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RenderRenderUnited States

Senior Technical Recruiter, Engineering

Lead full-cycle technical recruiting for engineering roles at a high-growth cloud platform company. Partner with hiring managers, own sourcing strategies, and optimize recruitment processes using data-driven insights. Requires 7+ years experience in tech recruiting.

155k – 205k/yr
Remote7+ YOERecruiting

About the role

What You'll Do

  • Build a deep understanding of our business, culture, and hiring needs to provide strategic recruitment support across teams.
  • Lead the full recruitment lifecycle, from sourcing to offer and close, ensuring a seamless and inclusive experience for candidates and stakeholders.
  • Partner with hiring managers to define job descriptions, candidate requirements, and develop structured interview processes.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to hiring teams, offering insights, best practices, and data-driven recommendations to improve hiring outcomes.
  • Manage executive relationships and provide proactive hiring solutions that align with business goals.
  • Own sourcing strategies for passive talent pipelines in engineering domains.
  • Mentor and guide hiring teams on best practices for interviewing, candidate assessment, and decision-making.
  • Design, implement, and optimize recruitment programs to enhance efficiency, scalability, and the candidate experience.

What We're Looking For

  • 7+ years of full-lifecycle recruiting experience, particularly supporting Engineering roles within early-stage, high-growth tech companies.
  • Strong data-driven decision-making skills, with the ability to use recruiting metrics to inform strategies.
  • Proven ability to solve complex hiring challenges, facilitate decision-making, and coach teams.
  • Experience managing high-impact roles while maintaining effective organization and stakeholder management.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences.
  • Strong negotiation skills and in-depth knowledge of the talent market.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage competing priorities.
  • Experience fostering trust-based relationships with candidates.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Extensive knowledge and proven success in technical hiring landscapes, especially in engineering roles.
  • A solutions-oriented mindset with examples of driving innovative recruiting strategies.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, with examples of influencing outcomes and forming trusted partnerships.
  • A commitment to building inclusive and diverse teams.
  • Experience conducting market research and competitive intelligence to guide recruiting initiatives.
  • Comfort operating in gray areas, using data and intuition to navigate ambiguity, and proactively driving the business towards clarity by refining and aligning hiring strategies with team and business goals.

Benefits

  • Equity with early-exercise options and extended exercise windows.
  • 4 weeks of paid vacation.
  • 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
  • Long-term disability, life insurance, and 401K plans.
  • 100% employer-paid medical coverage and 99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage.
  • Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness, mental health and therapy, hobbies, etc.
  • Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy.
  • Commuter benefits for Bay Area, home office stipends for remote.
  • Continuous learning benefits & related support.

Skills

ATSBoolean SourcingLinkedIn RecruiterRecruiting MetricsStructured InterviewsCandidate SourcingTalent PipelinesStakeholder ManagementMarket ResearchNegotiation

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