Senior Technical Recruiter

Kanerika Inc; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Kanerika Inc. in Hyderabad is seeking a Senior Technology Recruiter to own the full tech hiring cycle, from sourcing to closing offers and ensuring candidates join.

You will manage the candidate journey, coordinate interviews, and partner with hiring managers to define requirements and timelines. The role requires 5+ years of experience in technology recruiting, strong passive sourcing skills, and a track record of successful offer negotiations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years working as a Technology Recruiter, actively hiring for technology roles.
• Excellent hands-on sourcing skills, with a proven ability to find and engage passive candidates for niche tech skills.
• Strong track record of end-to-end candidate management and high offer-to-join ratios.
• Proven offer negotiation and closing skills, including handling counter-offers.
• Good understanding of technology stacks and roles to hold credible conversations with candidates and hiring managers.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to deliver in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.
• Strong Negotiating Skills with Go Getter attitude and ability to work under pressure

Responsibilities

• Sourcing: Proactively source active and passive tech talent through job portals, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean/X-ray search, referrals and tech communities.
• Pipeline building: Build strong pipelines for niche and senior roles across data engineering, cloud, AI/ML, analytics and software development.
• Screening: Assess candidates’ technical fit, motivation and expectations before submitting to hiring managers.
• Candidate management: Own the candidate journey end to end, including interview scheduling, follow-ups, timely feedback and a strong candidate experience.
• Offer negotiation: Lead compensation discussions, manage counter-offers and notice-period challenges, and close candidates within budget.
• Offer-to-joining: Release offers on time and stay engaged with candidates until they join, minimizing drop-offs.
• Stakeholder partnership: Work with hiring managers to define role requirements, hiring plans and timelines.
• Reporting: Maintain accurate ATS/tracker data and share regular hiring status and pipeline reports.

Skills

Sourcing talent

Candidate management

Offer negotiation

Interview coordination

ATS knowledge

Job description

Role

We are looking for a Senior Technology Recruiter who is currently hiring for technology roles and excels at sourcing, candidate management and offer negotiation. You will be responsible for overseeing and driving the talent acquisition process for our organization. Your responsibilities will include sourcing candidates, screening resumes, conducting interviews, and coordinating the hiring process. You will own the full hiring cycle for tech positions, from finding hard-to-reach talent to closing offers and ensuring candidates join.

What You’ll Do:

Sourcing: Proactively source active and passive tech talent through job portals, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean/X-ray search, referrals and tech communities.

Pipeline building: Build strong pipelines for niche and senior roles across data engineering, cloud, AI/ML, analytics and software development.

Screening: Assess candidates’ technical fit, motivation and expectations before submitting to hiring managers.

Candidate management: Own the candidate journey end to end, including interview scheduling, follow-ups, timely feedback and a strong candidate experience.

Offer negotiation: Lead compensation discussions, manage counter-offers and notice-period challenges, and close candidates within budget.

Offer-to-joining: Release offers on time and stay engaged with candidates until they join, minimizing drop-offs.

Stakeholder partnership: Work with hiring managers to define role requirements, hiring plans and timelines.

Reporting: Maintain accurate ATS/tracker data and share regular hiring status and pipeline reports.

Mandatory Skills

5+ years working as a Technology Recruiter, actively hiring for technology roles.

Excellent hands-on sourcing skills, with a proven ability to find and engage passive candidates for niche tech skills.

Strong track record of end-to-end candidate management and high offer-to-join ratios.

Proven offer negotiation and closing skills, including handling counter-offers.

Good understanding of technology stacks and roles to hold credible conversations with candidates and hiring managers.

Excellent communication skills and the ability to deliver in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.

Strong Negotiating Skills with Go Getter attitude and ability to work under pressure

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have):

MBA / PG in HR or equivalent.

Experience hiring for data, analytics, cloud or AI roles in an IT services or product company.

Working knowledge of ATS tools and recruitment metrics.