Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. EXL is hiring a Technical Recruiter to lead full-cycle recruiting for niche and high-impact roles across data, analytics, AI/ML, cloud, and digital technologies. The role focuses on proactive technical sourcing, advising hiring leaders, managing candidate experience, and improving hiring outcomes through market intelligence and data-driven practices.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end recruitment for niche and high-impact roles across Data Engineering, Analytics, AI/ML, Cloud & Digital technologies
- Develop and execute proactive talent sourcing strategies, anticipating future skill demands and business growth
- Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers and senior stakeholders on talent availability, market trends, and hiring strategies
- Demonstrate mastery in alternate sourcing channels beyond LinkedIn, including:
- GitHub, Kaggle, Stack Overflow, Reddit, Discord, Slack communities
- Open-source communities, tech blogs, meetups, hackathons, and referrals
- Boolean search expertise across search engines and niche platforms
- Build strong passive candidate pipelines for critical and recurring capabilities
- Leverage data, talent market insights, and competitive intelligence to influence hiring decisions
- Partner closely with hiring managers, delivery leaders, and business heads to drive clarity on role requirements, team needs, and success profiles
- Drive high-quality candidate experience from first contact through onboarding
- Manage expectations, timelines, and communication with complete transparency and professionalism
- Maintain accurate reporting and documentation in ATS and TA dashboards
- Drive hiring velocity, quality, and diversity outcomes
- Contribute to hiring process improvements, interview calibration, and TA best practices
Skills
- 3-7 years of total recruiting experience, predominantly in full-time hiring
- Strong experience hiring for: + Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, Data Scientists, AI/ML Engineers, Applied Scientists Cloud Data & Platform roles
- Demonstrated success in deep technical sourcing beyond traditional platforms
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Strong understanding of candidate assessment, compensation alignment, and closing strategies
- Proven background in large system integrators / global IT or analytics services firms (strong advantage)
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