Mission focused engineering for space and national security.
Senior Technical Recruiter
Location
United States
Posted
4 days ago
Salary
$120K - $145K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Technical Recruiter
Sphinx Defense
• Partner with Sphinx leadership and hiring teams as a trusted hiring advisor to ensure best practices and continuously improve our hiring approach. • Strengthen and optimize structured interview and hiring processes that uphold high hiring standards and efficient timelines. Proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks to continuously improve recruiting operations. • Build strong partnerships across hiring managers, Operations, and candidates to deliver a collaborative, transparent, and positive hiring experience. • Develop, document, and continuously refine talent acquisition processes that enable Sphinx to scale thoughtfully and efficiently.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in full-cycle technical recruiting
- Proven track record building high-performing engineering teams
- Track record of sourcing niche talent pools for highly specialized roles in competitive markets
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, organizational rigor, and a relentless commitment to delivering a top-tier candidate experience from first outreach to signed offer
- Ability to influence and advise hiring teams at all levels, bringing market intelligence and recruiting strategy to the table, not just resumes
- Have excellent communication skills and enjoy working in collaborative organizations
- Have the ability to learn quickly and adapt to a fast-paced environment
- Experience working in a remote environment and ability to work asynchronously
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving results in a dynamic environment
Benefits
- Compensation includes competitive salary
- meaningful equity ownership
- profit sharing
- employer 401(k) contribution
- 100% employer covered medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
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