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Senior Technical Recruiter, Engineering

Leads end-to-end technical recruiting for engineering teams, advising hiring managers, building passive talent pipelines, and improving scalable, inclusive hiring programs. Requires 7+ years of recruiting experience in high-growth technology companies, strong stakeholder management, data-driven decision-making, and negotiation skills.

About the job

Responsibilities

  • Build a deep understanding of the business, culture, and hiring needs to provide strategic recruitment support across teams.
  • Lead the full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing through offer and close.
  • Partner with hiring managers to define job descriptions, candidate requirements, and structured interview processes.
  • Advise hiring teams using recruiting best practices and data-driven recommendations.
  • Manage executive relationships and provide proactive hiring solutions aligned with business goals.
  • Own sourcing strategies for passive talent pipelines in engineering.
  • Mentor hiring teams on interviewing, candidate assessment, and decision-making.
  • Design, implement, and optimize recruitment programs to improve efficiency, scalability, and candidate experience.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of full-lifecycle recruiting experience, particularly supporting engineering roles at early-stage, high-growth technology companies.
  • Strong data-driven decision-making and ability to use recruiting metrics to inform strategy.
  • Ability to solve complex hiring challenges, facilitate decisions, and coach teams.
  • Experience managing high-impact roles while maintaining strong organization and stakeholder management.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong negotiation skills and in-depth knowledge of the talent market.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage competing priorities.
  • Experience building trust-based relationships with candidates.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Extensive knowledge and demonstrated success in technical hiring, especially engineering roles.
  • Solutions-oriented mindset with examples of innovative recruiting strategies.
  • Strong stakeholder management and trusted-partnership skills.
  • Commitment to building inclusive and diverse teams.
  • Experience conducting market research and competitive intelligence for recruiting initiatives.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity and refining hiring strategies using data and judgment.

Compensation and Benefits

  • $155,000–$205,000 annual salary.
  • Four weeks of paid vacation.
  • Fourteen weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents.
  • Long-term disability, life insurance, and 401(k) plans.
  • Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
  • Monthly lifestyle stipend and cell phone/internet subsidy.
  • Commuter benefits for Bay Area employees and home-office stipends for remote employees.
  • Continuous learning benefits and support.

Skills

Full-Cycle Recruiting, Technical Recruiting, Engineering Recruiting, Recruiting Metrics, Sourcing Strategies, Interview Processes, Candidate Assessment, Stakeholder Management, Talent Market Knowledge, Negotiation, Market Research, Competitive Intelligence

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