Technical Recruiter

Jobtailor; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Circadia is seeking a senior technical recruiting leader to own end-to-end recruitment for Engineering and Product roles. You will build scalable sourcing strategies, referral programs, and outbound pipelines across engineering, product, and data teams.

You will partner with executives to forecast hiring needs, define role scorecards, and align hiring plans with the product roadmap and company strategy. You will develop interview frameworks, assess processes, and drive improvements in

Qualifications

• 6-12+ years in technical talent acquisition or People leadership roles.
• Proven experience hiring software engineers and technical talent across multiple states or distributed/remote teams.
• Demonstrated success building recruiting infrastructure and processes from scratch in a high-growth environment.
• Deep understanding of the tech industry, engineering roles, and competitive talent market.
• Experience owning time-to-fill, quality-of-hire, and retention metrics.
• Strong analytical mindset; comfortable owning recruiting dashboards and workforce forecasting.
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to influence executives, engineering leaders, and technical operators.
• Experience building recruiting systems from the ground up.
• Experience recruiting within the healthtech or health-adjacent industry.
• Prior leadership of recruiting teams
• Exposure to venture-backed, high-growth environments.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruitment for Engineering and Product roles from sourcing to close.
• Create scalable sourcing strategies, referral programs, and outbound pipelines across Engineering, Product, and Data.
• Partner with hiring managers and executives to forecast hiring needs, define role scorecards, and align hiring plans with the product roadmap and company strategy.
• Develop structured interview frameworks, technical assessment processes, and competency models.
• Improve time-to-fill, candidate experience, and hiring manager confidence.
• Build and lead a technical recruiting team over time.
• Maintain reporting on pipeline health, hiring velocity, and forecast risk.
• Represent Circadia's mission, expectations, and culture to engineering and product candidates.

Skills

Technical Talent Acquisition

Hiring Software Engineers

Recruiting Infrastructure

Tech Industry Knowledge

Metrics Ownership

Analytics & Forecasting

Executive Communication

Prioritization

Recruiting Systems

Healthtech Experience

Team Leadership

Venture-backed Experience

Job description

• Own full-cycle recruitment for Engineering and Product roles from sourcing to close
• Create scalable sourcing strategies, referral programs, and outbound pipelines across Engineering, Product, and Data
• Partner with hiring managers and executives to forecast hiring needs, define role scorecards, and align hiring plans with the product roadmap and company strategy
• Develop structured interview frameworks, technical assessment processes, and competency models
• Improve time-to-fill, candidate experience, and hiring manager confidence
• Build and lead a technical recruiting team over time
• Maintain reporting on pipeline health, hiring velocity, and forecast risk
• Represent Circadia's mission, expectations, and culture to engineering and product candidates

Requirements

• 6-12+ years in technical talent acquisition or People leadership roles, ideally in a high-growth startup environment
• Proven experience hiring software engineers and technical talent across multiple states or distributed/remote teams
• Demonstrated success building recruiting infrastructure and processes from scratch in a high-growth environment
• Deep understanding of the tech industry, engineering roles, and competitive talent market
• Experience owning time-to-fill, quality-of-hire, and retention metrics
• Strong analytical mindset; comfortable owning recruiting dashboards and workforce forecasting
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to influence executives, engineering leaders, and technical operators
• Ability to thrive in startup intensity and juggle multiple priorities with urgency
• Experience building recruiting systems from the ground up
• Experience recruiting within the healthtech or health-adjacent industry
• Prior leadership of recruiting teams
• Exposure to venture-backed, high-growth environments

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in full-cycle recruitment for Engineering and Product roles, with a strong focus on building scalable sourcing strategies and recruiting infrastructure. Proven ability to lead technical recruiting teams and improve hiring metrics in high-growth environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Technical Talent Acquisition
• Recruiting Infrastructure Development
• Analytical Mindset
• Leadership of Recruiting Teams
• Healthtech Industry Experience

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Full-Cycle Recruitment
• Sourcing Strategies
• Interview Frameworks
• Technical Assessment Processes
• Hiring Metrics Management
• Workforce Forecasting
• Recruiting Dashboards
• Candidate Experience Improvement
• Time-to-Fill Management
• Quality-of-Hire Metrics

Soft Skills

• Exceptional Communication
• Influencing Executives
• Ability to Juggle Priorities
• Team Leadership
• Collaboration with Hiring Managers

Industry Keywords

• High-Growth Startup
• Tech Industry
• Engineering Roles
• Distributed Teams
• Venture-Backed Environments
• Health-Adjacent Industry