Technical Headhunter / 180 Tech Recruiter (Remote, Agency)

Panda; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist recruitment partner in the UK seeks an experienced Tech Recruiter to join their remote team. This role emphasizes candidate-focused recruiting without sales targets or client pitching, allowing the recruiter to concentrate on building exceptional candidate pipelines. Ideal candidates will have experience in highly specialized markets and excel in active sourcing. The company offers a competitive salary and supportive work culture, with opportunities for growth as the team expands.

Benefits

Fully remote work

Competitive base salary plus commission

Supportive culture with accessible leadership

Opportunities for growth

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting in candidate-short, specialised markets.
• Confident with active sourcing as primary method.
• Ability to quickly build credibility with senior candidates.
• Strong communication skills required.
• Comfortable working remotely and managing own time.

Responsibilities

• Map markets and identify hard-to-reach candidates.
• Manage end-to-end candidate processes.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior engineers and leaders.
• Build exceptional candidate pipelines.
• Deliver hires with no sales targets or client pitching.

Skills

Candidate-focused recruiting

Active sourcing

Building credibility with senior candidates

Clear communication

Time management in a remote setting

Job description

About Panda 🐼

Panda is a specialist recruitment partner to fast-growing tech startups and scale-ups across Europe and North America. We support founders and hiring leaders to build high-performing engineering, product, data, and technical leadership teams.

We operate as true headhunters. No job ads, no CV farming, no volume churn. Our work is research-led and consultative, with a focus on speed, accuracy, and quality of delivery.

Demand for our services is growing fast and we are now hiring an experienced Tech Recruiter to join our delivery team.

The role

This is a 100% candidate-focused role. You will spend your time mapping markets, identifying and engaging hard-to-reach candidates, managing end-to-end candidate processes, and acting as a trusted advisor to senior engineers and leaders.

There is no business development, no sales targets, and no client pitching. Clients are already won. Your focus is building exceptional candidate pipelines and delivering hires.

Good to know

• 🏡 Fully remote, anywhere in the UK or Europe
• 🧠 Research-led, headhunting-first environment (no advertising)
• 💸 Competitive base salary plus commission on successful hires from your own pipeline
• 🤝 Supportive, high-trust culture with accessible leadership
• 📈 Room to grow as Panda scales

What we’re looking for

• Have solid experience recruiting in candidate‑short, highly specialised markets (ideally software engineering, product, data, or technical leadership)
• Are confident with active sourcing as your primary delivery method, not inbound applications
• Can build credibility quickly with senior, in‑demand candidates
• Communicate with clarity, and confidence
• Are comfortable working fully remotely and managing your own time and output

If you’d like to be considered for the role, please apply with a copy of your CV. 🐼