[Hiring] Senior Technical Recruiter @Vanta

Role Description

As a Sr. Technical Recruiter, you’ll own Engineering hiring across a company & global scope. This role will closely partner with senior stakeholder relationships, represent Vanta’s talent brand, and play a vital role in scaling our critical engineering teams worldwide.

You’ll operate as a strategic partner to engineering leaders—shaping hiring strategy, setting assessment standards, representing Vanta’s talent brand in the market, and closing top-tier technical talent in highly competitive environments.

What you’ll do as a Sr. Technical Recruiter at Vanta:

• Own full-cycle recruiting for engineering roles: identify and engage top talent through various channels.
• Extend offers and successfully negotiate to close hires; providing candidates with an excellent experience from initiation through to their first day.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders: influence hiring strategy, role intakes, prioritization, and trade-offs in alignment with business outcomes.
• Set and uphold a high bar for technical hiring: design and calibrate candidate assessments in partnership with engineering leadership.
• Use data to drive decisions: tracking and analyzing funnel health, talent pool effectiveness, and hiring velocity to continuously improve hiring efficiencies.
• Represent and evolve Vanta’s engineering talent brand: ensuring candidates experience a thoughtful, high-signal, and respectful recruiting process.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in full-cycle technical recruiting focused on engineering, preferably within a high-growth and fast-paced environment.
• Deep understanding of the engineering landscape: you can credibly speak to backend, frontend, distributed systems, and infrastructure roles.
• Experience partnering with technical hiring managers and translating business needs into effective hiring strategies.
• Sourcing and market intelligence: Deep understanding of the technical talent landscape, including role scarcity, competitive dynamics, and evolving skill sets.
• Brings strong analytical and critical thinking skills to recruiting decisions and process design.
• Naturally curious and continuously learning; seeks to understand the “why,” not just the “what.” We value a strong growth mindset.
• Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for current or future employer sponsorship.

Benefits

• Industry-competitive salary and equity.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of employee-only benefit premiums covered for most medical plans.
• 16 weeks paid Parental Leave for all new parents.
• Health & wellness stipend.
• Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend.
• Commuter benefits for team members who report to the SF and NYC office.
• Family planning benefits.
• Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting.
• Flexible PTO policy, plus 80 hours of Sick Time.
• 11 company-paid holidays.
• Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!
• Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney.