[Remote] Technical Recruiter

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Recruiting from Scratch is a software-driven technical recruiting firm that helps technology companies hire software engineering, AI, product, and technical talent. The Senior Technical Recruiter will lead full-cycle searches for senior and staff-level software engineers, partnering with founders and hiring managers on sourcing, technical evaluation, candidate management, and closing.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle searches for senior and staff-level software engineers at competitive, well-funded technology companies
• Lead intake conversations that produce a clear search strategy, including the technical bar, target companies, likely tradeoffs, and candidate scorecard
• Evaluate engineers credibly by understanding what they built, the scope of their ownership, the technical environment, and the difference between senior- and staff-level impact
• Explain and defend candidate assessments to technical hiring managers
• Build focused pipelines through targeted outbound sourcing, referrals, market research, and our proprietary candidate database—not LinkedIn Recruiter alone
• Use modern AI-assisted sourcing and research tools to identify candidates and work more efficiently
• Manage thoughtful candidate processes, including preparation, feedback, compensation alignment, offer management, counteroffers, and closing
• Maintain accurate pipeline data so clients and teammates always understand where a search stands
• Stay current on software development, AI, and the changing signals of exceptional engineering performance
• Turn what you learn into stronger scorecards, sourcing strategies, screening criteria, and recruiting processes
• Making consistent, high-quality placements
• Earning the trust of candidates and hiring managers
• Producing focused pipelines instead of unnecessary volume
• Closing competitive candidates effectively
• Keeping searches organized and moving forward
• Improving how the broader team evaluates and recruits technical talent

Skills

• A successful track record recruiting software engineers in an agency, executive-search, or high-growth startup environment
• Demonstrated production, including placements made, offers closed, and fees or gross profit generated
• Strong technical screening ability. You can distinguish between senior- and staff-level engineering scope and explain your assessment in concrete technical terms
• Experience developing targeted sourcing strategies instead of relying on high-volume outreach
• Strong candidate management and closing skills, particularly when candidates are considering multiple offers
• Consultative written and verbal communication, with the credibility to advise engineers, founders, and hiring managers
• Genuine curiosity about software, AI, and modern engineering organizations
• The ability to work independently in a remote, transparent, and performance-oriented environment
• High standards for candidate experience, data quality, organization, and follow-through
• This is a full-time, remote position open to candidates based in the United States
• Recruiting across adjacent technical functions such as machine learning, data, infrastructure, product, or hardware
• Hiring for venture-backed startups, including founding and early engineering teams
• A computer science background, previous engineering experience, or experience building technical projects
• Familiarity with modern ATS platforms, sourcing tools, and AI-assisted recruiting workflows

Benefits

• Uncapped commission
• Full-time, remote position open to candidates based in the United States

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