Technical Recruiter (Contract)

DAT Freight Solutions; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&

401k matching

Flexible Spending Accounts

Health Savings Accounts

Employee Assistance Program

Employee referrals & recognition

Competitive salary & benefits

Wellness programs

Work on impactful projects

Collaborative culture

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

DAT Freight & Analytics seeks a Technical Recruiter to partner with Product and Technology teams during a critical growth phase for North America's largest freight marketplace.

You will own end-to-end recruiting for technical roles, leverage data-driven insights, and drive candidate experience from outreach through offer. This contract role offers benefits and a hybrid work model in a fast-paced tech environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a focus on technical roles (software engineering, data/ML, product management).
• Proven success in fast-paced, high-growth tech or SaaS environments.
• Technical fluency to calibrate with engineering/product leaders and engage candidates credibly.
• Deep expertise in modern sourcing techniques, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean searches, GitHub and other technical communities, and building pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Own the full-cycle recruiting process for Product, Engineering, Data, and other technical roles.
• Provide market intelligence and consult with hiring managers to define role requirements and interview strategies.
• Maintain data integrity and reporting in Greenhouse to guide decisions and process improvements.
• Champion a world-class candidate experience with clear communication and timely feedback throughout the process.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Technical recruiting

SaaS/tech hiring

Sourcing & market insights

Data-driven recruiting

Sourcing tools

Tools

Greenhouse

LinkedIn Recruiter

GitHub

Job description

About DAT

DAT Freight & Analytics is an award-winning employer of choice and a next-generation SaaS technology company that has been at the leading edge of freight and logistics innovation for nearly five decades. Founded in 1978, DAT operates the largest freight marketplace in North America - processing 250 million+ load posts annually and maintaining one of the largest repositories of freight market transaction data in the world. On a defined path to $1 billion in revenue, DAT deploys a suite of software solutions, machine learning models, and intelligent automation tools that help brokers, carriers, and shippers price freight accurately, source capacity, reduce risk, and operate more efficiently. With nearly 700 teammates across offices in Denver, CO; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Springfield, MO; Toronto, ON; and Bangalore, India, DAT combines the credibility of a multi-decade market leader with the drive of a company that is not done disrupting the industry it helped build. For more information, visit www.DAT.com

The Opportunity

As a Technical Recruiter at DAT, you will serve as a strategic talent partner to our Product and Technology teams during a critical growth phase for North America's largest freight marketplace.

This is a 9-month contract role, eligible for benefits. You'll provide immediate recruiting expertise to support key Product and Engineering hiring initiatives.

You’ll act as a talent consultant to hiring managers, delivering market intelligence, challenging conventional thinking, and building targeted strategies to attract exceptional, diverse talent. As the face of DAT to candidates, you will ensure every interaction reflects our commitment to a seamless, transparent experience.

What You’ll Do

• Be a Strategic Talent Advisor
  • Own the full-cycle recruiting process for Product, Engineering, Data, and other technical roles.
  • Go beyond the job description to understand the needs of your hiring teams, acting as a consultant to define role requirements, success profiles, and technical interview strategies.
  • Use data and market insights to guide and influence leaders, helping them make informed hiring decisions in a competitive tech market.
• Champion the Candidate Experience
  • Create a world-class experience for every candidate, ensuring they feel valued, informed, and respected at every stage.
  • Serve as the primary guide for candidates, providing clear communication, timely feedback, and a genuine connection to DAT's mission and values.
  • Manage the offer process, from creating competitive compensation packages to closing top talent with empathy and expertise.
  • Turn every interaction into a branding opportunity, leaving candidates with a positive impression regardless of the outcome.
• Drive Recruiting Excellence
  • Leverage your sourcing expertise to find and engage the passive technical talent that others can't.
  • Maintain impeccable data integrity in Greenhouse, understanding that good data fuels smart decisions and process improvements.
  • Continuously look for ways to improve our hiring processes, from technical interview structure to candidate feedback loops.

The Skills and Experience You’ll Bring

• Your Recruiting Craft
  • 3-5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a focus on technical roles (software engineering, data/ML, product management).
  • A track record of success in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, preferably in tech or SaaS.
  • Technical fluency: you understand tech stacks and engineering and product team structures well enough to calibrate with leaders and engage candidates credibly.
  • Deep expertise in modern sourcing techniques, including LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean searches, GitHub and other technical communities, and building engaged talent pipelines.

How You’ll Partner

• A consultative mindset with a history of earning trust and influencing hiring managers and business leaders.
• The ability to connect the dots between a single hire and the broader success of the business.
• A commitment to delivering a strong hiring manager experience: you proactively share pipeline updates, candidate feedback, and market insights on a regular cadence, so hiring managers always know where their search stands and what comes next.
• Exceptional communication skills; you’re equally comfortable advising a senior leader, negotiating an offer, or giving constructive feedback.
• A high sense of urgency balanced with a commitment to quality and meticulous attention to detail.

Your Personal Attributes

• Resilience, adaptability, and a positive, problem-solving attitude.
• A genuine passion for creating positive and inclusive experiences for every candidate.
• A data-driven approach to understanding your pipeline and improving your results.

Why DAT?

DAT is an award winning employer of choice.

For starters, we have a hybrid work environment, but we also know what makes a great workplace. We have a time-tested and resolute set of operating values predicated on integrity, mutual respect, open communication, and executing with excellence. These values inform our strategic vision as much as any one of our products does. We've been an employer of choice in the Portland metropolitan area for four decades, and within one year of opening our Denver office, DAT was #26 on Built In Colorado's 100 Best Places to Work In Colorado.

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance
• 401k matching (immediately vested)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Additional programs - Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Work on impactful projects in a cutting-edge environment
• Collaborative and supportive team culture
• Opportunity to make a real difference in the trucking industry
• Employee Resource Groups

*This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship**

For Washington-based candidates, in compliance with the Washington State Pay Transparency Law, the salary range for this role is $106,000 - $137,000 paid hourly. DAT considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education and training, core skills, internal equity, and market and business elements when extending an offer.

DAT embraces the value of a diverse workforce, and believes it is a core strength of our company that we encourage those values in every DAT employee, at every level of our organization, regardless of tenure or rank. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)