Strategic Full‑Cycle Tech Recruiter

Adverb; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Outset, a fast-moving startup, is seeking a strategic, hands-on Full-cycle Technical Recruiter to own the hiring process for critical engineering and technical roles. You will partner closely with hiring managers to attract, assess, and close high-impact talent, while building scalable recruiting processes and championing inclusive hiring.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical recruiting judgment with excellent sourcing ability and stakeholder management, thriving in a fast-evolving

Qualifications

• Own full-cycle recruitment for technical roles, from kickoff and talent-market strategy through sourcing, screening, interview management, offer development, and close.
• Recruit across a range of technical functions.
• Partner with hiring managers and technical leaders to define hiring goals, calibrate candidate profiles, write effective job descriptions, and establish structured interview plans.
• Build and execute sourcing strategies using LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, technical communities, open-source ecosystems, referrals, events, and talent intelligence platforms.
• Conduct high-quality recruiter screens that assess technical alignment, scope of impact, career motivation, communication, logistical fit, and compensation expectations.
• Guide candidates through the process with timely, thoughtful communication and a clear understanding of the company, team, role, technology, and growth opportunity.
• Coordinate interview logistics in partnership with recruiting operations or recruiting coordinators; ensure interview loops are efficient, prepared, and candidate friendly.
• Train and advise interviewers and hiring managers on structured interviewing, equitable assessment, candidate experience, and effective debriefing.

Responsibilities

• 3-7 years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, ideally within a high-growth startup.
• Demonstrated success hiring for technical roles such as backend, frontend, full-stack, mobile, platform, infrastructure, data, ML, security, DevOps/SRE, or engineering leadership.
• Strong technical fluency across languages, frameworks, cloud, data platforms, and security concepts.
• Proven ability to source and close passive candidates for difficult-to-fill technical roles.
• Experience partnering with Engineering, Product, Design and executive leaders as a trusted talent advisor.
• Strong interviewing, negotiation, and candidate-closing skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; articulate technical opportunities effectively.
• Manage multiple searches with changing priorities while maintaining organization and candidate care.

Skills

Full-cycle recruitment

Technical recruiting

Stakeholder management

Sourcing strategy

Screening & interviewing

Candidate experience

Interview coordination

Offer negotiation

Tools

Ashby

LinkedIn Recruiter

GitHub

Job description

Outset, a fast-moving startup, is seeking a strategic, hands-on Full-cycle Technical Recruiter to own the hiring process for critical engineering and technical roles. You will partner closely with hiring managers to attract, assess, and close high-impact talent, while building scalable recruiting processes and championing inclusive hiring.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical recruiting judgment with excellent sourcing ability and stakeholder management, thriving in a fast-evolving