Senior Technical Recruiter

About Neo

Neo is pioneering the next wave of AI integration in the workplace, transforming how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to enhance productivity. Founded by Bhavin Turakhia, a serial entrepreneur behind ventures like Zeta, Radix, and Titan, Neo offers an innovative suite of AI-driven products including:

• Tasket: An AI-native platform that revolutionizes work management by centralizing context and enabling effortless AI-driven task delegation.
• Friday: An AI assistant and agent platform pre-integrated across multiple tools such as Tasket, Studio, Drive, and over 1000 SaaS applications.
• Studio: An AI-assisted suite designed for collaborative creation of documents, spreadsheets, and diagrams, blending human and AI efforts.
• Scribe: An AI meeting assistant that transcends basic note-taking by actively contributing during calls.

Role Overview

The Senior Technical Recruiter at Neo will manage the end-to-end recruitment process for engineering and technical roles, focusing particularly on senior, specialized, and leadership positions pivotal to Neo's development. This role leverages AI tools to optimize sourcing, communication, screening, ranking, and coordination activities, allowing more human focus on candidate evaluation, relationship-building, and strategic decision-making.

Beyond execution, this position includes elevating the Talent team’s capabilities by advising engineering leadership on hiring strategy, mentoring other recruiters, and enhancing AI-based recruiting practices such as prompt and playbook creation. Depending on the candidate’s fit, the role may evolve into a leadership path managing a team or remain as an individual contributor.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive recruitment cycles for senior, lead, and niche engineering roles, collaborating deeply with engineering leaders.
• Partner with hiring managers to develop hiring strategies, define ideal candidate profiles, set realistic timelines, and provide market insights backed by data.
• Integrate AI technologies into recruitment workflows for sourcing, outreach drafting, screening summarization, candidate ranking, and interview kit preparation, supplementing AI outputs with expert judgment.
• Engage credibly with senior technical personnel across disciplines including Backend, Frontend, SDET, and Data Science, accurately identifying strong candidates.
• Create reusable recruitment playbooks and AI prompt templates to standardize and accelerate team efforts.
• Mentor and guide recruiters on best practices in sourcing, screening, and closing candidates; lead and manage small recruiter pods if aligned with managerial responsibilities.
• Utilize data analytics to monitor recruitment funnels, identify bottlenecks, and make informed adjustments, maintaining transparent communication with leadership.
• Ensure candidates experience a respectful, prompt, and transparent recruitment process, maintaining Neo’s positive reputation regardless of hiring outcomes.
• Effectively articulate Neo’s mission and value proposition to attract top talent and successfully negotiate offers amid competitive markets.

Required Expertise and Qualifications

• At least 7 years of proven experience managing full-cycle technical recruiting, especially for product-oriented or technology companies.
• Strong track record of filling complex senior engineering roles with high volume and quality.
• Experience mentoring or independently handling recruitment teams and challenging hiring mandates.
• Demonstrated proactive use of AI and automation tools to enhance recruiting effectiveness.
• Competency in recruitment funnel analytics and delivering insightful reports to senior management.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous startup environments with a strong bias for action and efficiency.

Skills and Competencies

• In-depth knowledge of engineering roles and ability to assess candidate qualifications beyond keyword matching.
• Advanced use of AI recruitment tools with an experimental mindset to optimize workflows.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of crafting outreach that gains response from busy senior engineers.
• Strong collaboration skills to build trusting relationships with hiring managers and maintain positive engagement.
• Leadership qualities to influence and coach peers without formal authority.
• Sound judgment to balance automation and human interaction thoughtfully.
• High standards of ownership and responsibility to drive recruitment success to closure.