Senior Technical Recruiter

LiveKit

. Own 8–10 engineering and technical searches end to end, from kickoff to signed offer .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeRemote • United States, CanadaSenior💰 $150,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

Role fit

Core Competencies

Use this summary to align your resume positioning with the role.

Demonstrates extensive experience in full-cycle technical recruiting, particularly for senior and staff-level engineering roles, while effectively engaging candidates and enhancing the hiring process. Proficient in building recruiting systems and pipelines tailored for infrastructure, developer tools, and AI sectors.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Full-Cycle Technical RecruitingSenior-Level Engineering SearchesProactive SourcingBuilding Recruiting ProcessesExperience With Ashby And Gem

ATS Keywords

Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills

Technical RecruitingCandidate Engagement StrategiesBuilding PipelinesInterview Process DevelopmentSourcing Playbooks

Soft Skills

Authentic CommunicationRelationship Building

Tools & Technologies

AshbyGem

Industry Keywords

Infrastructure EngineeringDeveloper ToolsOpen SourceAI RecruitingTalent Business Partner

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Open Source

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own 8–10 engineering and technical searches end to end, from kickoff to signed offer
Partner with engineering hiring managers to define role requirements and challenge market-mismatched requirements
Source infrastructure, backend, SDK, and AI engineers who are not actively looking
Understand candidate motivations and create strategies to engage them
Build pipelines for recurring roles
Run an honest, authentic, and clear hiring process emphasizing candidate experience
Help build Talent team systems, including sourcing playbooks and interview kits
Serve as a Talent Business Partner to the LiveKit team

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting, mostly in-house
Experience owning and closing senior- and staff-level engineering searches
Ability to hold a real conversation with an engineer about their work
Proactive sourcing and ability to build and sustain a strong bench
Recruiting experience for infrastructure, developer tools, open source, or AI companies
Experience building or rebuilding a recruiting process from scratch
Ability to win top talent against offers from big tech
Experience with Ashby and Gem is nice to have
Experience with executive recruiting is nice to have
Legal authorization to work in the US or country of residence
Ability to obtain sponsorship support is addressed in the application, but no sponsorship requirement is stated in the posting

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Equity package
Health, dental, and vision benefits
Flexible vacation policy