[Hiring] Technical Recruiter @Hyphenate

Role Description

Hyphenate is hiring an India-based Technical Recruiter to own outbound sourcing and closing for U.S. software engineering and technical roles. This is a hands-on, outbound-first sourcing role for someone who has already closed engineering hires for a U.S. product company and is comfortable running cold outreach at volume.

Work Schedule & Hours

• This is a remote role based in India that supports a U.S. hiring team.
• 6-day work week: The role operates on a six-day schedule (Monday through Saturday).
• Late India-time hours: Working hours are shifted later in the day (IST) to provide meaningful overlap with U.S. business hours for candidate calls, hiring-team syncs, and scheduling.
• Flexibility on both sides: Exact hours will be agreed with the Head of Talent and may flex around candidate availability across U.S. time zones.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end sourcing and outbound recruitment for U.S.-based software engineering and technical roles.
• Design and run outbound campaigns — cold email sequences and cold calling — to build qualified candidate pipelines.
• Use AI-enabled sourcing tools to identify, enrich, and prioritize candidate lists.
• Manage candidate communication end-to-end: outreach, screening, scheduling, and pipeline updates.
• Partner closely with the hiring team to refine sourcing criteria based on candidate quality and market feedback.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of full-cycle recruiting experience at a fast-growing, U.S.-based startup (seed through Series B).
• Startup experience must be from a product company — SaaS, AI agents, or enterprise software. E-commerce and non-product companies do not qualify.
• Track record of having sourced and closed multiple U.S.-based software engineering roles — this is a minimum bar, not a nice-to-have.
• Strong, demonstrated experience with outbound recruitment: cold email campaigns and cold calling. Inbound recruiting experience is a plus but not required.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Comfortable using AI tools as part of the day-to-day sourcing workflow.
• Able to commit to a 6-day work week with late India-time hours aligned to U.S. business hours.
• Consistent, stable work history — frequent unexplained employment gaps will not meet the bar.

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Familiarity with modern AI-powered sourcing platforms such as Juicebox or MetaView.
• Experience with sourcing/outreach tools commonly used for U.S. technical hiring, such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, hireEZ (formerly Hiretual), SeekOut, GitHub (with tools like Octohunt), and Wellfound (formerly AngelList Talent).

Compensation & Benefits

• Very competitive pay.
• Compensation benchmarked well above market for the role and experience level.
• Performance-based bonus: Additional earnings tied to hiring outcomes and pipeline quality.

Hiring Process

• Round 1 — Screening: Introductory conversation with the Hyphenate Head of Talent.
• Round 2 — Task: A short take-home exercise (a few hours) to assess sourcing approach and output.
• Round 3 — Paid Work Trial: Successful candidates move to a one-week, paid work trial using Hyphenate's own tools and live requisitions.
• Final Round: A closing conversation with Hyphenate leadership.