Staff/Lead Recruiter

Anduril; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 103,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense tech leader, is seeking a Staff Technical Recruiter for its UK operation in London. You will own end-to-end recruiting for deep tech roles, partnering with leaders to shape talent strategy and drive rapid growth.

The role blends hands-on sourcing with strategic process improvements in a hybrid setup. You will be sourcing, interviewing, and closing top engineers across software and hardware, using LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, Boolean search strings, and ATS/HRIS tools to

Qualifications

• 8+ years recruiting tech roles with startup/software experience preferred.
• Experience hiring across software and hardware engineering.
• 4+ years in client interaction including with Hiring Managers.
• Consultative guidance delivering positive candidate experiences.

Responsibilities

• Move fast sourcing a high volume of candidates with open stakeholder communication.
• Partner with business leaders to influence talent strategy and hiring deliverables.
• Scale growth with a strong operating rhythm and cross-functional collaboration.
• Understand product, roadmap, and culture to pitch teams effectively.
• Close exceptional technical talent and manage data-driven recruiting narratives.
• Develop long-range recruiting strategies with referrals and process improvements.
• Act as SME for prospecting techniques, web-scraping, automation, and candidate management.
• Conduct interviews to align with hiring managers' preferences and offers.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

Interviewing

ATS/HRIS

Boolean search

Candidate nurturing

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Gem

Boolean strings

ATS/HRIS

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 Staff Technical Recruiter who will be working directly with hiring across our UK Operation. The ideal candidate is someone with startup, tech, and relevant domain experience.

This is a hybrid role based in our London office, with an expectation of 2-3 days on‑site per week.

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 accountable for your universe and in tune with the business. Everyone on this team takes full responsibility for helping Anduril achieve its mission. That means seeking to improve all aspects of our company even in ways that are not explicitly part of our job while leveling up anything you can directly impact in realtime
• Low ego, high curiosity – Value learning over being right. Embraces delivering and receiving candid feedback, and see every setback as an opportunity to iterate and improve

UK Salary Range

€92.000—€123.000 EUR

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.