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San Francisco, California, United States
Hybrid
Arena is the platform for evaluating how AI models perform in the real world. Founded by researchers from UC Berkeley's SkyLab, we're on a mission to measure and advance the frontier of AI for real-world use, and to build the foundation for everyone to understand, shape, and benefit from it.
Tens of millions of people use Arena each month to evaluate how frontier systems handle the work they actually do. The preferences they share power the most transparent, rigorous, and human-centered evaluations in AI. Leading AI labs, enterprises, and independent researchers rely on our work and open datasets to understand how models behave in real workflows: agentic coding, creative generation, professional productivity, and beyond. We go beyond leaderboards and decompose what human experience reveals about AI, so models advance toward the work people actually do.
We're a team of researchers, academics, builders, and creatives from UC Berkeley, Google, Stanford, and DeepMind. We seek truth, move fast, and value craftsmanship, curiosity, and impact over hierarchy. We're building a company where thoughtful, curious people from all backgrounds can do their best work together, in an office culture that radiates excellence, energy, and focus.
Arena Intelligence is hiring a highly collaborative Technical Recruiter to help scale a world-class team. You’ll serve as a trusted advisor to candidates and hiring leaders, build repeatable recruiting practices, advance inclusive hiring, support employer brand efforts, and deliver an outstanding candidate experience. This role is required to be in office 3 days per week.
Partner with hiring managers to clarify role outcomes, success profiles, and interview plans; prioritize reqs against business goals.
Run full-cycle recruiting: kickoff → JD refinement → sourcing → assessment → debriefs → offer → close.
Build pipelines via targeted sourcing (passive outreach, talent communities, events, referrals, and thoughtful job posts).
Maintain a structured, fair process: define competencies, calibrate rubrics, and uphold a consistent candidate experience.
Hold a relentless drive for excellence in every stage—calibrating rubrics, tightening loops, and continuously improving the funnel.
Track and improve funnel health (speed, quality, diversity signals); report weekly and quarterly progress with clear narrative and metrics.
Drive offer strategy and negotiations aligned to leveling, compensation bands, and market insights.
Nurture long-term networks of high-potential talent; keep a mapped bench for critical and future roles.
Partner on employer brand moments (events, content, communities) that attract deep-tech talent.
Coach hiring managers and interviewers on best practices and candidate excellence.
10+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting in deep-tech environments.
Proven strength sourcing and closing passive candidates for high-bar roles; skilled at narrative selling and objection handling.
Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into clear hiring plans, profiles, and processes.
Experience collaborating across functions and influencing stakeholders at pace.
Expertise at hiring across Machine Learning and Research
Fluency with structured interviewing, competency rubrics, and recruiting analytics
Commitment to inclusive hiring and candidate experience.
A relentless drive for excellence—raising the bar on candidate quality, process rigor, and stakeholder experience.
We offer competitive compensation and equity aligned to the markets where our team members are based. The base salary range will depend on the candidate’s permanent work location.
Comprehensive health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and additional support programs.
The opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI with a small, mission-driven team
A culture that values transparency, trust, and community impact
Come help build the space where anyone can explore and help shape the future of AI.
Arena Intelligence provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.
