Technical Recruiter Remote - New York City, San Francisco

vercel.com; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 160,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company seeks a dynamic Technical Recruiter to drive full-cycle recruiting for critical technical teams. This role offers the freedom to create and manage hiring processes, ensuring alignment with hiring managers and delivering an exceptional candidate experience. You will leverage your strong technical acumen and sourcing skills to engage with top-tier talent in a competitive market. Join a fast-paced environment where your contributions will shape the future of hiring and empower the organization to scale effectively. If you thrive in ambiguity and are passionate about building world-class teams, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Equity

Mentorship and networking events

Flexible Time Off

Work From Home budget

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical recruiting experience with strong acumen in engineering domains.
• Ability to engage deeply with candidates and build hiring processes.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting across engineering and technical teams.
• Develop creative sourcing strategies to attract top technical talent.

Skills

Technical Recruiting

Communication Skills

Sourcing Strategies

Data Analysis

Relationship Building

Agility in Ambiguity

Tools

Greenhouse

Gem

Job description

Vercel’s Frontend Cloud provides the developer experience and infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. Customers like Under Armour, eBay, The Washington Post, Johnson & Johnson, and Zapier use Vercel to build dynamic user experiences on the web.

At Vercel, our mission is to enable the world to ship the best products and that goes hand in hand with creating an environment where you can do the best work of your life.

About the Role:

Vercel’s talent team is lean, fast-moving, and deeply embedded in the business. We’re looking for a Technical Recruiter to help scale our most critical technical orgs — including Engineering, Product, Data, Security, and IT.

This isn’t a plug-and-play recruiting role. You’ll have the freedom to drive projects and iterate quickly, while partnering deeply with our EPD orgs to build world-class teams. If you’re someone who thinks like a builder, acts with urgency, and knows how to close top-tier talent — you’ll thrive here.

What You Will Do:

1. Own full-cycle recruiting across our engineering org (Edge Networking, Compute, CI/CD, Platform Engineering, and beyond), as well as technical teams like Product, Security, IT, and Data.
2. Build and manage pipelines for high-priority roles — from individual contributors to leadership.
3. Partner closely with hiring managers and cross-functional leaders to define candidate profiles, shape interview processes, and drive alignment.
4. Develop and execute creative sourcing strategies to attract top technical talent in a competitive market.
5. Use data to identify bottlenecks and optimize for speed and quality throughout the funnel.
6. Deliver a high-signal, high-touch candidate experience from first touch to close.
7. Contribute to how we scale hiring — from process and tooling to employer brand and market positioning.

About You:

1. 5+ years of highly technical recruiting experience, with a proven ability to engage deeply with both engineering and non-engineering domains (e.g. Product, Security, Data, IT).
2. Strong technical acumen — you're able to quickly understand complex engineering concepts and speak credibly with candidates. Experience recruiting for deeply technical products is a big plus.
3. You've built hiring processes from the ground up, especially in newer or scaling functions, and know how to evolve them as the org grows.
4. You’re energized by ambiguity and naturally build structure where needed.
5. You move fast, think like a founder, and operate with high agency.
6. Strong sourcing fundamentals with a creative, targeted approach to outreach.
7. Comfortable using data to guide decisions, identify gaps, and iterate quickly.
8. Excellent communicator and relationship builder — you earn trust with ICs and execs alike.
9. Familiarity with tools like Greenhouse and Gem is a plus.

Competitive compensation package, including equity.

Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.

Flexible Time Off.

We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.

The San Francisco, CA base pay range for this role is $160,000 - $240,000. This salary range is an estimate. Actual salary will be based on job related skills, experience and location. Pay ranges outside San Francisco may be adjusted based on employee location. The total compensation package also includes benefits and equity-based compensation. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your location during the hiring process.

Vercel is committed to fostering and empowering an inclusive community within our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Vercel encourages everyone to apply for our available positions, even if they don't necessarily check every box on the job description.

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