Lead/Senior Technical Recruiter

SentiLink; United States; Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer paid group health insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Flexible paid time off

Regular company-wide in-person events

Home office stipend

Job summary

SentiLink is building high-performing teams to solve identity, risk, and fraud challenges. We are seeking a Lead/Senior Technical Recruiter to own full-cycle recruiting for Engineering and Data Science, while supporting GTM hiring as priorities evolve.

You will partner with leadership on complex searches, including leadership roles. You will lead sourcing strategies, build pipelines, and manage high-priority searches with a data-driven approach, while mentoring colleagues and maintaining strong

Qualifications

• 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a technology company or high-growth startup.
• Experience recruiting across Engineering, Data Science, and Product, as well as business or GTM functions.
• Proven ability to recruit both technical individual contributors and people leaders (Manager/Director).
• Data-driven approach with funnel metrics to improve outcomes.
• Experience mentoring or leading other recruiters or sourcers.
• Strong stakeholder management and operational discipline; travel willingness.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. and reside in the country.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across technical, business, and GTM functions from IC through leadership roles.
• Partner with hiring managers and leaders on role definition, leveling, and talent-market strategy.
• Lead sourcing strategies and build pipelines for specialized and competitive markets.
• Manage complex searches with risk assessment and stakeholder alignment.
• Use data to prioritize work, improve conversions, and drive hiring outcomes.
• Deliver structured interview experiences and maintain ATS rigor.
• Improve recruiting processes, tools, and practices to scale.
• Provide informal team leadership through mentorship and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

Data-driven recruiting

Hiring leadership

ATS management

Hiring strategy

Tools

Ashby

Job description

SentiLink provides innovative identity and risk solutions, empowering institutions and individuals to transact with confidence. We’re building the future of identity verification in the United States replacing a clunky, ineffective, and expensive status quo with solutions that are 10x faster, smarter, and more accurate.We’ve seen tremendous traction and are growing extremely quickly. Our real-time APIs have helped verify hundreds of millions of identities, starting with financial services and rapidly expanding into new markets. SentiLink is backed by world-class investors including Craft Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, NYCA, and Max Levchin.We’ve earned recognition from TechCrunch, CNBC, Bloomberg, Forbes, Business Insider, PYMNTS, American Banker, LendIt, and have been named to the Forbes Fintech 50. We have also been named a 2026 FICO Industry Vanguard Decision Award Winner. Last but not least, we’ve even made history - we were the first company to go live with the eCBSV and testified before the United States House of Representatives on the future of identity.

SentiLink supports a variety of ways to work, ranging from fully remote to in-office. We operate as a digital-first company with strong collaboration across the U.S. and India. We maintain physical offices in Austin, San Francisco, New York City, Seattle (Bellevue), Los Angeles, and Chicago in the U.S., and in Gurugram (Delhi) and Bengaluru in India. If you’re located near one of these offices, we would love for you to spend time in the office regularly. Some roles are hybrid or in-office by design. For example, our engineering team in India works primarily from our Gurugram office.

Role:

SentiLink is building high-performing teams to tackle some of the most complex problems in identity, risk, and fraud, and we are looking for a Lead/Senior Technical Recruiter to play a critical role in that growth.In this role, you will own full cycle recruiting for technical roles across Engineering and Data Science, while remaining flexible to support business and go-to-market hiring as company priorities evolve. You will also partner closely with leadership on complex and high-impact searches, including leadership roles.

Responsibilities:

• Own full-cycle recruiting across technical, business, and GTM functions, from individual contributor through leadership level roles
• Partner with hiring managers and senior leaders on role definition, leveling, talent-market strategy, candidate evaluation, and hiring decisions
• Lead sourcing strategies and build high-quality pipelines for specialized and competitive talent markets
• Manage complex and high-priority searches, proactively identifying risks and driving alignment across stakeholders
• Use a data-driven approach to recruiting strategy, leveraging funnel metrics to prioritize work, improve conversion rates, and drive hiring outcomes
• Deliver structured, consistent, and high-quality interview and candidate experiences
• Maintain strong operational rigor across the ATS and recruiting workflows
• Improve recruiting processes, tools, and practices to increase efficiency, consistency, and scale
• Provide informal team leadership through mentorship, calibration, and knowledge sharing

Requirements:

• 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including significant technical recruiting experience in a technology company or high-growth startup
• Experience recruiting across Engineering, Data Science, and/or Product, as well as business or GTM functions
• Demonstrated success recruiting both technical individual contributors and people leaders, including Manager- and Director-level candidates
• Proven ability to influence hiring managers and senior leaders through market insight, sound judgment, and clear communication
• Strong sourcing, pipeline development, candidate assessment, and closing skills
• Data-driven approach to recruiting, including experience using funnel metrics to improve hiring outcomes
• Experience mentoring, coaching, or informally leading other recruiters or sourcers
• Strong stakeholder management, prioritization, and operational discipline; experience with Ashby is preferred
• Commitment to inclusive hiring practices, confidentiality, and values-aligned teams
• Willingness to travel approximately six times per year for company meetups, off-sites, and relevant events
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. and reside within the country
• Candidates based in Austin and willing to work regularly from the office are preferred

Compensation:

$160,000-$200,000/year + equity + benefits

Perks:

• Employer paid group health insurance for you and your dependents
• 401(k) plan with employer match (or equivalent for non US-based roles)
• Flexible paid time off
• Regular company-wide in-person events
• Home office stipend, and more!

Corporate Values:

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