Senior Technical Recruiter

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity package

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Flexible vacation policy

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to join our IT leadership space in a remote capacity. You will own full-cycle recruiting for senior technical talent, with a strong emphasis on engineering and infrastructure hiring, partnering closely with hiring managers to shape search strategy and move hard-to-find candidates through the process.

Success comes from building strong pipelines, delivering a high-touch candidate experience, and strengthening the Talent team’s recruiting playbooks

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, primarily in-house
• Proven track record of owning and closing senior and staff-level engineering searches
• Ability to engage in meaningful conversations with engineers about their work
• Proactive sourcing skills with a focus on building a strong talent bench
• Experience recruiting for infrastructure, developer tools, open source, or AI companies
• Experience building or rebuilding recruiting processes from scratch
• Ability to attract top talent in competition with big tech offers

Responsibilities

• Own 8-10 engineering and technical searches from kickoff to signed offer
• Collaborate with engineering hiring managers to clarify role requirements and market alignment
• Proactively source hard-to-find infrastructure, backend, SDK, and AI engineers
• Understand candidate motivations and develop tailored strategies to engage them
• Build talent pipelines for frequently hired roles to streamline future searches
• Ensure a transparent and positive candidate experience throughout the hiring process
• Contribute to the development of sourcing playbooks and interview kits for the Talent team

Job description

For our client, we are seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to join the team of a leader in the Information Technology space.

This role will own full-cycle recruiting for senior technical talent, with a strong emphasis on engineering and infrastructure hiring. The recruiter will partner closely with hiring managers to shape search strategy, align on market expectations, and move hard-to-find candidates through the process. Success in this role will come from building strong pipelines, creating a high-touch candidate experience, and helping strengthen the Talent team’s recruiting playbooks and interview resources.

Location: Remote

Compensation: $110,000 – $130,000 annually

Responsibilities

• Own 8-10 engineering and technical searches from kickoff to signed offer
• Collaborate with engineering hiring managers to clarify role requirements and market alignment
• Proactively source hard-to-find infrastructure, backend, SDK, and AI engineers
• Understand candidate motivations and develop tailored strategies to engage them
• Build talent pipelines for frequently hired roles to streamline future searches
• Ensure a transparent and positive candidate experience throughout the hiring process
• Contribute to the development of sourcing playbooks and interview kits for the Talent team

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, primarily in-house
• Proven track record of owning and closing senior and staff-level engineering searches
• Ability to engage in meaningful conversations with engineers about their work
• Proactive sourcing skills with a focus on building a strong talent bench
• Experience recruiting for infrastructure, developer tools, open source, or AI companies
• Experience building or rebuilding recruiting processes from scratch
• Ability to attract top talent in competition with big tech offers

Benefits

• Opportunity to build something impactful
• Competitive salary and equity package
• Health, dental, and vision benefits
• Flexible vacation policy

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.