Senior Technical Recruiter

Anduril Industries; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 147,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a senior software recruiter to own end-to-end recruiting for highly technical roles. You will partner with business leaders, scale hiring as the company grows, and close top engineering talent while delivering a data-driven recruiting program.

You will embed with product and engineering teams, understand the mission, pitch opportunities to candidates, and maintain strong candidate experience, leveraging equity and competitive benefits

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience recruiting for technical roles and closing top tier engineering talent
• Startup/software recruiting experience preferred
• Agency recruiting plus internal experience is a plus
• Resilient and creative with ability to troubleshoot and solve on the fly
• Direct, succinct communication and active listening
• Ownership mindset and end-to-end ownership of recruiting processes
• Low ego, high curiosity, openness to feedback

Responsibilities

• Move fast sourcing and tracking a high volume of candidates while keeping stakeholders informed
• Establish deep partnership with business leaders to influence talent strategy and deliver hiring goals
• Build trust and scale growth through consistent operating rhythms with cross-functional teams
• Embed with product teams to understand positioning, roadmap, and culture
• Pitch the mission and opportunities to candidates and close exceptional technical talent
• Track pipeline and data to derive insights and drive momentum
• Develop recruiting strategies and improve referrals and processes
• Provide a positive candidate experience with proactive communication

Skills

Technical recruiting

Agency recruiting

Ownership

Communication

Problem solving

Adaptability

Low ego, curiosity

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

As a key member of Anduril's software recruiting team, you will be responsible for the company's talent management as we continue to rapidly grow. Your work will be hands-on and involve collaborating with leaders and individual contributors to define the hiring needs of the company. To achieve this, you will be given the autonomy and tools to execute on our strategy to build and develop Anduril's world class team. We are looking for someone who can handle high levels of ownership while tackling every aspect of recruiting and is excited to be part of small team where no task is too big or too small.

What You'll Do

• Move fast, with a process for consistently sourcing, tracking and maintaining a high volume of candidates while maintaining open lines of communication with stakeholders
• Establish deep trust and partnership with business leaders to help influence talent strategy while executing on hiring deliverables
• Build trust through consistency and a strong operating rhythm in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders to help scale and manage company growth
• Embed yourself into the business and into your teams to understand the product positioning and market fit, technical roadmap, and culture of the team
• Develop a strong understanding of the mission while learning how to effectively pitch the team and opportunity, ultimately closing exceptional technical talent for the organization
• Track and analyze pipeline and performance data to gain insights into areas of opportunity and translate that into a data-driven narrative that enables increased momentum
• Build recruiting strategies that contribute to the long-range growth of the company, implementing best practices around referrals and process improvements where needed
• Provide a consistent and positive candidate experience throughout the entire recruiting process with proactive communication and engagement

Core Requirements

• 7+ years experience recruiting for technical roles and closing top tier engineering talent (startup/software experience preferred).
  • Agency recruiting combined with internal experience is a major plus
• Resilient and creative – ideal candidates will be flexible enough to face routine obstacles, trouble shoot, and create a solution on the fly
• Attention and Communication – ideal candidates will be direct and succinct. They will share information in a timely and efficient manner, improving collaboration and productivity, while practicing active listening and engagement with intent
• Ownership – Be accountable for your universe and in tune with the business. Everyone on this team takes full responsibility for helping Anduril achieve its mission. That means seeking to improve all aspects of our company even in ways that are not explicitly part of our job while leveling up anything you can directly impact in realtime
• Low ego, high curiosity – Value learning over being right. Embraces delivering and receiving candid feedback, and see every setback as an opportunity to iterate and improve

US Salary Range

$147,000-196,000 USD

Benefits

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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