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Senior Technical Recruiter

Owns full-cycle, sourcing-heavy recruiting for senior software engineers in New York, building pipelines, closing competitive talent, and establishing local engineering presence. Partners with engineering leaders on strategy and processes in a startup environment.

New York, NYRecruitingOnsite5+ YOE

About the role

What You’ll Do

  • Own full-cycle recruiting for senior Software Engineering hires, from intake through close.
  • Build and scale outbound sourcing pipelines for high-priority engineering roles.
  • Lead high-touch closing efforts for competitive senior engineering candidates.
  • Help establish and grow Twenty’s engineering brand and talent presence in the New York market.
  • Partner with engineering leadership to define hiring strategy, interview design, scorecards, and candidate calibration.
  • Source across outbound channels, technical communities, referrals, events, and targeted market research.
  • Keep recruiting pipelines moving with strong process management, fast feedback loops, and clear communication.
  • Improve recruiting assets including outreach messaging, candidate prep materials, and closing narratives.
  • Apply AI-driven workflows and tooling to augment sourcing, coordination, and recruiting operations with strong judgment.

Must Have

  • 5+ years of experience recruiting for Software Engineering roles.
  • Consistently built sourcing-heavy pipelines and generated qualified technical candidates through outbound recruiting.
  • Closed passive senior engineering candidates in highly competitive markets.
  • Run full-cycle recruiting processes from intake through offer and close.
  • Experience recruiting senior and staff-level engineering talent in competitive hiring markets.
  • Partner effectively with technical stakeholders and calibrate quickly on engineering talent.
  • Metrics-driven and use funnel data to improve recruiting outcomes.
  • Execute with precision: strong ATS hygiene, reliable follow-ups, and tight process management.
  • Comfortable working in the New York City area as we continue building our local office presence.

Nice To Have

  • Experience helping establish or scale hiring efforts in a new office or geographic market.
  • Experience recruiting for high-caliber engineering teams at startups or growth-stage companies.
  • Familiarity with structured interviewing, scorecards, and interviewer calibration.
  • Experience recruiting across backend, distributed systems, AI/ML, or infrastructure-focused engineering teams.
  • Experience scaling sourcing and recruiting workflows with AI tools and automation.
  • Existing network within the New York engineering talent market.

Tech Environment

  • Ashby (ATS, workflows, reporting)
  • LinkedIn Recruiter and modern sourcing platforms
  • AI-assisted sourcing and workflow automation tools

Skills

AshbyLinkedIn RecruiterAi Sourcing ToolsATSStructured InterviewingScorecardsOutbound SourcingFull-Cycle RecruitingSourcing PipelinesTechnical Recruiting

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