About LILT

AI is changing how the world communicates — and LILT is leading that transformation.

We're on a mission to make the world's information accessible to everyone, regardless of the language they speak. We use cutting-edge AI, machine translation, and human-in-the-loop expertise to translate content faster, more accurately, and more cost-effectively without compromising on brand, voice, or quality.

At LILT, we empower our teammates with leading tools, global collaboration, and growth opportunities to do their best work. Our company virtues—Work together, win together; Find a way or make one; Quicker than they expect; Quality is Job 1—guide everything we do. We are trusted by Intel Corporation, Canva, the United States Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, ASICS, and hundreds of global Enterprises. Backed by Sequoia, Intel Capital, and Redpoint, we’re building a category-defining company in a $50B+ global translation market being redefined by AI.

Role Overview

As a Technical Recruiter, you’ll play a pivotal role in scaling LILT’s engineering organization by attracting top-tier talent in a fast-paced, high-quality environment. This role blends autonomy, resourcefulness, and strong collaboration. You’ll report directly to our Chief People Officer and be based in San Francisco, with a hybrid schedule (Mon–Wed in-office).

What You’ll Do

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for technical roles—including sourcing, screening, coordinating interviews, and extending offers.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to engineering leadership on hiring strategies, market insights, and organizational needs.

• Drive proactive sourcing, building pipelines for roles in engineering, data science, and AI.

• Maintain a strong sense of urgency, thoroughness, and efficiency, aligning with LILT’s “Quicker than they expect” and “Quality is Job 1” virtues.

• Collaborate closely with hiring managers, People Ops, and the CPO to ensure seamless, high-quality candidate experiences.

• Refine and optimize recruiting workflows, candidate feedback loops, and data tracking to improve performance and decision-making.
  

About You

You are:

• A talented, resourceful recruiter with experience hiring for technical roles in high-growth or AI-centric environments.

• Excited by autonomy and velocity, able to adapt quickly and deliver results.

• Passionate about quality in hiring—you know how to assess technical expertise and cultural fit.

• A natural collaborator, skilled in building trust with stakeholders and candidates alike.

• Aligned with LILT’s mission of accessible, global communication—and committed to using your recruiting skills to propel that forward.
  

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Hands-on experience using Ashby ATS or a similar modern recruiting platform.

• Prior experience recruiting in AI, machine learning, or localization/translation tech sectors.

• Familiarity with human-in-the-loop AI workflows or global tech hiring nuances.

Our Story

Our founders, Spence and John met at Google working on Google Translate. As researchers at Stanford and Berkeley, they both worked on language technology to make information accessible to everyone. While together at Google, they were amazed to learn that Google Translate wasn’t used for enterprise products and services inside the company.The quality just wasn’t there. So they set out to build something better. LILT was born.

LILT has been a machine learning company since its founding in 2015. At the time, machine translation didn’t meet the quality standard for enterprise translations, so LILT assembled a cutting-edge research team tasked with closing that gap. While meeting customer demand for translation services, LILT ha