Recruiter

GitLab; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Generous Paid Time Off

Flexible schedule

Job summary

GitLab is seeking an intermediate-level Technical Recruiter to build and own searches for engineering and product teams. You will partner with leaders across Engineering, Product, Security, and UX, guiding searches from intake to close and building inclusive pipelines.

You will leverage data, market insights, and structured interview practices to shape strategy, while acting as a trusted advisor to hiring teams across distributed locations.

Qualifications

• Intermediate-level recruiting experience with ownership of full-cycle searches.
• Technical recruiting interest or experience across engineering and product disciplines.
• Developing advisor skills: stakeholder trust and influencing without authority.
• Proactive, diversity-focused sourcing strategies for hard-to-fill roles.
• Data-driven approach turning funnel insights into actions.
• Strong organization across requisitions with clear written and verbal communication.
• Experience with ATS and recruiting tools; ability to handle confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Lead searches from intake through close for Engineering, Product, Security, and UX.
• Build inclusive pipelines using data and market insight to guide decisions.
• Grow into a trusted talent advisor and partner with hiring teams.
• Manage full-cycle searches for Backend/Frontend Engineers, SREs, Data Engineers, and PMs.
• Lead intake conversations to align role scope, requirements, and interview plans.
• Collaborate on structured, equitable interviews with actionable feedback.
• Shape search strategy with market research, compensation benchmarks, and feedback.
• Assess candidates on depth of experience, impact, and open source contributions.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Technical recruiting

Diversity sourcing

Stakeholder management

Data-driven recruiting

Multirequisition coordination

Cross-time-zone communication

Tools

Greenhouse

LinkedIn Recruiter

LinkedIn Insights

SeekOut

AI evaluation awareness

Job description

Who you are

• Intermediate-level recruiting experience, with a track record of owning full-cycle searches independently
• Technical recruiting experience, or a strong interest in learning engineering and product disciplines, tech stacks, team structures, and how software is built and shipped
• Developing advisor skills: building stakeholder trust, influencing without authority, and managing hiring team expectations
• Experience building proactive, diversity-focused sourcing strategies and balanced pipelines for hard-to-fill or specialized roles
• A data-informed approach that turns funnel insights into practical actions
• Strong organization across multiple requisitions and clear written and verbal communication across time zones, with attention to detail and candidate care
• Experience with an applicant tracking system and recruiting tools such as Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, LinkedIn Insights, SeekOut, or comparable platforms; ability to evaluate AI-generated work, protect confidential information, and share responsible workflows with team members
• Experience recruiting for DevSecOps, developer tools, or open source software is helpful, not required
• Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application

What the job involves

• As a Technical Recruiter, you'll help GitLab build the engineering and product teams behind our DevSecOps platform
• In this individual contributor role, you'll partner with leaders across Engineering, Product, Security, and UX and own searches from intake through close
• You'll build inclusive pipelines and use data and market insight to guide hiring decisions, while growing into a trusted talent advisor
• Manage full-cycle searches for roles such as Backend and Frontend Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, Security Engineers, Data Engineers, Engineering Managers, and Product Managers, delivering against agreed recruiting goals and key metrics with accurate, timely documentation in Greenhouse
• Lead intake and kickoff conversations to align hiring teams on role scope, technical requirements, team context, interview plans, and timelines, with senior team guidance as needed
• Partner with hiring teams on structured, equitable technical interviews with clear competencies and actionable feedback; challenge assumptions and elevate risks or blockers early
• Use talent-market research, compensation benchmarks, funnel metrics, and candidate feedback to shape search strategy and address hiring issues
• Assess technical candidates on depth of experience, scope and impact of past work, problem-solving, and open source or community contributions, and how well their skills fit GitLab's teams and technology
• Build research-based, diversity-focused sourcing plans that balance applicants, passive talent, referrals, internal talent, and targeted outreach across technical communities and specialized talent pools
• Deliver a thoughtful candidate experience through disciplined pipeline management, proactive communication, timely feedback, and offer negotiations that clearly explain compensation, equity, and benefits
• Improve recruiting practices by sharing learnings and reusable resources, using artificial intelligence (AI) responsibly, and representing GitLab's mission, values, and culture

Benefits

• We offer benefits to manage your health, wealth, and well-being regardless of location
• Flexibility in schedule to be there for life’s important moments
• Equity compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan offered
• Generous Paid Time Off