Senior Technical Recruiter

Sonatus; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plan (Medical, Dental &amp

401k retirement plan

Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary &

Unlimited PTO and holidays

Hybrid office work arrangement

Complimentary lunches on-site

Wellness benefit allowance

Phone & Internet reimbursement

Computer Accessory Allowance

Job summary

Sonatus is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to own full-cycle recruitment for AI/ML, software, embedded, and cloud roles globally. This hybrid position operates from our Sunnyvale headquarters three days per week, partnering with engineering leaders to shape hiring strategies and leverage data-driven insights.

You will drive strategic sourcing, intake calibration, and candidate assessments while using AI to enhance recruiting processes. Strong communication with stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in full-cycle technical recruiting for engineering roles.
• Able to advise engineering leaders with data- and market-driven insights.
• Experience building multi-channel sourcing strategies and pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Drive full-cycle recruitment for AI/ML, software, embedded, cloud roles globally.
• Lead intake and calibration sessions translating requirements into candidate profiles and plans.
• Partner with hiring managers to shape hiring strategies using market insights and pipeline data.
• Develop and execute creative multi-channel sourcing strategies and pipelines.
• Assess candidates against defined criteria with evidence-based evaluations.
• Apply AI to improve recruiting processes, productivity, research, sourcing, and decision-making.
• Maintain accurate Greenhouse data and monitor recruiting metrics to identify risks.
• Understand talent markets and compensation trends to inform recommendations.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation

AI fluency

Sourcing strategy

Stakeholder management

Tools

Greenhouse ATS

Job description

Job Description

At Sonatus, we're driving the transformation to AI-enabled software-defined vehicles. Traditional automotive software methods can't keep pace with consumer expectations shaped by the mobile industry-where features evolve rapidly, update seamlessly, and improve continuously. That's why leading OEMs trust Sonatus to accelerate this shift. Our technology is already in production across more than 9 million vehicles on the road today and rapidly expanding.

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, with 250+ employees worldwide, Sonatus combines the agility of a fast-growing company with the scale and impact of an established partner. Backed by strong funding and proven by global deployment, we're solving some of the most interesting and complex challenges in the industry. Join us and help redefine what's possible as we shape the future of mobility.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Recruiter to join our team. You will serve as a trusted talent advisor to engineering leaders, using market insights, recruiting data, and technical talent expertise to shape hiring strategies, calibrate profiles, identify risks, and drive hiring outcomes. You will own full-cycle recruiting from sourcing through offer negotiation while building strong relationships with candidates and hiring managers globally. This is a hybrid role working from our Sunnyvale headquarters three days a week.

Responsibilities

• Full-Cycle Recruitment: Drive the recruitment lifecycle for technical roles across AI/ML, software, embedded, systems, cloud, and related areas globally, ensuring an efficient, rigorous, and high-quality hiring process.
• Recruiting Calibration & Strategy: Lead intake and calibration sessions, translating business and technical requirements into clear candidate profiles, sourcing strategies, assessment criteria, and recruiting plans.
• Hiring Manager Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor, proactively identifying risks, challenging assumptions, and influencing hiring strategies through market insights, pipeline data, and candidate feedback.
• Strategic Sourcing & Pipeline Development: Develop and execute creative, multi-channel sourcing strategies to engage high-caliber technical talent, continuously evaluating effectiveness and adjusting as needed.
• Screening & Assessment: Assess candidates against defined success criteria, including technical experience, scope, complexity, ownership, impact, communication, and motivation, while driving consistent, evidence-based evaluation.
• AI & Recruiting Innovation: Apply AI to improve recruiting processes, productivity, research, sourcing, analysis, and decision-making, while identifying opportunities to improve how the team operates.
• Data & Pipeline Management: Maintain accurate Greenhouse data and leverage recruiting metrics to identify risks, forecast outcomes, diagnose bottlenecks, and adjust strategy while ensuring compliance.
• Talent Intelligence & Market Research: Understand relevant talent markets, competitor activity, compensation trends, talent availability, and emerging technologies, translating insights into actionable recommendations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience in fast-paced startup or high-growth technology environments, with ownership of complex, competitive engineering searches.
• Proven ability to advise engineering leaders, influence hiring decisions, challenge assumptions, and provide data- and market-driven recommendations.
• Demonstrated success developing multi-channel sourcing strategies and recruiting passive talent across competitive technical domains such as software, embedded systems, cloud, or AI/ML.
• Strong technical curiosity and AI fluency, with the ability to quickly understand complex technical domains, engage credibly with candidates and engineering stakeholders, and thoughtfully leverage AI to improve recruiting processes, productivity, research, sourcing, analysis, and decision-making.
• Experience using recruiting metrics and funnel data to assess pipeline health, identify bottlenecks, forecast outcomes, and adjust strategy.
• Ability to manage multiple complex searches while maintaining a strong candidate experience and effective stakeholder communication.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills, with a track record of building strong candidate and hiring manager relationships.
• Ability to work onsite at our Sunnyvale headquarters three days per week.

Sunnyvale HQ Benefits & Perks Offered

• Health care plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Flexible and Dependent Care Expense program
• Retirement plan (401k)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Unlimited paid time off per year, 14+ paid holidays
• Hybrid office work arrangement
• Complimentary lunches, snacks, and beverages during on-site working days
• Wellness benefit allowance
• Phone & Internet reimbursement
• Computer Accessory Allowance

Base Salary Pay Range

The posted salary range is a general guideline and represents a good faith estimate of what Sonatus (\"Company\") could reasonably expect to pay for a base salary for this position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs. The Company reserves the right to modify this range in the future, as needed, as market conditions change.

$128,000-$174,000 USD