Technical Recruiter

Summary

Join Pearl Talent as a Technical Recruiter and lead end-to-end technical hiring for multiple startup clients. You will develop and execute recruitment strategies, manage the full recruitment cycle, and build sourcing frameworks for hard-to-fill tech roles. This role requires strong technical market fluency, sourcing instincts, and the ability to tailor strategies to each role and company stage. You will partner with clients and hiring managers, ensuring alignment and closing top talent. You will also optimize processes, collect feedback, and leverage data-driven insights to improve efficiency. This remote position offers a competitive compensation package, including a monthly performance bonus, unlimited PTO, and an annual team retreat.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in technical recruitment, with at least 1 year in a leadership, strategy, or mentorship role
• Strong understanding of engineering and product role profiles, stacks, and evaluation methods
• Proven ability to design and adjust sourcing strategies per technical role
• Confident in collaborating with founders, CTOs, and hiring managers to drive alignment and close top talent
• Comfortable working in a remote, fast-paced startup environment

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of recruitment strategies for technical roles (e.g., software engineers, data scientists, PMs, QA, DevOps)
• Manage full-cycle recruitment, including intake, sourcing, screening, technical evaluation coordination, and offer closing
• Identify which sourcing channels, messaging angles, and outbound/inbound strategies are most effective per role, stack, and seniority level
• Stay on top of trends in compensation, remote hiring, skill demand, and talent availability across key regions
• Build and continuously improve sourcing frameworks—tailored Boolean strings, outreach templates, platforms usage—for hard-to-fill tech roles
• Launch and evaluate A/B tests across sourcing methods, outreach copy, and candidate channels to optimize results
• Guide clients through technical role definition, market expectations, and must-have vs. nice-to-have clarifications
• Offer proactive insights on pipeline health, conversion risks, and sourcing pivots; drive clarity and calibration throughout the hiring process
• Ensure assessments, interviews, and role briefs are aligned with role level, stack, and client expectations
• Collect post-hire feedback to improve targeting, role design, and recruiter understanding over time
• Leverage ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, StackOverflow, and other sourcing platforms for insight-driven technical hiring
• Track sourcing effectiveness, conversion rates, and recruiter productivity on tech roles; share insights to drive process improvement

Benefits

• Monthly performance bonus
• Fully remote, forever
• Annual team retreat
• Unlimited PTO