Job Description
Technical Recruiter
Contract
San Francisco, CA | Montreal, Quebec | Remote
Our vision is to build the next generation platform to enable easy and fast creation of audio and video content powered by cutting-edge AI. Toward the tail end of 2022, Descript hit two large milestones; we’ve raised a $50 million Series C led by OpenAI, and introduced a massive product release in Storyboard.
We’re now searching for a Technical Recruiter to join our team on a contract basis. In this role, you will be responsible for sourcing and recruiting top-tier technical talent for our growing organization. As a Technical Recruiter, you’ll be the go-to resource for your candidates, interviewers, and Hiring Managers. You’ll partner with hiring teams to deliver an experience for candidates and HMs that demonstrates a balance of thoughtfulness and efficiency. Ideally, you love the deep searches for domain experts and hard-to-find candidates, and you’re energized by following the wild world of AI!
Day-to-day
- Partner with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and develop recruiting strategies to attract top-tier technical talent
- Utilize various sourcing strategies to identify and engage with potential candidates, including but not limited to job boards, social media, employee referrals, and networking events
- Calibrate on open jobs and quickly generate multiple pipelines of high quality, diverse candidates
- Assess profiles and resumes through the lens of the hiring teams and act as an accurate first filter for candidate evaluations
- Become the face of great candidate experiences as you lead the interview processes and drive interview feedback with all stakeholders, constantly staying mindful for what’s next with everyone
- Build meaningful relationships with your candidates based on trust, knowledge and service, so that you can become a trusted advisor when career decisions are made
- Provide regular updates to hiring managers on candidate progress and collaborate with the team to identify areas for improvement in the recruiting process
- Create and maintain a pipeline of candidates for future hiring needs
Qualifications
- 3+ years of Recruiting experience for Software Engineers – this could be 3 years of Sourcing experience if you are looking to learn more about closing.
- Proven experience with niche sourcing – Ex. Security SWE, Video SWE, SRE, Research and ML Engineers
- Comfortable with high-volume sourcing, great track record of filling assigned roles
- Motivated to bring a DEI lens to every hiring decision
- Excellent communication skills – you’re comfortable code-switching between selling, evangelizing, facilitating, and storytelling. You’re reliable and quick, but also you’re comfortable naming when something may take longer than you initially expected!
- Your Recruiting decisions are rooted in data – you don’t have to guess what’s working and not
- Experience with an ATS, ideally Greenhouse
Nice to have
- Experience at a Series A or B startup
- Experience in Recruiting Operations or Coordination
- Excited about creative tools and AI
The pay range for this role is $55-65/hour. Final rates will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, location, and may vary from the amount above.