Staffing Associate (Contract)

About the company

The company is an Applied AI research company closing the gap between frontier models and the enterprise. We provide the platform infrastructure that makes AI work in production at scale: unify fragmented data, map complex processes, orchestrate and evaluate agents, and stand up hyper-personalized workflow applications fast for companies like Grubhub, Alliance Global, and Thomson Reuters. Where models fall short, we build RL environments and data to fix them. The result: a virtuous cycle between enterprise deployment and model training.

Recognized as Best Predictive Analytics Platform of the Year at the 2026 AI Breakthrough Awards, the company makes AI work.

About The Role

The Staffing Associate at the company gets qualified experts onto client projects and billing fast. Our Staff Aug team places niche specialists across a wide range of industries and disciplines, and the profile can be anything a client needs that week. Working with the Senior Manager, Strategic Staffing, you'll turn client demand into staffed, productive teams: sourcing and vetting contractors, matching them to the right engagement, and moving them through onboarding to their first billed client hour. The work is more closely aligned to a talent marketplace and gig recruiting than to traditional headhunting, with very high volumes, hard-to-find profiles and quick turnarounds.

This is a 6-month, 40-hour-per-week contract with potential to extend or convert. The Staff Aug function launched recently and is growing quickly, so you'll help shape how the team works as well as staff its projects. It suits a fast, tech-forward staffing professional who has run high-volume, niche staffing in a marketplace-style model, measures success in fill rates and billed hours, and thrives on urgency.

What You’ll Do

• Staff client projects end to end, turning incoming client demand into qualified contractors who are onboarded and billing hours.

• Partner with delivery and operations leads to understand each project's skill, volume and timeline needs, then build a staffing plan to meet them.

• Source high volumes of contractors and subject-matter experts through LinkedIn Recruiter, professional groups, referrals, talent communities, existing talent pools and creative channels for hard-to-find profiles.

• Screen and vet candidates quickly against project requirements, using AI tools, automated screening and skills assessments where they suit the candidate pool.

• Match and assign contractors to the right engagements, balancing skills, availability and client priorities.

• Move contractors from offer through contracting, onboarding and training to their first billed hour, tracking each one's progress and following up quickly with anyone who stalls.

• Re-prioritize daily as urgent client needs open, working alongside the Senior Manager, Strategic Staffing.

• Help choose and roll out new sourcing, screening and tracking tools, including AI interviews, as the team builds out its tooling.

• Keep the staffing trackers accurate and report weekly on fill rate, time-to-staff, time-to-first-billed-hour and utilization.

What We Need

• 5+ years of recruiting or staffing experience, including high-volume, fast-turnaround staffing of niche profiles, ideally in a talent marketplace or AI data environment.

• Experience sourcing and placing niche talent from expert marketplace.

• Proven success in high-volume contract or contingent staffing, supporting a very high number of open reqs at once and filling dozens to hundreds of seats per project while keeping quality high.

• A strong sense of urgency: you're energized by tight deadlines and can get qualified contractors from first contact to working in days.

• A tech-enabled approach: you use AI in your everyday work, bring your own ideas for the staffing tech stack, and want to implement new tools that make the team faster. Experience with our specific tools isn't required.

• Advanced sourcing skills, including Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter and creative channels for niche or hard-to-find skills.

• Comfort staffing a constantly changing mix of profiles across industries and disciplines, based on client demand.

• Experience managing contractor onboarding, including contracts, compliance and readiness, in partnership with operations teams.

• Comfort working directly with delivery teams and client stakeholders, and pushing back when needed to keep staffing on track.

• Sound judgment with confidential candidate, rate and client information.

• Staffing agency experience is a plus, especially alongside a high-volume marketplace background.

What’s In It For You

The company is committed to fair and competitive pay for our contractors, ensuring that rates reflect both market conditions and the value each contractor brings. Our contractor rate structure accounts for regional differences in cost of living.

As a contractor, you will not be eligible for the company’s employee benefits, bonus, or equity programs. Final rates are determined by a combination of factors, including location, job-related experience, skills, knowledge, and overall market conditions. Additional details on rate, contract duration, and terms will be discussed during the hiring process.

Bonus and equity is included in all full-time, non commission offers. Final compensation is determined by a combination of factors, including location, job-related experience, skills, knowledge, internal pay equity, and overall market conditions. Because of this, every offer is unique. Additional details on total compensation and benefits will be discussed during the hiring process.

You can find more information about our geographic pay tiers  here . During the interview process, the company Talent Acquisition Partner will confirm which tier applies to your location. For candidates outside the U.S., compensation is adjusted to reflect local market conditions and cost of living.

What It's Like to Work at the company

At the company, we’re not just redefining work—we’re reinventing it. We operate at the intersection of advanced AI and human ingenuity, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to unlock productivity and scale. Ownership is at the core of everything we do. Here, you won’t just execute tasks—you’ll build, innovate, and shape the future alongside world-class clients pushing the boundaries of AI.

We expect bold ideas, relentless drive, and the ability to turn ambiguity into opportunity. The pace is fast, the challenges are big, and the growth is unmatched. We’re not for everyone, and we’re okay with that. If you’re looking for predictable routines, this isn’t the place for you. But if you’re driven to create, thrive in dynamic environments, and want a front-row seat to the AI revolution, you’ll fit right in.

Country Hiring Guidelines

The company is a hybrid organization with offices and team members located around the world. While some roles may offer remote flexibility, most positions involve in-office collaboration and are tied to specific locations. Any location-based requirements or hybrid expectations will be communicated by our Talent Acquisition team during the recruiting process.

AI Interviewing Guidelines

Our hiring team thoughtfully uses AI to support an efficient, engaging, and inclusive interview process. Since AI can also be a helpful tool for candidates, we've outlined expectations for using it ethically throughout your interview journey.  Click here to learn more about how we use AI and our guidelines for candidates.

Accessibility Statement

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you require an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, please submit your request using our accommodation request form. A member of our team will follow up to support your request.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.