# Lead Technical Recruiter

**Company:** [Orkes](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/orkes)
**Location:** Santa Clara, CA
**Role:** Recruiting
**Salary:** $120k – $140k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, Sourcing, Technical Recruiting, Full-Cycle Recruiting, Ats Workflows, Stakeholder Management, Interview Processes, Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, SaaS
**Posted:** 2026-08-19

> Leads full-cycle recruiting for senior technical, engineering leadership, and go-to-market roles while building proactive talent pipelines and scalable recruiting operations. Requires 6+ years of technical recruiting experience, strong sourcing expertise, and the ability to partner strategically with hiring leaders in a high-growth SaaS environment.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Own Technical Recruiting
- Lead full-cycle recruiting for Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Solutions Engineering, Product, and Technical Leadership roles.
- Recruit senior individual contributors, including Senior, Staff, and Principal Engineers.
- Build pipelines for difficult-to-fill technical positions through proactive sourcing and networking.

### Support GTM Hiring
- Recruit for strategic go-to-market positions, including Enterprise Account Executives, Sales Engineers, Customer Success, Solutions Architects, and Technical Support Leadership.

### Build Talent Pipelines
- Develop proactive sourcing strategies rather than relying solely on inbound applicants.
- Build relationships with passive candidates across engineering and enterprise software communities.
- Maintain healthy talent pipelines for future hiring needs.

### Partner with Hiring Leaders
- Advise hiring managers on market trends, compensation, and candidate availability.
- Run intake meetings and develop recruiting strategies for each search.
- Drive interview processes and deliver an exceptional candidate experience.

### Improve Recruiting Operations
- Manage candidate pipelines and ATS workflows.
- Improve recruiting processes, reporting, and hiring efficiency.
- Partner with agencies when needed while prioritizing internally sourced talent.
- Establish scalable recruiting best practices as the company grows.

## Requirements
- 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience.
- Experience recruiting for venture-backed startups or high-growth SaaS companies.
- Proven success hiring Software Engineers, Platform Engineers, Infrastructure Engineers, and Engineering Leaders.
- Experience recruiting go-to-market talent, including Enterprise Account Executives and technical customer-facing roles.
- Strong sourcing expertise using LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, referrals, networking, and creative outbound strategies.
- Experience hiring senior technical talent, including Staff and Principal Engineers.
- Excellent stakeholder management and hiring manager partnership skills.
- Strong understanding of the technical hiring landscape.
- Ability to manage multiple searches simultaneously in a fast-paced startup environment.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience recruiting in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, AI, developer tools, or enterprise software.
- Experience supporting organizations scaling from early-stage startup through rapid growth.
- Familiarity with engineering career leveling and technical interview processes.

## Compensation & Benefits
- $120-140k/year plus stock options.
- Competitive benefits.
- High ownership, high visibility, and significant career growth.

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