Technical Recruiter

Retool•San Francisco, CA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

In this role, you’ll be on the front lines of hiring high-impact talent across technical teams. As Retool continues to grow and power mission-critical tools for some of the world’s biggest and best teams, you’ll play a key role in shaping the people who build the tools that drive our customers’ success. You’ll partner closely with technical leaders to lead full-cycle recruiting, from sourcing, and pipeline strategy through closing candidates. You’ll develop a deep understanding of Retool’s product, customers, and vision, and translate that into a compelling story for candidates. Along the way, you’ll bring best practices to hiring, iterate on what’s working, and use data and metrics to guide decisions and surface risks early. Beyond managing pipelines, you’ll act as a trusted and strategic thought partner to hiring managers at varying stages of growth. You’ll help them define roles, calibrate talent, and build teams that can scale effectively—ultimately ensuring the organization has the people it needs to execute on Retool’s ambitious goals.

Requirements

3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience on the engineering side, ideally in a fast-paced or high-growth environment
Comfortable working in ambiguity, and helping hiring teams build structure and excellent recruiting practices
Strong stakeholder management skills, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with candidates and internal stakeholders
Understanding of recruiting metrics, conversions, and a constant desire to improve how we operate
Past experience and demonstrated success closing candidates
A genuine interest in diversity and inclusion that you imbed into your recruiting practices
A business-first attitude, and desire to join a small, ambitious team

Responsibilities

Own the full-cycle recruiting process for technical roles from kickoff and sourcing through offer close, and in close partnership with leadership, hiring managers, and recruiting peers
Build and maintain strong pipelines of talent using creative, non-traditional sourcing strategies, competitive mapping, and strategic outreach
Use recruiting metrics to guide your work, interpret pipeline health, surface risks, and present insights to hiring partners
Drive hiring decisions by acting as a trusted advisor during calibration, debriefs, and final decision-making
Create exceptional candidate experiences by clearly communicating Retool’s product, mission, and market opportunity
Collaborate closely with Recruiting Operations, coordinators, and recruiting teammates to ensure a smooth, consistent, and scalable hiring process
Contribute to building a diverse, high-performing organization aligned with Retool’s long-term growth goals