# Recruiter - Applied Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, and Data Scientist

**Company**: Salesforce
**Location**: Chicago, Illinois
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $117,400 - $177,600 annually
**Category**: Human Resources
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Salesforce is seeking a world-class recruiter to help build the AI-powered future of enterprise software. As a Recruiter - Applied Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, and Data Scientist, you will own full-cycle recruiting for these roles across Salesforce's AI and research organizations.

Your pipeline and craft will directly shape the teams building the most impactful AI products in the world, including Agentforce and Einstein AI. You will partner deeply with senior engineering and research leaders to shape hiring strategy, define ideal candidate profiles, and influence how Salesforce competes for elite technical talent.

**Core Responsibilities & Scope**

- Own full-cycle recruiting for Applied Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, and/or Data Scientist roles across Salesforce's AI and research organizations

- Partner deeply with senior engineering and research leaders to shape hiring strategy, define ideal candidate profiles, and influence how we compete for elite technical talent

- Build and maintain high-quality, research-grade talent pipelines , proactively mapping the market and engaging passive talent before requisitions open

- Lead complex offer negotiations, including sign-on and equity exception packages, with a clear understanding of market compensation benchmarks across FAANG and frontier AI companies

- Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers , pushing back, advising on tradeoffs, and bringing market intelligence that sharpens decision-making

- Collaborate with sourcing partners, recruiting coordinators, and peer advisors to run an efficient, high-touch candidate experience

- Contribute to team-level recruiting strategy, pipeline health reviews, and market talent intelligence initiatives

**Minimum Requirements**

- 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, with a significant and demonstrated focus on Applied Science, Machine Learning, and/or Data Science roles

- Deep experience at a top-tier tech company , Meta, Google, or equivalent , where the talent bar is exceptionally high and the competition is fierce

- Proven ability to recruit across the full Applied Science and ML talent spectrum: ML Engineers, Data Scientists, Research Scientists, Applied Scientists, and MLOps Engineers

- Strong fluency in ML and AI concepts , enough to hold credible conversations with candidates and hiring managers about LLMs, deep learning, NLP, computer vision, and model development pipelines

- Track record of building proactive talent pipelines in highly contested, hard-to-fill research and applied ML talent pools

- Experience navigating complex compensation conversations, including base, equity (RSU), sign-on, and competing offer dynamics in the FAANG+ talent market

- Consultative, data-informed approach to recruiting , you bring market data, benchmarking intelligence, and candidate insights to every hiring manager interaction

- Strong communicator and relationship builder who earns trust quickly with both candidates and senior technical leaders

**Benefits**

- Time off programs

- Medical, dental, vision

- Mental health support

- Paid parental leave

- Life and disability insurance

- 401(k)

- Employee stock purchasing program

The typical base salary range for this position is $117,400 - $177,600 annually.

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## Skills

### Required
- Applied Science
- Machine Learning
- Data Science
- LLMs
- deep learning
- NLP
- computer vision
- model development pipelines

### Nice to have
- frontier AI organizations
- AI research labs
- applied AI product teams
- FAIR
- Google Brain/DeepMind
- OpenAI

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