Principal Technical Recruiter
Core
Own Babylist's most complex and strategically important technical roles (senior, staff, director-level engineers, principal PMs, AI/Builder profiles) as a trusted advisor to leadership.
Role type
Principal Technical Recruiter (Strategic Partner & Infrastructure Builder)
Builds
Hiring intelligence infrastructure (finals trackers, pipeline health dashboards, funnel analysis tools) and team capability programs (coaching, calibration sessions).
Domain
Tech Talent Acquisition (Engineering & Product Leadership)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery
Required skills
Full-cycle technical recruiting, technical fluency (engineering impact assessment), complex offer strategy (above-band, counter-offers, role upleveling), hiring manager-level judgment, mentorship, AI tool adoption, agency partnership management.
Preferred skills
Experience with emerging AI/Builder profiles, first-principles comp strategy thinking.
Technologies
AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT), hiring intelligence dashboards, pipeline tracking systems.
Responsibilities
Calibrate and close senior/staff/director-level technical roles; build hiring intelligence infrastructure; present pipeline health and trends to Engineering Leadership; drive offer strategy for hard-to-close situations; design and run team capability programs; manage external agency partnerships based on performance data.
Seniority
Principal, strategic partner & mentorship
