Senior Technical Recruiter

Anduril Industries • Reston, VA

13d • Hybrid

About The Position

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming military capabilities with advanced technology. We aim to bring the innovation of 21st-century companies to the defense industry, revolutionizing how military systems are designed, built, and sold. Our systems are powered by Lattice OS, an AI-driven operating system providing real-time command and control. In an era of strategic competition, Anduril is dedicated to rapidly deploying cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology. As a vital member of the Intelligence Systems recruiting team, you will manage talent acquisition during a period of significant company growth. This hands-on role requires collaboration with leaders and individual contributors to define hiring needs. You will have the autonomy and resources to execute our strategy for building and developing a world-class team. We seek an individual who can manage high levels of ownership, handle all aspects of recruiting, and thrive in a small team environment where no task is too big or too small. This position will concentrate on software recruiting for the Intelligence Systems Business Line.

Requirements

• 9+ years experience recruiting and sourcing for technical roles and closing top tier engineering talent (startup/software experience preferred).
• 9+ years leading recruitment for software engineering teams, including full-stack, backend, frontend, mobile, or infrastructure engineers.
• 9+ years of client interaction experience, including working with Hiring Managers and Directors, taking new requirements, reviewing profiles and updating pipeline progress.
• Experience acting in a consultative manner where your guidance has led to improved outcomes, and a positive candidate experience, while earning the respect of your peers and clients.
• Strong understanding of the technical skills and experience required for Engineering positions within the business, including modern programming languages, frameworks, and software development methodologies.
• Clear and effective communication with candidates to understand motivation, drivers, and fit within the organization.
• Experience managing various funnels of candidates and keeping track of their progress throughout the recruitment process.
• Experience with applicant tracking and HRIS systems.
• Experience with software interview techniques and applicant screening methods.
• Familiar with a wide variety of sourcing avenues.

Nice To Haves

• Are self-sufficient and are able to work with little direct supervision.
• Ability to work on-site in Reston and Washington, D.C.
• Resilient and creative – ideal candidates will be flexible enough to face routine obstacles, trouble shoot, and create a solution on the fly.
• Attention and Communication – ideal candidates will be direct and succinct. They will share information in a timely and efficient manner, improving collaboration and productivity, while practicing active listening and engagement with intent.
• Ownership – Be accountable for your universe and in tune with the business. Everyone on this team takes full responsibility for helping Anduril achieve its mission. That means seeking to improve all aspects of our company even in ways that are not explicitly part of our job while leveling up anything you can directly impact in realtime.
• Low ego, high curiosity – Value learning over being right. Embraces delivering and receiving candid feedback, and see every setback as an opportunity to iterate and improve.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor recruitment efforts for software engineering teams, sharing best practices and driving consistency across technical hiring.
• Establish deep trust and partnership with business leaders to help influence talent strategy while executing on hiring deliverables.
• Move fast, with a process for consistently sourcing, tracking and maintaining a high volume of candidates while maintaining open lines of communication with stakeholders.
• Build trust through consistency and a strong operating rhythm in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders to help scale and manage company growth.
• Embed yourself into the business and into your teams to understand the product positioning and market fit, technical roadmap, and culture of the team.
• Develop a strong understanding of the mission while learning how to effectively pitch the team and opportunity, ultimately closing exceptional technical talent for the organization.
• Track and analyze pipeline and performance data to gain insights into areas of opportunity and translate that into a data-driven narrative that enables increased momentum.
• Build recruiting strategies that contribute to the long-range growth of the company, implementing best practices around referrals and process improvements where needed.
• Act as a subject matter expert in prospecting techniques and tools used for information retrieval, data extraction, web-scraping, continuous process improvement, process automation, and candidate management.
• Conduct interviews of potential candidates, demonstrating ability to anticipate hiring manager preferences through high interview-to-offer ratios.
• Engage passive candidates using Linkedin Recruiter, Gem, Boolean strings, referral and SOBO campaigns.
• Provide a consistent and positive candidate experience throughout the entire recruiting process with proactive communication and engagement.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including: Benefits At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

What This Job Offers

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