# Recruiting Manager, Engineering
**Company:** [Plaid](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/plaid)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Washington, DC
**Salary:** $124K-$241K
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Technical Recruiting, Engineering Hiring, Headcount Planning, Talent Strategy, Recruiting Processes, Data-Driven Recruiting, Change Management, Team Leadership, Candidate Experience, Hiring Best Practices
**Posted:** 2026-05-12
> Leads a tech recruiting team to hire top engineering talent at scale, partnering with senior leaders on strategy, headcount planning, and process improvements while coaching recruiters and driving high-quality outcomes.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Lead and inspire a team of recruiters focused on engineering hiring, setting clear expectations and fostering high performance.
- Partner closely with senior leaders and executives across EPD to align on hiring priorities, headcount planning, and long-term talent strategy.
- Own and operationalize recruiting processes at scale, ensuring they are efficient, consistent, data-driven, and candidate-first.
- Identify gaps and bottlenecks in the hiring process, propose creative solutions, and implement best practices that improve quality, speed, and experience.
- Drive strong hiring outcomes by balancing business urgency with thoughtful, inclusive, and high-bar recruiting standards.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships across the organization, serving as a strategic advisor on hiring, market trends, and talent strategy.

## Qualifications
- **3+ years** of technical recruiting leadership experience
- **6+ years** of total recruiting experience
- Proven success partnering with senior leaders during periods of growth and leading process improvements.
- Experience operationalizing engineering or technical recruiting at scale, with strong knowledge of best practices in hiring.
- Ability to critically evaluate recruiting processes, propose improvements, and lead change management.
- Track record of developing and motivating high-performing teams, with a leadership style rooted in collaboration, ownership, and curiosity.
- A candidate-first philosophy with the ability to balance speed, quality, and experience.
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