Senior Technical Recruiter
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 9, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 4, 2026. Raydar scores B on the Alion truth index.
About the company
Our client is a fast-growing logistics technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own full-cycle recruiting for senior engineering positions, from scoping and sourcing through offer and close. Work closely with engineering leadership and company founders to shape the team and set a high bar for technical hiring. Combine hands-on sourcing with process design, careful candidate care and data-driven changes to pipeline strategy.
What you'll do
- Manage each senior engineering search from the first scoping conversation to a signed offer, including candidate flow and logistics.
- Source candidates directly and write outreach that earns strong responses.
- Screen rigorously and protect the hiring bar, including pushing back when quality slips.
- Provide a polished, personal experience for senior candidates throughout the process.
- Diagnose pipeline and offer issues using hiring data and candidate feedback, and adjust approach quickly.
- Work alongside engineering managers to shape what each opening needs and how candidates are evaluated, with limited direction required.
- Increase team leverage by working with sourcers and strengthening referral quality and conversion.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- In-house technical recruiting experience at a venture-backed startup.
- Prior title as a senior, founding or founding technical recruiter working in-house.
- Track record of recruiting and closing senior software, platform, infrastructure, SRE, data science or machine learning engineers end-to-end.
- Hands-on experience with candidate sourcing, outreach writing and scheduling coordination.
- Proven ability to guide technical leaders in setting hiring criteria and evaluation steps.
- Stable tenure, typically one to two or more years per role, with a record of seeing work through.
- Degree required.
- Lawful authorization to work in the United States.
Bonus points
- Big tech or high-bar company experience alongside startup recruiting.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: $165K - $220K
- Equity
- Flexible time off
- Health, vision and dental coverage
- Life and accident insurance
- Short-term disability coverage
- 401k plan
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week
- Full-time