Senior Technical Recruiter

Role Overview and Responsibilities

Take ownership of the entire recruitment process for Technology, Product, Leadership, and select Non-Technical roles—from intake discussions, sourcing, candidate screening, interviewing, negotiating offers, to final closure and onboarding coordination.

• Recruit talent across varying levels including SDE IIII, Staff and Principal Engineers, Engineering Managers, Data/ML Engineers, Data Scientists, QA/SDET, DevOps/SRE, Product Managers, Product Designers/UX experts, and Analytics professionals.
• Lead hiring for senior leadership roles such as Directors, Heads of Function, VPs, and other executive-level positions within Technology, Product, and Business units.
• Support recruitment for specific Non-Tech disciplines such as Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain & Operations, HR, Category/Merchandising, and other corporate functions aligned with organizational needs.
• Continuously strive to exceed turnaround time (TAT), offer acceptance rate, and quality-of-hire KPIs.

Sourcing & Talent Intelligence

• Proactively develop talent pipelines through platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, job boards, relevant communities, employee referrals, and direct outreach rather than relying solely on inbound applications.
• Perform talent mapping for critical niche roles such as Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Consumer Electronics, Smart Wearables Product Managers, and high-level leadership positions.
• Create and maintain strategic target company lists for focused hiring efforts.
• Monitor industry talent trends, compensation rates, and competitor movements across Technology and Non-Technology functions.

Business Partnership

• Conduct structured intake meetings with hiring managers to define role requirements, scorecards, essential competencies, and interview structures.
• Lead pipeline review meetings and offer data-driven insights regarding talent availability, compensation guidelines, and sourcing strategies.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders on leadership hiring, including managing confidential roles and coordination with executive search firms.
• Train interviewers on structured competency-based interviews and ensure prompt, quality feedback is provided.

Candidate Experience & Employer Branding

• Ensure a swift, transparent, and respectful experience for candidates through every step of the hiring lifecycle.
• Effectively communicate and promote the company's mission, complex challenges, career growth prospects, and opportunities.
• Contribute actively to employer branding through activities such as hackathons, campus outreach, community events, engineering blogs, and employee referral programs.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• 2 to 10 years of recruitment experience with at least 2 years dedicated to Technology and/or Product hiring.
• Demonstrated success closing positions in diverse tech areas including Engineering, Data/ML, and Product, ideally within product companies, startups, e-commerce, or consumer internet industries.
• Experience with senior-level and leadership recruitment such as Engineering Managers, Directors, and Heads of Product or Function.
• Familiarity with Non-Tech hiring involving departments like Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, HR, and Merchandising.
• Strong technical acumen capable of distinguishing between Backend, Full-Stack, and other specialized technology roles, understanding tech stacks, and evaluating candidate fit accurately.
• Advanced sourcing skills using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search techniques, and GitHub, with a record of building pipelines for niche and challenging roles.
• Excellent stakeholder management, including confidently challenging unrealistic job requirements and providing evidence-based recommendations.
• Proven negotiation and closure abilities, including management of counter-offers, notice periods, and buyout discussions.

Additional Advantages

• Hands-on experience in managing confidential searches for Directors, VPs, and Heads of functions.
• Exposure to recruitment within AI/ML, Computer Vision, and hardware-software integrated product teams.
• Experience recruiting for Non-Tech functions like Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, HR, and Merchandising.
• Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), recruitment analytics, and proficiency with Excel/Sheets and dashboards.
• Prior collaboration with executive search firms and recruitment agencies.
• Experience hiring across multiple geographic regions including India, Southeast Asia, and Europe.