Staff Technical Recruiter
Leads senior technical recruiting for engineering, autonomy, hardware, and operations teams, partnering with executives on hiring strategy and delivering exceptional candidate experiences. The role requires deep technical recruiting expertise, strong judgment, and the ability to improve scalable hiring processes.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Source top technical talent, build high-quality pipelines, create compelling candidate experiences, and close exceptional hires across niche and competitive skill sets.
- Advise hiring leaders and interview teams on recruiting strategy, organizational design, headcount planning, and hiring decisions.
- Lead executive-level recruiting engagements from calibration through close.
- Partner with People Operations, Compensation, and Finance to optimize headcount plans and hiring processes.
- Champion structured, rigorous, and fair hiring practices.
- Improve recruiting processes, tooling, and talent branding; identify and resolve bottlenecks.
- Mentor recruiters and help raise the recruiting team's effectiveness.
Requirements
- Deep expertise building high-talent-density teams in one or more of the following areas:
- Cloud software
- Mobile software
- Infrastructure
- Computer vision
- Deep learning
- Planning and controls
- Mechanical design
- Electrical design
- Manufacturing
- Supply chain
- Ability to influence and advise executives using data and market intelligence.
- Comfort navigating complex and ambiguous hiring environments while balancing urgency, quality, and long-term business impact.
- Exceptional judgment, credibility, follow-through, communication, and business acumen.
- Fluency in engineering and talent strategy.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience mentoring recruiters.
- Experience contributing to recruiting process and tooling improvements.
- Experience with talent branding.
- A combination of in-house and agency recruiting experience.
- Experience building recruiting programs from the ground up.
Compensation and Benefits
- Annual base salary: $145,000–$227,000 USD.
- Equity in the form of stock options.
- Comprehensive health insurance plans.
- Paid vacation, sick leave, and holiday pay.
- 401(k) savings plan.
- Relocation assistance may be available for eligible roles.
Skills
Technical Recruiting, Cloud Software, Mobile Software, Infrastructure, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Planning And Controls, Mechanical Design, Electrical Design, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Talent Branding, Headcount Planning, Structured Hiring
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