Tech Talent Recruiter (Early-Career) – Seattle Contract

Aston Carter; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 63,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Aston Carter is seeking an experienced campus and early-career recruiting professional to design and execute strategies for students, interns, postdocs, and campus hires in science and data roles. The role emphasizes top-of-funnel activities, scalable processes, and strong stakeholder collaboration to deliver high-quality outcomes.

You will partner with business leaders and cross-functional teams, manage large candidate volumes with a metrics-driven approach, and use tools like Excel to track

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent education.
• Proven experience in recruiting and sourcing, with a focus on technical recruiting for niche or specialized roles.
• Demonstrated experience with passive candidate recruiting, including proactively identifying, engaging, and converting candidates.
• Technical sourcing experience for roles in applied science, research, and data science, or similar technical domains.
• Deep domain familiarity with scientific disciplines such as LLMs, CV, NLP, AR, quantum, and related areas.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and recruiting teams to understand student and early-career hiring needs for applied science, research, and data science roles.
• Build and execute innovative strategies to attract, source, assess, and hire students and early-career scientists for niche and highly specialized roles.
• Focus on top-of-funnel recruiting activities, including proactive candidate outreach, pipeline building, and managing large volumes of candidate interactions.
• Conduct phone screens to evaluate candidate fit and readiness, and set up assessments and business phone screens with hiring teams.
• Prepare candidates for interviews by providing clear expectations, process guidance, and feedback to ensure a positive candidate experience.
• Manage and track all candidate and campus-related information, consolidating and analyzing results to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve candidate experience, scheduling efficiency, and overall recruiting processes.

Skills

Technical recruiting

Passive candidate recruiting

Sourcing

University/early-career pipelines

Excel

Education

Bachelors degree or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Job description

Aston Carter is seeking an experienced campus and early-career recruiting professional to design and execute strategies for students, interns, postdocs, and campus hires in science and data roles. The role emphasizes top-of-funnel activities, scalable processes, and strong stakeholder collaboration to deliver high-quality outcomes.

You will partner with business leaders and cross-functional teams, manage large candidate volumes with a metrics-driven approach, and use tools like Excel to track