Technical Recruiter

About World Labs:

We build foundational world models that can perceive generate reason and interact with the 3D world unlocking AIs full potential through spatial intelligence by transforming seeing into doing perceiving into reasoning and imagining into creating.

We believe spatial intelligence will unlock new forms of storytelling creativity design simulation and immersive experiences across both virtual and physical worlds.

We bring together a world-class team united by a shared curiosity passion and deep backgrounds in technology from AI research to systems engineering to product design creating a tight feedback loop between our cutting-edge research and products that empower our users.

Role Overview

Were looking for a Technical Recruiter / Research Talent Sourcer to join World Labs and help us build a world-class research and engineering this role you will own and scale our technical recruiting and sourcing systems with a particular focus on identifying and engaging top-tier AI researchers and engineers from leading universities and industry labs.

This is a highly operational systems-driven role that also demands creativity intuition and deep curiosity about the AI research ecosystem. You will work closely with founders research leaders and hiring managers to translate ambitious research goals into exceptional hires.

What You Will Do:

• Design build and continuously improve recruiting and sourcing systems processes and tooling with an emphasis on rigor accuracy and scalability
• Proactively source researchers and engineers from top universities AI labs and leading technology companies across ML robotics computer vision and related fields
• Maintain exceptionally high-quality candidate data pipelines and documentation across ATS and internal tracking systems
• Develop creative sourcing strategies using publications citations open-source work conference participation academic networks and referrals
• Partner closely with research and engineering leaders to deeply understand technical needs evolving skill requirements and long-term talent strategy
• Own candidate experience end-to-end ensuring thoughtful timely and highly professional communication
• Analyze recruiting metrics and pipeline data to identify gaps improve efficiency and inform hiring decisions
• Support interview coordination and hiring operations as needed to keep processes running smoothly and predictably
  
  

Key Qualifications:

• 3 years of experience in technical recruiting or sourcing with a strong focus on AI ML robotics or adjacent deep-tech domains
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain highly organized recruiting systems and processes
• Strong data discipline: comfortable working with pipelines metrics and structured tracking to drive decisions
• Solid understanding of the AI research landscape including top universities labs conferences and industry research teams
• Experience sourcing passive highly competitive candidates
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving ambiguous environments

Preferred Qualifications:

While not required experience in one or more of the following is a strong plus:

• Recruiting or sourcing for research-heavy organizations or frontier AI labs
• Familiarity with academic research signals (publications citations arXiv conferences such as NeurIPS ICML ICLR CVPR RSS etc.)
• Experience hiring PhD-level researchers or highly specialized engineers
• Background in startup environments or early-stage team building
• Experience with advanced sourcing tools automation or custom workflows

Who You Are:

• Fearless Innovator: We need people who thrive on challenges and arent afraid to tackle the impossible.
• Resilient Builder: Impacting Large World Models isnt a sprint; its a marathon with hurdles. Were looking for builders who can weather the storms of groundbreaking research and come out stronger.
• Mission-Driven Mindset: Everything we do is in service of creating the best spatially intelligent AI systems and using them to empower people.
• Collaborative Spirit: Were building something bigger than any one person. We need team players who can harness the power of collective intelligence.

Were hiring the brightest minds from around the globe to bring diverse perspectives to our cutting-edge work. If youre ready to work on technology that will reshape how machines perceive and interact with the world World Labs is your launchpad.

Join us and lets make history together.

Equal Opportunity & Pay Transparency

Equal Employment Opportunity

World Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability genetic information veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. We welcome all qualified applicants and are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the hiring process upon request.

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