Senior Staff Technical Recruiter

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior recruitment professional to lead full-cycle technical recruiting for complex engineering roles in the United States. The role emphasizes AI-native recruiting workflows and partnering with Engineering leadership to shape hiring strategy.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of experience, deep market knowledge, and demonstrated success building scalable recruiting processes that deliver exceptional candidate experiences.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience.
• Strong business acumen and relationship-building skills.
• Experience influencing hiring strategy at Director+ and VP level.
• Deep familiarity with the technical talent market.
• Strong data fluency and ability to interpret metrics.

Responsibilities

• Run full-cycle searches for complex engineering roles.
• Demonstrate strong business acumen and relationship-building skills for leadership.
• Build scalable methods to find and hire top engineering talent.
• Act as a trusted advisor to Engineering leadership.
• Design and implement AI-native recruiting workflows.

Skills

Full-Cycle Technical Recruiting

AI-Enabled Recruiting Infrastructure

Hiring Strategy Influence

Data Fluency

Creative Sourcing Strategies

Job description

• Run full-cycle searches for some of our most complex engineering roles
• Demonstrate strong business acumen and relationship building skills
• Build scalable ways to find and hire the best engineering talent
• Act as a trusted advisor to Engineering leadership
• Design and implement AI-native recruiting workflows

Requirements

• 10+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience
• Strong business acumen
• Experience influencing hiring strategy at the Director+ and VP level
• Deep familiarity with the technical talent market
• Strong data fluency
• A track record of designing recruiting processes, frameworks, and systems that scaled beyond a single team or search
• Concrete experience building AI-enabled recruiting infrastructure
• Experience using creative sourcing strategies
• Excellent judgment operating in ambiguity
• Genuine care for candidate experience

Core Competencies

Expertise in full-cycle technical recruiting with a focus on building scalable AI-native recruiting workflows and influencing hiring strategies at senior leadership levels. Strong business acumen and data fluency are essential for optimizing candidate experience and designing effective recruiting processes.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Full-Cycle Technical Recruiting
• AI-Enabled Recruiting Infrastructure
• Hiring Strategy Influence
• Data Fluency
• Creative Sourcing Strategies

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Technical Recruiting
• Recruiting Process Design
• Recruiting Frameworks
• AI-Native Workflows
• Data Analysis

Soft Skills

• Business Acumen
• Relationship Building
• Excellent JudgmentCandidate Experience Focus

Industry Keywords

• Engineering Talent Market
• Director+ Level Hiring
• VP Level Hiring