Senior Technical Recruiter
Owns full-cycle engineering recruiting across a global scope, advising senior engineering leaders, shaping hiring strategy, calibrating technical assessments, and closing competitive technical talent. Requires 6+ years of engineering-focused recruiting experience and strong knowledge of technical talent markets.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own full-cycle recruiting for engineering roles, from talent identification and engagement through offer negotiation, closing, and pre-start candidate experience.
- Advise senior engineering stakeholders on hiring strategy, role intake, prioritization, and trade-offs aligned with business outcomes.
- Design and calibrate technical candidate assessments with engineering leadership.
- Track and analyze recruiting funnel health, talent-pool effectiveness, and hiring velocity to improve efficiency.
- Represent and evolve the engineering talent brand through a thoughtful, high-signal, and respectful recruiting process.
Requirements
- 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience focused on engineering, preferably in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.
- Strong understanding of engineering roles and landscapes, including backend, frontend, distributed systems, and infrastructure.
- Experience partnering with technical hiring managers and translating business needs into hiring strategies.
- Deep understanding of technical talent markets, role scarcity, competitive dynamics, and evolving skill sets.
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills for recruiting decisions and process design.
- Curiosity, continuous learning, and a growth mindset.
- Willingness to use AI responsibly to improve recruiting efficiency and impact.
- Authorization to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.
Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary: $166,000–$195,000 annually.
- Equity and industry-competitive compensation.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage; employee-only premiums are fully covered for most medical plans.
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave for all new parents.
- Health and wellness stipend.
- Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipends.
- Commuter benefits for employees reporting to the San Francisco and New York City offices.
- Family planning benefits.
- Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting.
- Flexible paid time off and 80 hours of sick time.
- 11 company-paid holidays.
- Virtual team-building activities, lunch-and-learns, and company-wide events.
Skills
Technical Recruiting, Full-Cycle Recruiting, Engineering Recruiting, Candidate Sourcing, Talent Intelligence, Technical Hiring, Assessment Design, Stakeholder Management, Recruiting Analytics, Backend Systems, Frontend Development, Distributed Systems, Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence
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