Technical Recruiter

Department: Human Resources

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Melville, NY

Compensation: $100,000 / year

Description

The Opportunity

This is a unique opportunity to own and shape talent acquisition at the center of a growing SaaS organization. As our sole Technical Recruiter, you won't simply fill roles, you'll build the recruiting function that helps define the next stage of our company's growth.

Partnering directly with leadership across Engineering, Product, and the broader business, you'll drive hiring strategy end-to-end: helping define talent needs, elevating hiring processes, strengthening our employer brand, and ensuring we attract exceptional people who will shape the future of our platform.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in high-ownership environments and wants the chance to build, influence, and scale. You'll have the autonomy to introduce better systems, modernize recruiting operations, and create a hiring engine that enables the company to grow thoughtfully and efficiently. Your impact will be visible across every team you help build and every leader you help hire for.

The impact you'll make

The impact you'll make

• Talent Acquisition - working with the business to identify critical roles proactively, create job descriptions, identify, and vet candidates through a variety of sources, and fill positions with a focus on related time to fill and cost per hire metrics.
• Manage a full cycle recruiting process: identify, engage, evaluate top candidates.
• Be the main resource for executives to develop strategies, make critical decisions, and drive creative approaches for recruiting top talent across the company.
• Maintain and establish regular touch points with hiring managers and candidates.
• Maintaining a talent pool of potential employees who can be contacted when positions become available.
• Recommend hiring decisions to upper management based on candidate qualifications.
• Collaborate across the organization to build and refine processes to ensure efficient growth into the future.
• Manage and negotiate with external Agencies when needed.

What you will bring

• 3-5 years of recruiting in a fast-paced, high growth environment, predominantly focusing on IT and Engineering talent.
• Demonstrated experience with technical sourcing and maintaining a pipeline of passive candidates.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A positive attitude: you're a team player and you work effectively with different teams.
• Proven organizational skills with high attention to detail and the ability to prioritize.
• Experience using ATS applications (Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, Pinpoint, etc)

As a member of the KWI team you will receive

• Full Medical, Dental and Vision
• Annual bonus eligible
• Free gym in the building
• Generous PTO policy
• Summer Fridays....all year round
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Discount from building café
• 401(K) with a 50% company match (up to 6% of employee contribution)
• Employee Referral Program
• (1) Volunteer day each year

Our work space

We understand that our teams need flexibility, which is why we follow a hybrid schedule. Our in-office days of Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and employees are allowed to work remotely on Wednesdays and Friday.

We are also a collaborative group and believe that getting together in person allows our team to do their best work. Together we enjoy monthly events, bagels every Thursday, a state-of-the-art coffee machine, a full snack pantry and many more surprise and delight moments throughout the year.