Adaptive ML is a frontier AI startup building a Reinforcement Learning Operations (RLOps) platform that enables enterprises to specialize and deploy LLMs into production with measurable impact.
We provide the core infrastructure to tune, evaluate, and serve specialized models at scale — pioneering task-specific LLM development and running production-ready workflows that serve millions of requests while optimizing for both cost and performance across distributed systems.
Our tightly-knit team was previously involved in the creation of state-of-the-art open-access large language models. We raised a $20M seed led by Index Ventures and ICONIQ in early 2024, and we're already live in production with customers including Manulife, AT&T, Deloitte, across travel and financial services — with much more to be announced soon.
As our first Talent hire, this role goes beyond pure recruiting. You will help lay the foundations for how we hire, onboard, and scale teams at Adaptive, partnering closely with leadership to translate company strategy into clear hiring priorities and build a hiring process the organization can trust as it scales.
You will own the full hiring lifecycle: sourcing top talent globally, conducting interviews, designing and improving recruitment processes. Because we are a fast-growing, highly technical organization, the quality and clarity of the hiring process is critical. You will help ensure that our teams are staffed with the right people at the right time.
This role is ideally in-person at our Paris, New York or Toronto office, but we are open to fully remote candidates in East US and North EMEA.
Own and run the full-cycle hiring process across Product, Technical, and Commercial staffs, including sourcing, screenings, interview assignment, closing and employee onboarding.
Develop and improve recruiting processes, from sourcing mechanisms to interview loops to ATS workflows, ensuring quality and speed.
Lead proactive sourcing efforts to build diverse pipelines for highly technical and commercial roles.
Partner closely with leadership to understand hiring needs, calibrate on candidate profiles, and forecast talent gaps. Making sure the hiring roadmap is in sync with the company vision and roadmap.
Coordinate cross-functional interview panels, find & train internal interviewers, and help maintain high bar and consistency in evaluation.
Build hiring metrics and reporting, providing clear insights on pipeline health, time-to-fill, conversion rates, and process bottlenecks.
Represent the company externally, through outreach, events, and direct engagement with passive candidates.
Operate in an async-friendly environment, documenting processes, updates, and insights for a distributed team.
We encourage candidates to apply even if their experience doesn’t match every point below.
5+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Recruiting, or People Operations, ideally in high-growth or technically complex environments.
Experience hiring across multiple functions, particularly engineering, research / science, and commercial roles.
Comfortable operating in fast-paced, competitive hiring environments and managing multiple priorities.
Strong candidate-facing skills, with the ability to clearly communicate company vision and role expectations.
Experience building structured interview processes and scalable recruiting workflows.
Familiarity with technical talent markets, including engineering and AI / ML roles.
Interest in generative AI and motivation to help build teams working on foundational technology.
Comprehensive medical (health, dental, and vision) insurance;
401(k) plan with 4% matching (or equivalent);
Unlimited PTO — we strongly encourage at least 5 weeks each year;
Mental health, wellness, and personal development stipends;
Visa sponsorship if you wish to relocate to New York or Paris.
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