Principal Technical Recruiter

Talentful; United States; Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 135,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & development

Flexible working

Healthcare options

Wellness allowance contributions

Global co-working

Enhanced parental leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

Talentful is seeking a senior technical recruiter to find and attract world-class talent for high-growth tech clients. You will deeply embed with a single client at a time, using advanced sourcing strategies and BOOLEASN logic to uncover top passive candidates while guiding stakeholders on the value of strategic talent practices.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in technical recruitment, strong communication, and superb organizational skills; in-house experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical recruitment experience, in a fast-paced environment, including experience filling niche roles.
• Ideally 1+ year of in-house recruitment experience.
• Strong sourcing skills, experience with Boolean
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Exceptional organizational skills and detail-orientated
• You communicate professionally with candidates and internal stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Find and attract the world's best talent to our clients.
• Utilize a range of deep sourcing techniques to find passive candidates, including Linkedin and other outside-the-box sourcing strategies.
• Working with one client at a time to get deeply embedded in their culture both socially and professionally.
• Partner with top-tier stakeholders, helping them to understand the value of good talent practice.
• Your focus will be recruiting great people across technical disciplines

Skills

Technical recruitment

Passive sourcing

Stakeholder management

Boolean search

Candidate outreach

Job description

Talentful is shaping the future of how high-growth companies build world-class teams. We partner with some of the fastest-scaling technology businesses to turn talent into a durable competitive advantage and help them win in the market by attracting, engaging, and retaining the top talent who accelerate growth. Founded in 2015, Talentful brings together seasoned talent leaders who embed seamlessly alongside in-house teams. Through a flexible, subscription-based model, we provide the strategic horsepower and operational execution needed to scale with precision—from executive hiring and workforce planning to improving talent processes, employer brand activation, and building inclusive, high-performing organizations. Our focus is not simply filling roles, but enabling talent functions to deliver measurable business outcomes. We’ve helped global innovators scale efficiently and thoughtfully, including Alphabet, Microsoft, Pinterest, Atlassian, Expedia, Instacart, Miro, and many more.

With a global team across Europe and the US, we’re united by a single mission: to help every company we work with grow to its highest potential. As we continue building the world’s leading talent consultancy, we’re looking for people who want to help redefine what “recruitment” can be by transforming it into a true driver of business value and long-term competitive advantage.

What will you do around here?

• Find and attract the world's best talent to our clients
• Utilize a range of deep sourcing techniques to find passive candidates, including Linkedin and other outside-the-box sourcing strategies
• Working with one client at a time to get deeply embedded in their culture both socially and professionally
• Partner with top-tier stakeholders, helping them to understand the value of good talent practice
• Your focus will be recruiting great people across technical disciplines

We'd love to chat with you if you have:

• 8+ years of technical recruitment experience, in a fast-paced environment, including experience filling niche roles
• Ideally 1+ year of in-house recruitment experience
• Strong sourcing skills, experience with Boolean
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Exceptional organizational skills and detail-orientated
• You communicate professionally with candidates and internal stakeholders

What's in it for you?

• This is the best place in the world for talent professionals to develop and hone their skills.
• Working alongside world-class people, in an environment where sharing of knowledge and best practice is a constant.

The cash compensation range we have provided has been benchmarked against similar organizations of comparable size, sector and age. Our offers of employment consider a variety of factors, including but not limited to, unique skill sets, specific expertise or certifications and business/organizational needs. It is not typical for us to hire talent at the top of the range for a role, in part because it’s so important to us to allow all Talentful employees the opportunity to develop over time, and to feel rewarded for doing so. A reasonable estimate of the total yearly compensation range for an IC at Talentful $82,000- $135,700 USD.

Our Global Benefits

• Learning & development
  Accelerating your personal and professional growth.
• Flexible working
  Hybrid or Remote work to suit your lifestyle - we trust our people.
• Healthcare options
  From employer contributions to health insurance.
• Wellness allowance contributions
  Improve either your physical, financial, or mental health with our monthly stipend.
• Global co-working
  Deskpass memberships for everyone in our team to work globally on-demand.
• Enhanced parental leave
  14 weeks paid maternity & 3 weeks paid paternity after 1 year service.
• Retirement plan
  Matched pension contributions or 401(k) plan to start saving.

At Talentful, we recognize our people are our strongest asset, and the diverse skills they bring to our international workforce are the driving force of our success. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.