IT Recruiter (remote)

VELVETECH LLC; Northbrook (IL); Remote; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software development company in Illinois seeks an HR Recruiter to optimize hiring processes. The role involves candidate interviews, database maintenance, and participation in recruitment events. Candidates with a degree in HR or Psychology and strong IT recruiting skills will thrive in a collaborative environment offering challenging projects and growth opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working conditions

Cooperative environment

In-company training on various topics

Growth opportunities and certifications

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in IT recruiting and sourcing processes.
• English at the intermediate level.
• Experience in international recruiting is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop an optimal hiring plan based on business needs.
• Coordinate interview stages and search for potential candidates.
• Conduct interviews and prepare selection reports.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

IT knowledge

Education

Bachelor degree in Human Resource, Psychology or relevant field

Job description

Velvetech is an American global software development company headquartered in Miami, FL, and with an office in Chicago, IL. Velvetech has its developers strategically distributed in 10+ global technical job markets to deliver the best in class software engineering and exceptional client services.

We have 20+ years of experience in software and hardware development for clients all around the world, especially for US clients. As an official Microsoft Gold Partner, our company is listed in the top 5 software development companies in Illinois, USA.

US clients are leading trading and financial organizations, insurance companies, large healthcare associations, pharmaceutical and energy companies, equipment manufacturers, hi-tech startups, etc.

Areas of expertise are consulting, development, implementation, and support of software solutions. We implement modern backend solutions that support microservices architecture with the following technologies: NET Core, Node.js, Java, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ. For the web UI front-end development, we opt for React, or Angular, and for mobile development — Swift, Kotlin, Java. Most of the systems are designed for cloud infrastructures like AWS, Azure, GCP, and heavily rely on Docker, Kubernetes while modern CI/CD is made using GitLab CI or TeamCity. In September 2021, Velvetech LLC received the status of the official Training Provider of the International Institute of Business Analysis. This status gives us the right to conduct regular quality trainings for Business Analysts and anyone performing BA activities regardless their job title.

Principles are based on Agile Methodology, Scrum and Kanban. Various projects coded in GitLab or GitHub are built with multiple coordinated teams, collaborating via Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, and Slack. Velvetech constantly follows the Tech trends and actively cooperates with startups in such breakthrough areas as Machine Learning, the Internet of Things, Blockchain, FPGA, and AI.

Responsibilities

• Understand all factors relevant to hiring managers and interpret business needs to develop an optimal hiring plan
• Maintain HuntFlow database and available data and statistics to support hiring plan
• Coordinate all the stages of the interview for a hiring team and a candidate
• Search for potential candidates on LinkedIn, GitHub, Amazing Hiring, Monster Jobs, Indeed, etc.
• Understand talent markets and complex candidate profiles to identify potential candidates
• Leverage tools and valuation frameworks to assess relevant candidates
• Conduct interviews and prepare interview selection report for each candidate
• Perform onboarding of a new employee
• Work with candidates.
• Actively participate in HR process development (recruitment, team building, capability development, training, onboarding, remote events organization)
• Participate in the organization of external events (career days in universities, meetups, hackathons, etc.)
• Job occupancy: Recruitment 80% – Other 20%s

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Human Resource, Psychology or relevant field
• Strong expertise in all phases of IT recruiting and sourcing processes
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Basic IT knowledge required to understand the business need
• English at the intermediate level
• Experience in international recruiting will be an advantage
• Velvetech is in the TOP 5 development companies in Illinois, USA
• You have FLEXIBLE working conditions and a COOPERATIVE environment
• Many CHALLENGING and exciting projects with new opportunities and learning
• GROWTH opportunities, skills and competencies improvement, and professional certification
• In-company TRAINING (English, Software / DevOps / Project management / Design / Business)

Our team

We are a friendly team of 170+ professionals where everyone is able to achieve high results and grows professionally not only due to their own knowledge and skills but also with the support of colleagues. Values that we highly appreciate are high performance, responsibility, respect, and loyalty. In order to have a highly motivated team, Velvetech invests in their people, additional education, certification, and others. You choose your career path and we are here to support you!

People work together in harmony, encouraging each other to continuously learn, progress, and pursue perfection. Our employees enjoy working as we turn challenges into advantages to share success with each other.

You have a chance to become a part of a friendly and professional team that creates robust software solutions to deliver maximum value to our international clients.

Miami Office - Headquarters:
18101 Collins Ave, Suite 1208
Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 Chicago Office:
5440 N. Cumberland Ave, Suite #150
Chicago, IL 60656