Lead Technical Recruiter
About The Position
Orkes is building the modern workflow orchestration platform for distributed applications, helping engineering teams simplify complex systems, automate workflows, and build reliable cloud-native applications at scale. Built on the open-source Conductor project, we're growing rapidly and scaling a world-class engineering organization alongside our go-to-market teams. We're looking for an experienced Lead Technical Recruiter to help us attract exceptional technical and commercial talent during our next stage of growth. As our Lead Technical Recruiter, you'll partner closely with our HR Manager and executive leadership to build the teams that will shape the future of Orkes. This is a highly strategic, hands-on recruiting role. You'll own full-cycle recruiting for technical and go-to-market hiring while helping establish scalable recruiting practices for a fast-growing startup. We're looking for someone who loves sourcing difficult-to-find talent, understands competitive hiring markets, and enjoys partnering directly with hiring managers to build exceptional teams.
Requirements
- 6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience
- Experience recruiting for venture-backed startups or high-growth SaaS companies
- Proven success hiring Software Engineers, Platform Engineers, Infrastructure Engineers, and Engineering Leaders
- Experience recruiting Go-to-Market talent, including Enterprise Account Executives and technical customer-facing roles
- Strong sourcing expertise using LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, referrals, networking, and creative outbound strategies
- Experience hiring senior technical talent including Staff and Principal Engineers
- Excellent stakeholder management and hiring manager partnership skills
- Strong understanding of today's technical hiring landscape
Nice To Haves
- Experience recruiting in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, AI, developer tools, or enterprise software
- Experience supporting organizations scaling from early-stage startup through rapid growth
- Familiarity with engineering career leveling and technical interview processes
Responsibilities
- Own Technical Recruiting: Lead full-cycle recruiting for Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Solutions Engineering, Product, and Technical Leadership roles
- Recruit senior-level individual contributors, including Senior, Staff, and Principal Engineers
- Build pipelines for difficult-to-fill technical positions through proactive sourcing and networking
- Support GTM Hiring: Recruit for strategic Go-to-Market positions including: Enterprise Account Executives, Sales Engineers, Customer Success, Solutions Architects, Technical Support Leadership
- Build Talent Pipelines: Develop proactive sourcing strategies rather than relying solely on inbound applicants
- Build relationships with passive candidates across engineering and enterprise software communities
- Maintain healthy talent pipelines for future hiring needs
- Partner with Hiring Leaders: Advise hiring managers on market trends, compensation, and candidate availability
- Run effective intake meetings and develop recruiting strategies for each search
- Drive interview processes and deliver an exceptional candidate experience
- Improve Recruiting Operations: Manage candidate pipelines and ATS workflows
- Continuously improve recruiting processes, reporting, and hiring efficiency
- Partner with agencies when needed while prioritizing internally sourced talent
- Help establish scalable recruiting best practices as the company grows
Benefits
- Competitive salary, equity, and benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
