[Hiring] Agency Recruiter, Software @Recruiting From Scratch

Role Description

We are hiring a Technical Recruiter to lead complex software engineering searches from intake through accepted offer.

• Partner directly with hiring managers.
• Develop sourcing strategies.
• Evaluate technical talent.
• Manage candidate and client relationships.
• Close competitive searches.
• Own full-cycle searches for senior and staff software engineers at competitive, well-funded technology companies.
• Lead intake conversations to produce a real search strategy.
• Evaluate engineers credibly by reading résumés, LinkedIn profiles, or GitHub repositories.
• Explain and defend assessments to technical hiring managers.
• Build and manage pipelines through targeted outbound, referrals, and our proprietary candidate database.
• Use modern AI-assisted sourcing tools to research markets and identify candidates.
• Stay current on modern software development and AI's impact on engineering teams.
• Run thoughtful candidate processes, including preparation, feedback, compensation alignment, offer management, counteroffers, and closing.
• Maintain clear, accurate pipeline data for clients and teammates.
• Turn learnings into better scorecards, sourcing strategies, screening criteria, and recruiting processes.

Qualifications

• A track record recruiting software engineers in an agency, executive-search, or high-growth startup environment.
• Demonstrated production, including placements made, fees or gross profit earned, and offers closed.
• Strong technical screening ability.
• Genuine curiosity about software, AI, and modern engineering.
• Experience building targeted sourcing strategies.
• Consultative written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong candidate management and closing skills.
• Comfort working independently in a remote environment.
• High standards for candidate experience, data quality, and follow-through.

Requirements

• Experience recruiting across adjacent technical functions, including data, infrastructure, machine learning, product, or hardware.
• Experience hiring for venture-backed startups.
• A computer science background or previous engineering experience.
• Fluency with modern ATS platforms and AI-assisted recruiting workflows.

Benefits

• The base salary for this position is $50,000–$80,000, depending on experience, plus uncapped commission.
• On-target earnings are approximately $120,000, with no ceiling for top performers.
• Commission structure rewards placements and fee production rather than raw submission volume.
• This is a full-time, remote position for candidates based in the United States.