Lead Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities

• End-to-end technical hiring for Product Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps, Data Engineering, QA Automation, SRE, Security, and AI/ML roles.
• Successfully handled mid-level to senior and leadership hiring, including SDE I-III, Tech Leads, Architects, Product Managers, and Engineering Managers.
• Expertise in recruiting for high-performance product environments, focusing on problem-solving skills, system design fundamentals, and culture fit.
• Strong exposure to SaaS, FinTech, HealthTech, EdTech, and B2B product domains.
• Worked with founders, CTOs, and Engineering Heads to plan hiring needs aligned with product roadmaps.
• Manage full-cycle recruitment: JD creation, sourcing, screening, scheduling, interviews, and offer negotiations.
• Build talent pipelines using multiple channels: LinkedIn, GitHub, Naukri, AngelList, StackOverflow, internal referrals, and passive sourcing.
• Conduct deep technical screening for skills like DSA, LLD, HLD, Java, Node.js, React, Python, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, etc.
• Drive Interview Panel Training, structured interview processes, and competency frameworks.
• Own recruitment analytics time-to-fill, source effectiveness, offer-to-join ratio, and pipeline health.
• Manage stakeholder communication with hiring managers, engineering leaders, and founders.
• Implement ATS, recruitment automation tools, and talent mapping strategies.
• Successfully hire high-velocity and quality talent for fast-scaling engineering teams.
  

Requirements

• Sourcing: LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri, GitHub search, Boolean search, AngelList.
• ATS/HRMS: Lever, Greenhouse, Keka, HireEZ, HDIPlatform ATS (your product), Zoho Recruit, etc.
• Technical Screening: DSA basics, LLD/HLD understanding, Cloud fundamentals, API concepts.
• Analytics: Excel, Google Sheets, hiring dashboards.
• Soft Skills: Negotiation, stakeholder management, decision-making, and team leadership.
  

Achievements

• Closed 30-40 technical roles annually with strong quality metrics.
• Reduced time-to-fill by 25-40% by setting up faster sourcing funnels.
• Built interview frameworks that improved interviewer effectiveness by 30%.
• Hired for niche roles like AI/ML, SRE, Data Platform, DevOps, and Cybersecurity.
• Contributed to engineering team growth from 20 to 80+ members in product-focused environments.
  

Preferred Background for the Role (if this is for a JD):

• Experience recruiting for Software Product Companies is mandatory.
• Strong knowledge of modern engineering stacks and product development lifecycle.
• Must have worked in fast-paced startup or scale-up environments.