Recruiter

Harper
San Francisco, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-to-senior level technical recruiters who can build talent pipelines and collaborate closely with hiring managers.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in full-cycle technical recruiting and a track record of sourcing top-tier engineers
    — “3–7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience”
  • Individuals who can authentically represent a company's technical story and product to candidates
    — “Develop a strong understanding of Harper's product, technology, team, and story”
  • Recruiters who can work collaboratively with hiring managers and challenge them on talent decisions
    — “Comfortable challenging hiring managers and bringing a point of view on talent”

Things to consider

  • The role demands high urgency while maintaining candidate experience and hiring quality
    — “High urgency without sacrificing candidate experience or hiring quality”
  • Candidates must be data-driven and disciplined in managing recruitment pipelines
    — “Data-driven and disciplined about pipeline management”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to source passive candidates through non-traditional methods
    — “Proactively identify and engage passive candidates through LinkedIn, GitHub, referrals”
  • Demonstrate your understanding of technical roles and how to evaluate candidates effectively
    — “Ability to understand technical roles well enough to credibly engage and evaluate candidates”
  • Showcase your experience in high-growth startups and your ability to adapt to evolving processes
    — “ideally including experience at a high-growth startup”
  • Emphasize your ability to partner with hiring managers and influence hiring decisions
    — “Partner with hiring managers to make fast, thoughtful hiring decisions”
  • Demonstrate your ability to use recruiting data to refine and improve search strategies
    — “use recruiting data to identify where searches are working or getting stuck”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • build strong technical pipelines
  • hiring managers trust judgment
  • candidates have an excellent experience
Typical background
technical recruitingfull-cycle recruiting

Skills & requirements

Required

Full-cycle RecruitingTechnical RecruitingSourcing CandidatesCandidate ManagementClosing SkillsCommunication And Relationship-building

Preferred

Data-driven Pipeline ManagementExperience In A Startup

About the role

Original posting from Harper via Ashby

About the Role

We’re looking for a Technical Recruiter to help us hire exceptional engineers and technical talent. You’ll own searches end-to-end: developing the hiring strategy, sourcing candidates, running the process, partnering with hiring managers, and closing candidates.

This isn't a role where success is measured by sending large numbers of LinkedIn messages. We want someone who can understand what makes an exceptional technical candidate, develop creative ways to find them, and build the relationships necessary to bring them to Harper.

What You’ll Do

  • Own full-cycle recruiting for engineering and other technical roles.
  • Partner with technical leaders to deeply understand roles, hiring profiles, and what distinguishes an exceptional candidate.
  • Build sourcing strategies for difficult-to-fill technical positions.
  • Proactively identify and engage passive candidates through LinkedIn, GitHub, referrals, networks, events, and other creative channels.
  • Conduct recruiter screens and assess candidates for motivation, experience, communication, and alignment with Harper.
  • Build and maintain strong technical talent pipelines.
  • Manage candidates throughout the recruiting process and maintain high engagement.
  • Partner with hiring managers to make fast, thoughtful hiring decisions.
  • Drive offer strategy and help close competitive candidates.
  • Maintain accurate pipeline information and use recruiting data to identify where searches are working or getting stuck.
  • Develop a strong understanding of Harper's product, technology, team, and story so you can credibly represent the company to technical candidates.
  • Help improve interview processes and hiring standards as the company scales.

What We’re Looking For

  • 3–7+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, ideally including experience at a high-growth startup.
  • Demonstrated success recruiting software engineers and other highly sought-after technical talent.
  • Excellent sourcing skills and the ability to find candidates beyond obvious inbound channels.
  • Ability to understand technical roles well enough to credibly engage and evaluate candidates.
  • Strong candidate management and closing skills.
  • High urgency without sacrificing candidate experience or hiring quality.
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
  • Comfortable challenging hiring managers and bringing a point of view on talent.
  • Data-driven and disciplined about pipeline management.
  • Comfortable working in an environment with ambitious hiring goals and evolving processes.

What Success Looks Like

You consistently build strong technical pipelines, hiring managers trust your judgment, candidates have an excellent experience, and Harper hires exceptional technical talent faster without lowering the bar.

Source: Harper careers (Ashby)

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