, and compensation is directly aligned with results. There is also meaningful opportunity for equity participation.