Talent Acquisition Specialist - IT Recruitment

Jobaaj - Hiring for Our Leading Clients; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with incentives

Health insurance for family

Paid time off and parental leave

Professional development allowances

Flexible hours and meals on site

Team-building events

Job summary

Jobaaj - Hiring for Our Leading Clients is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist focused on IT Recruitment in Bengaluru. You will bridge top tech talent with engineering teams and drive technical hiring aligned to culture and vision.

You will partner with managers to translate requisitions into sourcing strategies, run Boolean searches, screen candidates, schedule interviews, and manage the ATS pipeline to shorten time-to-fill.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, CS, or related field.
• Experience in full-cycle recruiting and technical recruitment.
• Proficiency with ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, and Boolean searches.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Understanding of SDLC and tech terminology.
• Campus recruitment experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Source passive candidates using advanced Boolean and X-Ray searches.
• Screen candidates for technical fit and cultural alignment.
• Schedule and coordinate multi-level technical interviews.
• Manage pipelines in ATS with timely updates.
• Support offers, negotiation, and onboarding processes.

Skills

Full cycle Recruiting

Candidate Sourcing

Resume Screening

Technical Recruiting

ATS Proficiency

LinkedIn Recruiter

Boolean Searches

Communication Skills

Stakeholder Management

Problem Solving

Attention to Detail

Multitasking

HR Operations

Campus Recruitment

SDLC Familiarity

Time Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/BA/CS

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS

Job description

What role will you play in the team

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist focusing on IT Recruitment, you will play a pivotal role in driving our technical hiring engines forward. You will act as the primary bridge between top-tier tech talent and our dynamic engineering teams, ensuring we onboard individuals who not only possess exceptional coding and system architecture capabilities but also align seamlessly with our core cultural values and long-term vision.

What you will do

You will actively partner with engineering managers to decipher complex technical requisitions and translate them into actionable sourcing strategies. Your daily routine will involve executing advanced Boolean searches across professional networks, evaluating technical portfolios, conducting rigorous initial screening calls, scheduling multi-level technical interviews, and managing candidate pipelines within our Applicant Tracking Systems to reduce time-to-fill metrics.

Key responsibility

• Utilize advanced Boolean search strings and X-Ray searches on LinkedIn Recruiter and specialized tech portals to source passive candidates.
• Conduct comprehensive initial candidate screening to evaluate both technical competencies and cultural alignment with the organization.
• Coordinate and schedule technical interviews across multiple stakeholders, ensuring smooth logistical execution and rapid feedback loops.
• Manage the candidate experience meticulously, providing timely updates, interview preparation resources, and maintaining high engagement levels.
• Handle offer management processes, including competitive salary negotiation, compensation benchmarking, and rolling out formal offer letters.
• Maintain accurate recruitment metrics and MIS reports using advanced Excel and ATS dashboards to track daily sourcing productivity.
• Collaborate with hiring managers on workforce planning and recruitment strategy refinement based on historical hiring analytics.

Required Qualification and Skills

• Possess a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related academic discipline.
• Demonstrated expertise in full cycle recruiting, candidate sourcing, resume screening, and technical recruitment methodologies.
• Proficiency in utilizing Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), LinkedIn Recruiter, and various Boolean search techniques.
• Exceptional communication skills, active listening, relationship building, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Strong problem-solving abilities, high attention to detail, and proficiency in multitasking within fast-paced environments.
• Familiarity with HR operations, background verification processes, and campus recruitment drives.
• Basic understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC) and technical terminologies to effectively vet engineering talent.
• Proven time management skills with the ability to manage bulk hiring pipelines simultaneously without compromising quality.

Benefits Included

• Competitive annual salary package with performance-linked hiring incentives and quarterly bonuses.
• Comprehensive health insurance coverage extending to immediate family members and dependents.
• Generous paid time off, casual leaves, sick leaves, and structured maternity/paternity leave policies.
• Regular professional development allowances, sponsored HR certifications, and technical recruitment workshops.
• Dynamic, collaborative work environment equipped with modern recreational zones and ergonomic workstations.
• Flexible working hours to support optimal work-life balance alongside daily catered meals and snacks.
• Company-sponsored team-building events, annual offsites, and structured employee recognition programs.

A Day in the Life

Your day begins with reviewing daily recruitment metrics and prioritizing open tech requisitions over a morning coffee. You then dive into sourcing top-tier software engineers using advanced Boolean search strings on LinkedIn Recruiter. Mid-day involves conducting structured screening interviews and aligning calendar slots with busy engineering leads. The afternoon is dedicated to candidate debriefs, rolling out competitive job offers, and updating the ATS pipeline report before closing out with stakeholder alignment syncs.