Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Recruiting from Scratch is a software-driven technical recruiting firm that helps technology companies hire software engineering, AI, product, and technical talent. The Senior Technical Recruiter will lead full-cycle searches for senior and staff-level software engineers, partnering with founders and hiring managers on sourcing, technical evaluation, candidate management, and closing.
Responsibilities
- Own full-cycle searches for senior and staff-level software engineers at competitive, well-funded technology companies
- Lead intake conversations that produce a clear search strategy, including the technical bar, target companies, likely tradeoffs, and candidate scorecard
- Evaluate engineers credibly by understanding what they built, the scope of their ownership, the technical environment, and the difference between senior- and staff-level impact
- Explain and defend candidate assessments to technical hiring managers
- Build focused pipelines through targeted outbound sourcing, referrals, market research, and our proprietary candidate database—not LinkedIn Recruiter alone
- Use modern AI-assisted sourcing and research tools to identify candidates and work more efficiently
- Manage thoughtful candidate processes, including preparation, feedback, compensation alignment, offer management, counteroffers, and closing
- Maintain accurate pipeline data so clients and teammates always understand where a search stands
- Stay current on software development, AI, and the changing signals of exceptional engineering performance
- Turn what you learn into stronger scorecards, sourcing strategies, screening criteria, and recruiting processes
- Making consistent, high-quality placements
- Earning the trust of candidates and hiring managers
- Producing focused pipelines instead of unnecessary volume
- Closing competitive candidates effectively
- Keeping searches organized and moving forward
- Improving how the broader team evaluates and recruits technical talent
Skills
- A successful track record recruiting software engineers in an agency, executive-search, or high-growth startup environment
- Demonstrated production, including placements made, offers closed, and fees or gross profit generated
- Strong technical screening ability. You can distinguish between senior- and staff-level engineering scope and explain your assessment in concrete technical terms
- Experience developing targeted sourcing strategies instead of relying on high-volume outreach
- Strong candidate management and closing skills, particularly when candidates are considering multiple offers
- Consultative written and verbal communication, with the credibility to advise engineers, founders, and hiring managers
- Genuine curiosity about software, AI, and modern engineering organizations
- The ability to work independently in a remote, transparent, and performance-oriented environment
- High standards for candidate experience, data quality, organization, and follow-through
- This is a full-time, remote position open to candidates based in the United States
- Recruiting across adjacent technical functions such as machine learning, data, infrastructure, product, or hardware
- Hiring for venture-backed startups, including founding and early engineering teams
- A computer science background, previous engineering experience, or experience building technical projects
- Familiarity with modern ATS platforms, sourcing tools, and AI-assisted recruiting workflows
Benefits
- Uncapped commission
- Full-time, remote position open to candidates based in the United States
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