Senior Technical Recruiter

What You’ll Do

• Own full-cycle recruiting for senior Software Engineering hires, from intake through close.
• Build and scale outbound sourcing pipelines for high-priority engineering roles.
• Lead high-touch closing efforts for competitive senior engineering candidates.
• Help establish and grow Twenty’s engineering brand and talent presence in the New York market.
• Partner with engineering leadership to define hiring strategy, interview design, scorecards, and candidate calibration.
• Source across outbound channels, technical communities, referrals, events, and targeted market research.
• Keep recruiting pipelines moving with strong process management, fast feedback loops, and clear communication.
• Improve recruiting assets including outreach messaging, candidate prep materials, and closing narratives.
• Apply AI-driven workflows and tooling to augment sourcing, coordination, and recruiting operations with strong judgment.

Must Have

• 5+ years of experience recruiting for Software Engineering roles.
• Consistently built sourcing-heavy pipelines and generated qualified technical candidates through outbound recruiting.
• Closed passive senior engineering candidates in highly competitive markets.
• Run full-cycle recruiting processes from intake through offer and close.
• Experience recruiting senior and staff-level engineering talent in competitive hiring markets.
• Partner effectively with technical stakeholders and calibrate quickly on engineering talent.
• Metrics-driven and use funnel data to improve recruiting outcomes.
• Execute with precision: strong ATS hygiene, reliable follow-ups, and tight process management.
• Comfortable working in the New York City area as we continue building our local office presence.

Nice To Have

• Experience helping establish or scale hiring efforts in a new office or geographic market.
• Experience recruiting for high-caliber engineering teams at startups or growth-stage companies.
• Familiarity with structured interviewing, scorecards, and interviewer calibration.
• Experience recruiting across backend, distributed systems, AI/ML, or infrastructure-focused engineering teams.
• Experience scaling sourcing and recruiting workflows with AI tools and automation.
• Existing network within the New York engineering talent market.

Tech Environment

• Ashby (ATS, workflows, reporting)
• LinkedIn Recruiter and modern sourcing platforms
• AI-assisted sourcing and workflow automation tools