Forward Deployed Engineering Recruiter

<h2>About ElevenLabs</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company transforming how we interact with technology.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We launched in January 2023 with the first human-like AI voice model. Today, we serve millions of users and thousands of businesses - from fast-growing startups to large enterprises like Deutsche Telekom and Meta. Our investors are some of the world's most prominent, including Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ Growth and Sequoia. We've raised $781M in funding and our last valuation was $11B - multiples of 11, always.<br><br>We have expanded from voice into three main platforms:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">ElevenAgents enables businesses to deliver seamless and intelligent customer experiences, with the integrations, testing, monitoring, and reliability necessary to deploy voice and chat agents at scale.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">ElevenCreative empowers creators and marketers to generate and edit speech, music, image, and video across 70+ languages.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">ElevenAPI gives developers access to our leading AI audio foundational models.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em">Everything we do is the result of the creativity and commitment of our team - builders doing the best work of their lives. We are researchers, engineers, and operators. IOI medalists and ex-founders. If you want to work hard and create lasting positive impact, we want to hear from you.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>How we work</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>High-velocity: </strong>Rapid experimentation, lean autonomous teams, and minimal bureaucracy.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Impact not job titles: </strong>We don’t have job titles. Instead, it’s about the impact you have. No task is above or beneath you.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>AI first:</strong> We use AI to move faster with higher-quality results. We do this across the whole company—from engineering to growth to operations.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Excellence everywhere: </strong>Everything we do should match the quality of our AI models.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Global team: </strong>We prioritize your talent, not your location.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>What we offer</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Innovative culture:</strong> You’ll be part of a generational opportunity to define the trajectory of AI, surrounded by a team pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Growth paths: </strong>Joining ElevenLabs means joining a dynamic team with countless opportunities to drive impact - beyond your immediate role and responsibilities.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Learning & development</strong>: ElevenLabs proactively supports professional development through an annual discretionary stipend.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Social travel</strong>: We also provide an annual discretionary stipend to meet up with colleagues each year, however you choose.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Annual company offsite: </strong>Each year, we bring the entire team together in a new location - past offsites have included Croatia and Italy.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Co-working</strong>: If you’re not located near one of our main hubs, we offer a monthly co-working stipend.</p></li></ul><h2>About the role</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">We're looking for a <strong>Technical Recruiter</strong> to join our global Talent team at ElevenLabs. This is not a conventional recruiter role — you'll own complex, high-impact technical hiring end to end, <strong>with a focus on Forward Deployed Engineering</strong>: engineers who work shoulder-to-shoulder with customers, from pre-sales evaluation through post-sales implementation.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You'll shape search strategy, build pipelines at the intersection of deep technical ability and customer-facing craft, and close candidates who are genuinely rare. You'll partner with engineering and revenue leadership to redefine what great FDE hiring looks like at scale, as part of a small, high-bar team with an uncompromising standard for quality of hire.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">If you’re energized by ownership, creative problem-solving, and building hiring systems that scale, this role will stretch and level up your career.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>What your day might look like</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Owning full-cycle recruiting for highly technical roles across our forward deployment team including solutions engineers and deployment strategists.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Partnering closely with hiring managers to deeply understand problems, calibrate on signals, and continuously raise the hiring bar.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Designing and executing thoughtful search strategies — from market mapping and outreach to interview design and closing.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Managing multiple complex searches simultaneously without sacrificing candidate experience or quality.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Acting as a trusted advisor to candidates, guiding them through a rigorous process with clarity, empathy, and conviction.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Serving as an ambassador for ElevenLabs — every interaction reflects our values and sets the tone for the candidate experience.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Continuously improving how we hire by iterating on processes, tooling, and data-driven insights.</p></li></ul><h2>Requirements</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proven experience hiring top-tier technical and forward deployed talent in competitive markets (we’d love to see ~3+ years, but impact matters more than years).</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience running full-cycle technical recruiting, including sourcing strategy, stakeholder management, and closing.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong ability to manage high-complexity searches with many moving parts — you stay structured, adaptable, and focused.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Skilled at translating technical and business needs into clear hiring strategies and compelling candidate narratives.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Excellent written and verbal communication — you build trust with both deeply technical candidates and senior stakeholders.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Comfortable operating in fast-paced, remote-first environments and collaborating across global time zones.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Curious, creative, and genuinely interested in engineering, AI, and how exceptional teams are built.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em">Bonus:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience recruiting globally across multiple regions, with a particular preference for LATAM, APAC and EMEA.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Background in high-growth startups, AI native companies, or similarly fast-moving environments.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A builder’s mindset: you experiment, learn quickly, spot patterns, and continuously refine recruiting playbooks and processes.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>Location</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">This role is remote and can be executed globally. However we have a strong preference for LATAM, APAC, and EMEA regions.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">#LI-remote</p>

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