Senior Technical Recruiter - Engineering Leadership

Summary

Join TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence company, as a Senior Technical Recruiter to lead hiring for the Engineering Leadership team. You will own the full lifecycle of engineering leadership searches, design bespoke search strategies, build talent pipelines, partner with executives to define excellence, and deliver data-driven insights. This high-impact role requires 7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting with a focus on engineering leaders in high-growth startups. You must demonstrate expertise in sourcing tools, Boolean searches, and building high-conversion pipelines. The ideal candidate is comfortable in fast-paced environments, data-literate, and possesses executive presence. TRM Labs offers a fully remote work environment with structured alignment, weekly syncs, and a commitment to refining best practices. The company prioritizes a fast-paced, high-impact work environment with generous benefits, including PTO, holidays, and parental leave.

Requirements

• 7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting, with 3+ years focused on hiring Engineering Leaders in high-growth US-based startups or fast-scaling companies
• Proven ability to run bespoke search strategies: you know how to find needles in haystacks and can explain how you got there
• Deep experience with sourcing tools, Boolean searches, org chart mapping, and building out high-conversion leadership pipelines
• Comfort operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments—you move fast, recalibrate often, and thrive with little hand-holding
• Data-literate: You leverage funnel metrics, candidate feedback, and market trends to improve outcomes and guide hiring teams
• Executive presence and storytelling: You can speak founder-to-founder and craft compelling narratives that resonate with senior technical leaders

Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of engineering leadership searches—Senior Manager to VP level—including calibration, sourcing, interviewing, offer negotiation, and onboarding transitions
• Design and drive bespoke search strategies for deeply technical and often niche leadership roles across infrastructure, security, platform, product, and data
• Build and manage pipelines of passive leadership talent, mapping org charts, leading proactive outreach, and developing strategic sequencing
• Partner with founders and executives to define what excellence looks like and shape TRM’s leadership bar through scorecards, rubrics, and interview design
• Deliver data-driven insights to continuously refine search direction, improve conversion rates, and enable faster, better decisions
• Champion a world-class candidate experience, acting as a thought partner to senior-level candidates navigating multiple high-stakes opportunities

Benefits

• PTO
• Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Remote work