Principal Technical Recruiter

Amplitude • San Francisco, CA

4d • $200,000 - $275,000 • Onsite

About The Position

This is a heavy engineering recruiting role. While your primary focus will be scaling our world-class engineering organization, you will also be called upon to leverage your expertise to support Product and Design hiring as needed.
You will manage full-cycle recruiting for complex, high-impact roles, including:
Engineering: Principal Engineers, Engineering Managers, Data Engineering Leaders, and specialized roles in ML/AI.
Product & Design: Senior/Group Product Managers, Director-level roles, and Senior Product Designers.

Requirements

• Experience: 15+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, with a significant portion of that time spent in a fast-paced, high-growth technology company.
• Engineering Focus: A proven track record of successfully closing high-demand, senior-level Engineering talent.
• Strategic Mindset: Ability to operate as a talent advisor who understands the "why" behind a hire, not just the "who."
• Tech Stack Fluency:
• ATS: Expert-level proficiency with Greenhouse and Ashby.
• AI Fluency: You use Claude, Gemini, or other AI tools as part of your day-to-day to accelerate your work and drive efficiency.
• Communication: Exceptional negotiation and executive presence skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership and manage intricate offer structures.
• Ownership: A demonstrated ability to drive hiring for critical roles independently with minimal supervision.

Nice To Haves

• FDE Familiarity: Experience hiring Forward Deployed Engineers is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Strategic & Operational Advisory: Act as a high-level consultant to executive hiring managers, providing data-driven insights on market trends, compensation landscape, and organizational design.
• Source and Strategize: Design and execute advanced, creative sourcing strategies to build diverse pipelines of highly sought-after, passive senior candidates.
• Full-Cycle Management: Lead the entire recruitment process from the initial executive intake meeting through to complex offer negotiations and closing.
• AI-Driven Efficiency: Integrate AI tools (Claude, Gemini, etc.) into your daily workflow to accelerate sourcing, communication, and process management.
• Candidate Experience: Ensure an exceptional, polished experience at every stage, serving as a sophisticated ambassador for Amplitude's culture.

Benefits

• Excellent ​M​edical, ​D​ental and ​V​ision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee ​M​edical, ​D​ental,​ ​​​​​​​​Vision on select plans
• Flexible time off, ​p​aid holidays, and more
• Generous stipends to spend on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness (monthly), commuter transit/parking (monthly), learning and development (quarterly), home office equipment (annual), and much more
• Excellent Parental benefits including​:​ 12-20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support, Back-up Child Care support
• Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy Sessions and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program​ (ESPP)​

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed