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Harper (YC W25) is seeking a Technical Recruiter to lead full-cycle recruiting for engineering and other technical roles. You will own the entire hiring process from strategy development through candidate close, partnering closely with technical leaders and hiring managers to identify and attract exceptional technical talent.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own full-cycle recruiting for engineering and technical positions, developing hiring strategies and sourcing approaches
- Partner with technical leaders to understand role requirements, hiring profiles, and what distinguishes exceptional candidates
- Build sourcing strategies for difficult-to-fill technical positions using LinkedIn, GitHub, referrals, networks, events, and creative channels
- Proactively identify and engage passive candidates
- Conduct recruiter screens and assess candidates for motivation, experience, communication, and cultural alignment
- Build and maintain strong technical talent pipelines
- Manage candidates throughout the recruiting process with high engagement
- Partner with hiring managers on fast, thoughtful hiring decisions
- Drive offer strategy and help close competitive candidates
- Maintain accurate pipeline data and use recruiting metrics to identify bottlenecks and successes
- Develop deep understanding of Harper's product, technology, team, and story to credibly represent the company
- Help improve interview processes and hiring standards as the company scales
Success is measured by consistently building strong technical pipelines, earning hiring manager trust, delivering excellent candidate experience, and enabling Harper to hire exceptional talent faster without lowering standards.
Requirements:
- 3–7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, ideally at a high-growth startup
- Demonstrated success recruiting software engineers and other highly sought-after technical talent
- Excellent sourcing skills with ability to find candidates beyond obvious inbound channels
- Ability to understand technical roles well enough to credibly engage and evaluate candidates
- Strong candidate management and closing skills
- High urgency balanced with candidate experience and hiring quality
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
- Comfortable challenging hiring managers and bringing a point of view on talent
- Data-driven and disciplined about pipeline management
- Comfortable working in an environment with ambitious hiring goals and evolving processes
