Sr Technical Recruiter, AI

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

Company Overview

Life at F5 is never dull. We are constantly identifying new trends and disruptions, then innovating to get ahead of future customer needs—creating application services that help the world’s leading organizations deliver their critical business apps faster and with the highest levels of flexibility, security, performance, and support.

As we expand our AI capabilities to power next-gen cybersecurity, automation, and observability solutions, we are building a team of top-tier AI talent—and we need a recruiter who can make that happen.

Job Summary

As a Senior AI Technical Recruiter at F5, you’ll be a strategic talent partner responsible for attracting and hiring world-class AI professionals. You’ll support hiring across machine learning, applied AI, data science, and MLOps—playing a key role in shaping the future of AI at F5. This role requires strong technical fluency, market intelligence, and the ability to partner deeply with stakeholders in engineering, product, and leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-End Recruitment:

Lead the full-cycle recruitment process for AI-related roles: sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer negotiation.
Build and maintain strong candidate experiences through every touchpoint.

• Talent Sourcing & Pipeline Building:

Develop creative sourcing strategies for passive and active AI talent across platforms (LinkedIn, GitHub, Arxiv, Kaggle, etc.).
Engage top talent from academia, industry research labs, startups, and enterprise companies.

• Stakeholder Collaboration:

Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, ideal candidate profiles, and hiring processes.
Provide consultative guidance using AI market data, compensation trends, and competitor intelligence.

• Screening & Interviewing:

Evaluate technical skills through structured screening methods (coding challenges, take-home projects, technical interviews).
Design and refine interview rubrics tailored to AI/ML roles.

• Employer Branding:

Represent F5 at AI conferences, meetups, and events to promote our employer brand and build top-of-funnel awareness.
Help shape our narrative as a destination for mission-driven AI talent solving real-world security challenges.

• Diversity & Inclusion:

Champion DEI in hiring: building inclusive pipelines, reducing bias in assessments, and partnering with organizations like Women in ML and Black in AI.

• Market Intelligence:

Stay on top of emerging AI hiring trends, compensation benchmarks, and talent market dynamics to shape recruiting strategies.

• Process Improvement:

Continuously optimize recruiting workflows for speed, quality, and candidate experience.
Leverage automation, AI tools, and ATS integrations to scale operations effectively.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience:

- 8+ years in technical recruiting, with at least 2 years focused specifically on AI/ML/Data Science talent.

- Demonstrated success hiring across senior technical and niche roles in fast-paced environments.

• Technical Knowledge:

- Deep understanding of the AI/ML talent landscape and common tech stacks (e.g., Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, LangChain).

- Comfort speaking credibly about AI systems, infrastructure, and real-world applications.

• Communication:

- Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to build trust with candidates and stakeholders alike.

- Confident in negotiating complex offers with high-level technical talent.

• Organizational Skills:

- Strong multitasking and time management skills across multiple pipelines and stakeholder groups.

• Tools:

- Proficiency with ATS (e.g., Workday) and sourcing tools (LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, SeekOut, GitHub, etc.).

- Familiarity with AI-powered recruiting tools is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

- Prior experience recruiting for AI talent at a cloud, security, or platform company.

- Background or education in computer science, engineering, or data analytics.

- Experience working in high-growth or R&D-driven environments.

If you're passionate about tech, driven by innovation, and ready to help shape the future of AI talent at F5, we’d love to connect.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual base pay for this position is: $121,084.00 - $181,626.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice. 

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.  F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.