Technical Recruiter - Contractor (Remote)

Playlist

10h•Remote

About The Position

Playlist is building a platform for intentional living, connecting people with experiences in fitness, wellness, and beyond. The Technical Recruiter supports the growth of Playlist’s technical talent pipeline and manages external candidates through the full recruitment lifecycle, including stakeholder partnership, sourcing, interviewing, and offer negotiation. The role serves as a subject matter expert on recruiting best practices, emerging trends, and strategic sourcing methodologies. This contractor role focuses on strategic hiring for high-impact software engineering and technical positions. The recruiter works closely with candidates, hiring managers, leadership, and People & Culture Business Partners to meet hiring goals, maintain recruiting systems and processes, and provide data-informed updates on talent availability and position status. The position is remote, with travel once per year for a talent acquisition team meetup.

Requirements

2–4 years of experience working in technical recruiting.
Demonstrated ability to proactively identify and hire top talent.
Experience developing recruiting strategies that contribute to company-wide hiring goals.
Technical familiarity with commonly used programming languages, systems architecture, IT networking, and hardware and software tools.
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and commitment to continuous improvement.
Ability to prioritize and execute a plan.
Ability to proactively network and establish effective working relationships with candidates and coworkers.
Strong self-awareness and emotional intelligence; approachable, patient, helpful, and calm under challenging circumstances.
Willingness to travel once per year to a talent acquisition team meetup.

Responsibilities

Manage full-cycle recruitment for external candidates, focusing on strategic hiring for high-impact software engineering and technical roles.
Serve as candidates’ primary contact and screen for availability, interest, salary range, relocation needs, visa status, and basic qualifications.
Assist leadership in developing strategies that contribute to company-wide hiring goals.
Present data to stakeholders to demonstrate understanding of talent pools for hard-to-fill positions.
Evaluate candidates’ job experience, education, skills, training, organizational fit, and future potential.
Build and maintain recruiting funnels by proactively identifying and developing relationships with hard-to-find talent.
Provide candidates with information about company culture, compensation, benefits, policies, and procedures.
Build relationships with hiring managers to understand, anticipate, and meet hiring requirements.
Maintain the Greenhouse applicant tracking system.
Ensure compliance with established procedures and applicable laws.
Partner effectively with People & Culture Business Partners.
Provide regular position-status reports and present data and solutions as needed.
Handle challenging and sensitive personnel situations confidentially and with sound judgment.