Senior Technical Recruiter

Honeycomb; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% covered medical, dental, vision

Unlimited PTO

401K retirement plans

Sabbatical after tenure

Development stipend

Equity refresh grants

Home setup stipend

Co-working stipend

Job summary

Honeycomb is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to own a full desk of priority R&D searches, partnering with R&D leadership and Hiring Managers to shape how hiring gets done from intake to offer.

This remote-first role emphasizes advisory capabilities, data-driven decision making, and competency-based hiring, with a focus on diverse, well-vetted slates and strict SLAs as the company scales.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle, full-desk recruiting for priority R&D/Technical roles.
• Advise Hiring Managers on search strategy, leveling, and compensation benchmarks.
• Build and maintain advisory relationships with Business Unit leaders.
• Develop and run competency-based hiring processes with scorecards and structured debriefs.
• Ensure diversity and inclusion in sourcing tactics and candidate pools.
• Maintain clean candidate data in Greenhouse and other ATS tools.
• Partner with TA leadership to convert headcount approvals into recruiting plans.
• Deliver timely, high-quality slate of candidates aligned to SLAs.

Skills

Full-desk recruiting

Hiring managers advisory

Structured interviewing

Data-driven recruiting

DEI sourcing

Candidate experience

SLAs and process

Career pathing

Competency-based hiring

Greenhouse expertise

Tools

Greenhouse

Gem

Job description

• Talent Acquisition at Honeycomb builds the teams behind our observability platform
• As a Senior Technical Recruiter, you’ll run a full desk of priority R&D searches and act as the talent advisor Hiring Managers call before they open a req, not after
• You’ll report to the Head of TA, partner directly with R&D leadership, and own how hiring gets done on your desk from intake to accepted offer
• We’re remote-first and give you real trust and autonomy from day one, so you’ll shape how we hire as we scale
• Own full-cycle searches for R&D/ Technical focused roles, from intake to offer acceptance, and deliver diverse, well-vetted slates on target timelines
• Manage a full desk of priority reqs, keep candidates moving within our hiring SLAs, and keep Greenhouse data clean without being chased. This includes sourcing, interviewing, reviwing applicants, scheduling etc
• Advise Hiring Managers on search strategy and leveling, using market data, pipeline analytics, and compensation benchmarks to shape decisions rather than only carry them out
• Build lasting advisory relationships with your Business Unit leaders: align stakeholders on a shared plan, guide debate to a decision, and explain the reasoning once it’s made
• Partner with the Head of TA to turn approved headcount into recruiting plans, and flag risks early with a proposed fix
• Own the implementation of our competency-based hiring process by building Greenhouse scorecards, running interviewer kick-offs, and facilitating structured debriefs
• Use DEI sourcing tactics that broaden representation and improve quality of hire
• Analyze funnel metrics in Greenhouse and Gem, share what you learn with stakeholders, and improve the process, including cross-functional TA projects like interviewer enablement and candidate-experience NPS

Benefits

• 100% covered medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, disability, and more
• Unlimited PTO, synchronous company break, paid sabbatical, and expressed minimum for time to recharge
• 401K retirement plans and fully paid life insurance
• Up to 16 weeks paid leave regardless of path to parenthood; flexible hours for returning parents and caregivers
• $10K to cover gaps in insurance, in support of adoption, surrogacy, preservation, and family-planning costs
• $600 per year to spend on the perks you care for most
• A stake in our success
• Generous new hire equity, and refresh grants
• Annual $1,500 development stipend; funding for cognitive coaching; and a focus on career pathing
• $500 new hire home setup stipend and $200/mo for wifi, phone and co-working

• Hands-on experience with structured interviewing and ATS (scorecards, reporting, scheduling workflows)
• A history of acting as a talent advisor, where you turned funnel and compensation data into recommendations that changed hiring decisions
• Experience running a full desk of concurrent reqs while holding to clear SLAs and quality standards
• Comfort having direct, kind conversations with Hiring Managers about candidates, leveling, or process, in line with Honeycomb’s values of Ownership, Feedback Is a Muscle, and Kind Candor
• Measurable results from DEI sourcing and fair-assessment practices
• Experience in a remote-first, fast-changing environment, and a habit of mentoring peers and improving process as you go
• Crisp written updates, plus experience facilitating productive kick-offs, debriefs, and pipeline reviews
• Full-cycle recruiting experience in high-growth tech, with a track record of filling senior engineering IC and first-line manager roles
• Experience with Competency based hiring
• Preferred experience with Greenhouse
• Experience utilizing AI to help make process improvements