Senior Recruiter

Anduril; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to partner with hiring across our Maritime Division. You will own end-to-end recruiting for engineering roles, from sourcing to closing, while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years in technical recruiting, startup or tech experience, and proven ability to manage high-volume pipelines with a data-driven approach, helping scale Anduril's world-class teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years internal experience recruiting and sourcing for technical roles.
• Experience hiring candidates within all facets of engineering—software, hardware, or both.
• 4+ years of client interaction with Hiring Managers and Directors.
• Experience acting consultatively to improve outcomes and candidate experience.
• Strong understanding of engineering skills and roles.
• Clear communication to understand motivation and fit.
• Experience managing multiple candidate funnels and pipeline progress.
• Familiar with ATS and HRIS systems.
• Familiar with a wide variety of sourcing avenues.

Responsibilities

• Move fast with sourcing and tracking a high volume of candidates.
• Partner with business leaders to influence talent strategy.
• Scale and manage company growth with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Understand product, roadmap, and team culture to pitch opportunities.
• Close exceptional technical talent for the organization.
• Analyze pipeline data to identify opportunities.
• Develop recruiting strategies for long-range growth.
• Conduct interviews and assess interview-to-offer ratios.
• Engage passive candidates via LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, Boolean strings.
• Provide a consistent, positive candidate experience with proactive communication.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

Engineering hiring

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Gem

Boolean strings

HRIS systems

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

As a key member of Anduril's recruiting team, you will be responsible for the company's talent management as we continue to rapidly grow. Your work will be hands-on and involve collaborating with leaders and individual contributors to define the hiring needs of the company. To achieve this, you will be given the autonomy and tools to execute on our strategy to build and develop Anduril's world class team. We are looking for someone who can handle high levels of ownership while tackling every aspect of recruiting and is excited to be part of team where no task is too big or too small.

We are searching for a Senior Technical Recruiter who will be working directly with hiring across our Maritime Division. The ideal candidate is someone with startup, tech, and relevant domain experience.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Move fast, with a process for consistently sourcing, tracking and maintaining a high volume of candidates while maintaining open lines of communication with stakeholders
• Establish deep trust and partnership with business leaders to help influence talent strategy while executing on hiring deliverables
• Build trust through consistency and a strong operating rhythm in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders to help scale and manage company growth
• Embed yourself into the business and into your teams to understand the product positioning and market fit, technical roadmap, and culture of the team
• Develop a strong understanding of the mission while learning how to effectively pitch the team and opportunity, ultimately closing exceptional technical talent for the organization
• Track and analyze pipeline and performance data to gain insights into areas of opportunity and translate that into a data-driven narrative that enables increased momentum
• Build recruiting strategies that contribute to the long-range growth of the company, implementing best practices around referrals and process improvements where needed
• Act as a subject matter expert in prospecting techniques and tools used for information retrieval, data extraction, web-scraping, continuous process improvement, process automation, and candidate management
• Conduct interviews of potential candidates, demonstrating ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences through high interview-to-offer ratios
• Engage passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, Boolean strings, and referral campaigns
• Provide a consistent and positive candidate experience throughout the entire recruiting process with proactive communication and engagement

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years internal experience recruiting and sourcing for technical roles and closing top tier engineering talent (startup/software experience preferred)
• Experience hiring candidates within all facets of engineering - either software, hardware or both.
• 4+ years of client interaction experience, including working with Hiring Managers and Directors, taking new requirements, reviewing profiles and updating pipeline progress
• Experience acting in a consultative manner where your guidance has led to improved outcomes, and a positive candidate experience, while earning the respect of your peers and clients
• Strong understanding of the technical skills and experience required for Engineering positions within the business
• Clear and effective communication with candidates to understand motivation, drivers, and fit within the organization
• Experience managing various funnels of candidates and keeping track of their progress throughout the recruitment process
• Working knowledge of applicant tracking and HRIS systems
• Working knowledge of interview techniques and applicant screening methods
• Familiar with a wide variety of sourcing avenues

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in Startup, Tech, and relevant domain experience
• Are self-sufficient and are able to work with little direct supervision
• Resilient and creative - ideal candidates will be flexible enough to face routine obstacles, trouble shoot, and create a solution on the fly
• Attention and Communication - ideal candidates will be direct and succinct. They will share information in a timely and efficient manner, improving collaboration and productivity, while practicing active listening and engagement with intent
• Ownership - Be acco