What We're Looking ForThe Talent team supports hiring across Lightning AI's engineering and technical organizations. This position manages technical recruiting processes and partners with hiring managers to define requirements, build candidate pipelines, and improve hiring outcomes. We're looking for a Senior Technical Recruiter with experience hiring for software engineering, infrastructure, cloud, or related technical functions. The role includes full-cycle recruiting, data analysis, structured assessment design, and advising stakeholders on hiring decisions.
This role is hybrid out of our San Francisco or New York office hubs, with an in-office requirement of at least 2 days per week and occasional team and company off-sites.
What You'll Do- Manage full-cycle recruiting for engineering, infrastructure, cloud, and related technical positions.
- Partner with hiring managers to define job requirements, hiring priorities, interview plans, and
recruiting timelines. - Develop sourcing strategies informed by role requirements, candidate pipeline data, and talent
market research. - Track pipeline conversion, time-to-hire, offer acceptance, and sourcing effectiveness; recommend
actions based on findings. - Establish consistent intake, interview, and candidate evaluation practices using job-related criteria.
- Present market information, pipeline risks, and hiring tradeoffs to stakeholders.
- Coordinate candidate communication, interview feedback, and offer processes.
- Identify workflow gaps and implement process improvements, including appropriate automation
and AI-enabled tools.
What You'll Need- 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience.
- Experience recruiting software engineers, infrastructure engineers, or related technical roles.
- Experience developing sourcing strategies and managing candidate pipelines.
- Experience analyzing recruiting metrics and applying findings to recruiting plans or process
improvements. - Experience establishing or maintaining structured interviews and consistent evaluation criteria.
- Experience advising hiring managers using recruiting data and talent market information.
- Ability to manage multiple searches, communicate changes in priorities, and track deliverables.
We are committed to offering competitive compensation that reflects the value each team member brings to our mission. Final offers are based on factors such as experience, skills, geographic location, and role expectations. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package for eligible roles includes a discretionary bonus, a meaningful equity component, and comprehensive benefits.
The anticipated annual base salary range for this role is:
$125,000-$180,000 USD
Benefits and PerksWe offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support our employees' health, well-being, and long-term success:
- Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents.
- Meaningful Equity: RSUs that give employees a stake in the company's long-term success.
- Retirement Savings: 401(k) matching (U.S.) and pension contributions (U.K.).
- Flexible Time Off: Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and floating holidays to support work-life balance.
- Paid Parental & Family Leave: Paid leave to support you and your family through life's important moments.
- Professional Development: Annual learning and development allowance to support your professional growth.
- Wellness Benefits: Wellness and work-from-home stipends to support your physical and mental well-being.
- Sabbatical Program: Four weeks of paid sabbatical leave after four years of service.
- Flexible Work: Flexible schedules and a hybrid work model for our office-based teams.
- In-Office Meals: Complimentary meals at our office hubs.
Benefits may vary by location, team, and role.
