Talent Acquisition - Specialist

Bitwarden; New Delhi; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Bitwarden is building its India Engineering Center of Excellence (COE) in Noida. We are seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist to own end-to-end recruitment for product engineering and technology roles, partnering with hiring managers to attract top talent.

The role requires managing high-volume and niche technical searches with a focus on candidate experience and data-driven hiring decisions. You will work in a fast-paced, ownership-driven environment, collaborating with global teams to scale

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of IT Talent Acquisition experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the complete recruitment lifecycle from role kick-off through onboarding.

Skills

IT Talent Acquisition

Tech recruitment

Sourcing strategies

Stakeholder management

Interviewing

ATS experience

Candidate engagement

Market intelligence

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

HireEZ

Naukri

GitHub

X-Ray Search

Greenhouse

Job description

Job Description:

Bitwarden is the trusted identity security leader for millions of users worldwide, empowering enterprises, developers, and individuals to securely manage and share sensitive information anywhere. Bitwarden makes it easy for all users to extend robust security across their devices with password management, secrets management, and passwordless and passkey innovations. The company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California with team members located across the globe. Learn more at bitwarden.com.

As we establish our India Engineering Center of Excellence (COE), we are looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist to help build and scale a high-performing engineering organization that operates as a seamless extension of our global teams. This role is ideal for someone who has successfully hired for high-growth engineering organizations, product companies, startups, or GCCs and enjoys working in a fast-paced, ownership-driven environment.

You will be responsible for managing end-to-end recruitment across multiple engineering functions while partnering closely with hiring managers to attract exceptional talent.

What Youll Do

• Own the complete recruitment lifecycle from role kick-off through candidate onboarding.
• Partner with Engineering leaders and Hiring Managers to understand hiring needs and build effective sourcing strategies.
• Hire across Product Engineering and Technology functions, including Software Engineering, QA, DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, Cloud, Data, Security, AI/ML and Product roles.
• Independently manage both high-volume hiring as well as niche/specialized technical searches.
• Build strong talent pipelines using sourcing platforms, referrals, networking and direct search techniques.
• Drive candidate engagement while ensuring an exceptional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
• Conduct recruiter screenings to evaluate technical alignment, motivation, communication skills and cultural fit.
• Manage recruitment metrics including pipeline health, time-to-fill, offer acceptance and hiring quality.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to improve hiring processes and ensure timely delivery against hiring goals.
• Maintain accurate candidate records and recruitment reports within the ATS.

What Youll Bring

• 5–8 years of IT Talent Acquisition experience.
• Proven experience recruiting for Product Engineering companies, technology startups, SaaS organizations, Product firms, or Engineering GCCs/COEs.
• Strong experience hiring across software engineering and technology roles.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage multiple requisitions across varying seniority levels.
• Experience delivering both volume hiring and difficult-to-fill niche technical positions.
• Hands-on expertise with sourcing platforms such as LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, Naukri, GitHub, X-Ray Search and other talent intelligence tools.
• Strong stakeholder management and business partnering skills.
• Excellent interviewing, negotiation and candidate engagement capabilities.
• Experience working with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), Greenhouse preferred.
• Strong sourcing capability and market intelligence.
• High sense of urgency and execution excellence.
• Passion for building world-class engineering teams.
• Collaborative approach with a customer-first mindset toward hiring managers and candidates.
• Experience balancing both volume and niche technical hiring.

Preferred Skills

• Prior experience hiring for high-growth engineering teams.
• Understanding of modern software development technologies and engineering skill sets.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous and rapidly scaling environment.
• Strong data-driven recruitment mindset with attention to hiring metrics.
• Excellent communication, organization and prioritization skills.
• Ownership mindset with the ability to work independently.

Work Model

• Location: Noida
• Hybrid: Work from Office (3-4 days per week)

Why Join Us

This is an opportunity to play a foundational role in shaping our India Engineering COE from the ground up. Our user community loves us and we love them. Come to work each day with a sense of purpose as we bring a more secure internet experience to everyone from our friends and family to the world’s largest organizations.

Become an expert. You’ll get immersed in the prominent technology markets of security and open source software. Youll work alongside talented global teams, solve meaningful engineering challenges, influence how we scale our engineering organization & contribute to products used by customers around the world.

If youre passionate about building exceptional teams, enabling engineering excellence, and making a lasting impact within a fast-growing engineering company, wed love to hear from you.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can do their best work. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and make employment decisions based on skills, experience, qualifications, and business needs.

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