Senior Technical Recruiter

Glean • Mountain View, CA

4d • $135,000 - $175,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Glean is seeking a strategic, thoughtful, and effective Senior Technical Recruiter to build teams shaping the future of enterprise AI. The recruiter will partner with technical leaders across engineering, product, infrastructure, machine learning, security, and other functions to translate business priorities into hiring strategies, advise on talent markets, create strong candidate experiences, and support high-quality hiring decisions.

The role owns full-cycle recruiting for high-impact technical searches, from intake and market mapping through sourcing, assessment, closing, and onboarding handoff. The recruiter will develop talent pipelines, use recruiting data and market intelligence to guide decisions, maintain accurate recruiting systems, and apply AI tools and automation thoughtfully. They will also contribute to recruiting programs, employer brand initiatives, talent communities, and scalable team practices, while sharing knowledge and mentoring teammates.

This is a hybrid role requiring four days per week in Glean’s Mountain View office. The standard base salary range is $135,000–$175,000 annually. Compensation may also include variable compensation, equity, and benefits, depending on the role. Glean offers medical, vision, and dental coverage, a generous time-off policy, a 401(k) plan, a home-office improvement stipend, annual education and wellness stipends, company events, and daily lunches. The interview process includes a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience.
• Track record of recruiting and closing exceptional technical talent in one or more areas such as software engineering, machine learning, infrastructure, security, data, product, or technical leadership.
• Ability to build trust with experienced hiring managers, ask thoughtful questions, respectfully challenge assumptions, and clarify ambiguous searches.
• Ability to build targeted talent maps, engage passive candidates, and use creative sourcing approaches.
• Strong candidate judgment, critical thinking, analytical ability, and reasoned decision-making.
• Strong organization and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining momentum and quality.
• Ability to use data to understand recruiting performance, identify patterns, and inform decisions.
• Ownership, adaptability, learning agility, and follow-through in changing or ambiguous environments.
• Commitment to candidate experience and inclusive recruiting processes.
• Curiosity about AI and motivation to experiment with and incorporate AI into recruiting work.
• Collaborative approach and interest in improving recruiting team systems, practices, and experience.

Nice To Haves

• Technical recruiting experience at a high-growth technology company or in a similarly complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers and technical leaders to understand business goals, team structures, role requirements, and success capabilities.
• Develop and execute recruiting strategies for technical searches across engineering, product, machine learning, infrastructure, security, data, technical program management, and related functions.
• Own the full recruiting lifecycle, from intake and market mapping through sourcing, assessment, closing, and onboarding handoff.
• Build pipelines of active and passive candidates through research, outreach, referrals, communities, events, and other sourcing channels.
• Advise hiring teams on talent markets, compensation expectations, competitive dynamics, candidate motivations, and search tradeoffs.
• Define candidate profiles, calibrate interview processes, improve signal quality, and maintain a consistent hiring bar with hiring teams.
• Provide a timely, transparent, inclusive, and compelling candidate experience.
• Use recruiting data and market intelligence to identify risks, improve funnel health, guide prioritization, and communicate progress and recommendations.
• Maintain accurate recruiting systems and documentation.
• Use AI tools and automation to improve research, sourcing, candidate communication, workflow efficiency, and decision quality while preserving sound judgment and a human-centered experience.
• Contribute to recruiting programs, employer brand initiatives, talent communities, and operating mechanisms that strengthen Glean’s reputation in the technical talent market.
• Share knowledge, mentor teammates, and help establish effective recruiting practices as scalable team standards.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Generous time-off policy.
• Opportunity to contribute to a 401(k) plan.
• Home-office improvement stipend.
• Annual education stipend.
• Annual wellness stipend.
• Regular company events.
• Healthy lunches provided daily.
• Competitive compensation; certain roles may also be eligible for variable compensation and equity.

What This Job Offers

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