Sr. Executive Research Recruiter, Principal Engineer Recruiting Team

Amazon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 143,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a and experienced Principal Engineer Recruiter to identify world-class Principal Engineers across Amazon businesses. You will advise senior executives on hiring strategy, map target companies, and build broad talent networks with a focus on passive engineering talent.

This role offers high visibility and cross-business impact. You will design multi-channel search strategies, conduct executive-level interviews, and coach managers on talent acquisition at senior levels, while

Qualifications

• 5+ years advising and influencing executive leadership.
• 7+ years recruiting with focus on passive engineering candidates in high tech markets.
• Experience in advising leaders on talent strategy and executive hiring.
• Bachelor's degree or above.

Responsibilities

• Develop robust multi-channel search strategies to attract world-class engineers.
• Advise Amazon leaders on external principal engineer talent and market realities.
• Coach interview processes and candidate engagement for senior roles.
• Build and share knowledge on industries and talent pools to inform searches.

Skills

Executive advisory

Strategic search design

Candidate development

Market expertise

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CRM systems

Spreadsheets

Job description

Description

Join Amazon's Global Specialty Recruiting team and help us identify and hire the world's most exceptional Principal Engineers. Members of Amazon's Principal Engineer Community Amazon's most senior technologists, exemplary practitioners and pragmatic visionaries who set the standard for engineering excellence across Amazon. This role offers unparalleled visibility—you'll work across all Amazon businesses, advising senior executives on hiring strategy while building relationships with world-renowned technical leaders.

Description

Join Amazon's Global Specialty Recruiting team and help us identify and hire the world's most exceptional Principal Engineers. Members of Amazon's Principal Engineer Community Amazon's most senior technologists, exemplary practitioners and pragmatic visionaries who set the standard for engineering excellence across Amazon. This role offers unparalleled visibility—you'll work across all Amazon businesses, advising senior executives on hiring strategy while building relationships with world-renowned technical leaders.

Key job responsibilities

• Strategic Search Design: Develop robust, multi-channel search strategies attracting world-class engineers. Map target companies, engage at conferences, generate referral leads. Build talent networks and tap industry sources for ongoing candidate pools.
• Executive Advisory: Serve as talent adviser to leaders across Amazon—educating hiring managers about the external Principal Engineer demographic. Provide strategic guidance to executive leadership on top technical talent. Conduct continuous company and talent mapping.
• Candidate Development: Develop prospects into candidates through sophisticated engagement. Perform assessment and screening, present to executive leadership. Conduct phone interviews, prepare candidates for technical interviews, coach leaders on talent acquisition at senior levels.
• Market Expertise: Serve as expert for engineering recruiting. Contribute to knowledge base with education on industries and talent pools. Learn new domains quickly and craft effective search strategies.

What We're Looking For

• Research acumen: Learn technical domains quickly, craft effective search strategies, excel at candidate identification, engagement, and creative sourcing
• Executive presence: Compelling communicator who engages busy executives and renowned engineers, self-assured and quick-thinking
• Strategic judgment: Think strategically while executing tactically, relentlessly high standards, results-oriented
• Collaboration: Team leader and member who believes individual wins are team wins, inquisitive with strong desire to learn

A day in the life

• You'll identify technical leadership at target companies and domains, identifying Principal Engineers working on problems similar to Amazon's strategic initiatives. You'll craft multi-channel engagement strategies—attending technical conferences, leveraging networks for warm introductions to passive candidates who would be transformational hires.

You'll advise leaders on search parameters based on market realities, conduct phone interviews with renowned engineers assessing technical depth and influence capability, and coach hiring managers on candidate engagement. You'll contribute to the team's knowledge base by documenting insights about emerging talent pools that inform future searches.

About The Team

The Principal Engineering Recruiting team is the talent acquisition engine for Amazon's PE Community. We take a multi-channel approach (target company mapping, conference and event engagement, referral and network lead generation) to talent identification, engagement, assessment, and match-making. Our mission: identify, build relationships with, and hire every great Principal Engineer in the world. You'll work with a strong, established team of executive recruiters.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of advising and influencing executive leadership experience
• 7+ years of progressive corporate or search firm recruiting work with a focus on passive engineering candidate generation in a high tech market experience
• 7+ years of recruiting with focus on engineering, technical operations, and product management experience
• Bachelor's degree or above
• Experience in advising and influencing executive leadership
• Experience in progressive corporate or search firm recruiting with a focus on passive engineering candidate generation in a high-tech market
• Experience building and driving talent sourcing initiatives and pipelines
• Experience creating, measuring and scaling workflow among candidates, hiring managers and the recruiting team
• Experience managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects and client relationships
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of performing team building, coaching and managing experience
• Experience in performing team building, coaching, and managing
• Experience recruiting passive candidates who are the most senior experts in their field
• Experience with executive recruiting in either a blue-chip, global in-house executive search team, or a top executive search firm
• Experience working with recruiting and people-related tools, CRM systems, and complex spreadsheets

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually

Company - Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A10486878