Forward Deployed Recruiter - SWE

About the role

Sxaler operates on behalf of category-defining technology companies, combining exceptional recruiters with proprietary technology to identify, assess and hire top-percentile talent. Forward Deployed Recruiters are embedded with clients when hiring is p0, operating as one of them. The mission is to make maximum impact on hiring in mission-critical environments.

You will be deployed inside high-stakes hiring environments, including AI labs, frontier models and robotics companies building the infrastructure of the next decade. You will operate as an extension of the client’s brand and Sxaler’s, hiring world-class talent while building effective hiring foundations.

Responsibilities

• Find and engage exceptional talent through headhunting and a deep network.
• Resolve hiring complexity in nascent environments for ambitious founders with high expectations.
• Embrace technology by standing up systems to become faster and more precise.
• Generate hiring-health data to provide insights into progress and performance.
• Build talent foundations by introducing just enough process, systems and workflows to succeed at pace.

Requirements

• Have hired exceptional talent, ideally for AI labs, deep tech companies or trading houses with a high bar.
• Have well-formed but loosely held opinions.
• Communicate with patience supported by logic, data and experience.
• Have leaned into AI to become more effective.
• Thrive in ambiguity and bring order where needed.
• Exercise curiosity, demonstrate emotional intelligence, and bring super-high agency, ambition and work ethic.

Key facts

• The role focuses on hiring for mission-critical environments.
• Find and engage exceptional talent through headhunting and a deep network.
• Ideal experience includes hiring for AI labs, deep tech companies or trading houses with a high bar.