# Lead Talent Partner, Technical Recruiting

**Company:** [Hinge Health](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/hinge-health)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Recruiting
**Salary:** $198k – $298k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Technical Recruiting, Full-Cycle Recruiting, talent mapping, Workforce Planning, passive sourcing, interview process design, Stakeholder Management, data-driven recruiting, engineering hiring, talent strategy
**Posted:** 2026-07-25

> Lead full-cycle technical recruiting and talent strategy for Software Engineering teams. Partner with senior engineering leaders on search strategy, pipeline building, calibration, and process improvement in a high-bar environment.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do
- Own full-cycle recruiting for Software Engineering from intake and calibration through offer close and handoff.
- Partner with Engineering leaders to define role scope, level, and search strategy based on business needs, team context, and market reality.
- Build and manage high-quality pipelines for Software Engineering talent, including passive candidate outreach in competitive markets.
- Lead searches across a range of engineering profiles, including senior and staff-level engineers, engineering managers, and other hard-to-find technical talent.
- Conduct talent mapping for critical and future-looking engineering needs, including emerging areas, niche technical domains, and 0-to-1 or incubation work where applicable.
- Use recruiting data and funnel insights to diagnose bottlenecks, improve hiring efficiency, and drive better decision-making with stakeholders.
- Lead thoughtful calibration conversations when hiring teams need to reassess expectations around level, compensation, technical profile, or candidate availability.
- Create an excellent candidate experience by ensuring clear communication, strong process management, and a high-touch, respectful approach throughout the interview journey.
- Influence longer-term headcount planning by bringing talent market insights and hiring data into workforce planning conversations.
- Improve hiring quality by refining job descriptions, interview process design, interviewer alignment, and stakeholder expectations where needed.
- Raise the bar on engineering recruiting by sharing best practices, coaching stakeholders, and helping evolve how we assess and close top technical talent.

## What Makes You a Great Fit
- You are a strong strategic partner, not an order-taker. You know how to influence senior stakeholders, push on assumptions, and guide teams toward better hiring decisions.
- You bring strong engineering recruiting judgment. You understand how to assess Software Engineering talent and tailor search strategy to different levels, technical domains, and team needs.
- You are highly data-driven. You use funnel metrics, market signals, and process data to identify issues and improve outcomes.
- You know how to navigate high-bar technical hiring. You are credible with engineering leaders, thoughtful in calibration conversations, and comfortable advising on tradeoffs between talent quality, speed, and market reality.
- You care deeply about candidate experience and know that high standards and high humanity should go together.
- You are agile, organized, and comfortable juggling multiple priorities without losing quality or momentum.
- You are energized by high-expectation environments and know how to operate well with senior, discerning hiring teams.

## Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting or talent partnership experience, with meaningful experience supporting Software Engineering or other closely related technical functions.
- Track record of partnering with senior hiring managers and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver against complex hiring goals.
- Demonstrated success hiring passive technical talent in competitive markets.
- Strong experience using recruiting data to influence decisions, improve processes, and solve hiring challenges.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build credibility quickly and handle challenging stakeholder dynamics with sound judgment.

## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience recruiting for Software Engineering in a fast-paced, high-growth, or mission-driven environment.
- Experience supporting senior engineering leaders through org design, workforce planning, or talent mapping conversations.
- Experience hiring across a range of technical levels and profiles, including senior individual contributors, staff engineers, and engineering managers.
- Experience improving interview process design, calibration, and candidate experience at the function level.
- Familiarity with healthcare, digital health, AI, platform, infrastructure, or other complex technical environments.

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