Experience recruiting Go-to-Market talent including Enterprise Account Executives
Strong sourcing expertise using LinkedIn Recruiter and creative outbound strategies
Excellent stakeholder management and hiring manager partnership skills
Strong understanding of today's technical hiring landscape
Responsibilities
Lead full-cycle recruiting for various engineering roles
Recruit senior-level individual contributors such as Principal Engineers
Build pipelines for hard-to-fill technical positions through proactive sourcing
Recruit for strategic Go-to-Market positions like Sales Engineers and Customer Success
Develop proactive sourcing strategies and maintain talent pipelines
Advise hiring managers on market trends and candidate availability
Continuously improve recruiting processes and hire efficiency
Benefits
Join a rapidly growing developer-first infrastructure company
Help build world-class engineering and GTM organizations from scratch
Work directly with founders and executive leadership
High ownership, visibility, and significant career growth
Competitive salary, equity, and benefits package
Full Job Description
Lead Technical Recruiter, Engineering & GTM
Location: Santa Clara, CA (3-5 days/week onsite)
We're looking for an experienced Lead Technical Recruiter to help us attract exceptional technical and commercial talent during our next stage of growth. The Opportunity
As our Lead Technical Recruiter, you'll partner closely with our HR Manager and executive leadership to build the teams that will shape the future of Orkes.
This is a highly strategic, hands-on recruiting role. You'll own full-cycle recruiting for technical and go-to-market hiring while helping establish scalable recruiting practices for a fast-growing startup.
We're looking for someone who loves sourcing difficult-to-find talent, understands competitive hiring markets, and enjoys partnering directly with hiring managers to build exceptional teams. What You'll Do Own Technical Recruiting
Lead full-cycle recruiting for Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Solutions Engineering, Product, and Technical Leadership roles
Recruit senior-level individual contributors, including Senior, Staff, and Principal Engineers
Build pipelines for difficult-to-fill technical positions through proactive sourcing and networking
Support GTM Hiring
Recruit for strategic Go-to-Market positions including:
Enterprise Account Executives
Sales Engineers
Customer Success
Solutions Architects
Technical Support Leadership
Build Talent Pipelines
Develop proactive sourcing strategies rather than relying solely on inbound applicants
Build relationships with passive candidates across engineering and enterprise software communities
Maintain healthy talent pipelines for future hiring needs
Partner with Hiring Leaders
Advise hiring managers on market trends, compensation, and candidate availability
Run effective intake meetings and develop recruiting strategies for each search
Drive interview processes and deliver an exceptional candidate experience
Improve Recruiting Operations
Manage candidate pipelines and ATS workflows
Continuously improve recruiting processes, reporting, and hiring efficiency
Partner with agencies when needed while prioritizing internally sourced talent
Help establish scalable recruiting best practices as the company grows
What We're Looking For
6+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience
Experience recruiting for venture-backed startups or high-growth SaaS companies
