Sr Technical Recruiter

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

This role will be based in San Francisco or Sunnyvale/Mountain View. 

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team. 

We are looking for a Sr. Technical Recruiter to join our Engineering TA Team in identifying, screening and hiring qualified candidates. In this role, you will be responsible for sourcing passive candidates, partnering with Sourcers and Hiring Managers to close active candidates, and cultivating a pipeline of best-in-class talent for LinkedIn through innovative outreach methods. You will work to reduce the time it takes to fill each position while continually striving to improve the satisfaction of your Hiring Managers.  

In this role, you will be working on a combination of pipeline and custom requisitions across the Infrastructure Engineering organization (i.e. Systems Infrastructure, Kubernetes, AI Platform). 

Responsibilities:  

• Lead by example and provide recruitment support to the Engineering organization  
• Own the recruiting cycle from end to end, spanning all areas and disciplines  
• Own full desk from sourcing to closing candidates 
• Coach, mentor and train team members to find the best employees for our company  
• Drive technology, process and teamwork efforts to enhance the recruitment process  
• Proactively recruit passive talent to join the LinkedIn's Engineering team  
• Work with hiring managers to provide guidance, expertise, collaboration and teamwork to hire the best talent for our team  
• Utilize the world’s best recruiting tools to get the job done better, faster and more efficiently than ever before  
• Deliver against set metrics to provide consistent results and data-backed progress  
• Elevate the candidate experience by adopting our “members first” company value

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:  

• BA/BS degree in a related field or equivalent experience  
• 5+ years of experience in recruiting or talent acquisition  

Preferred Qualifications:   

• Previous recruiting experience for Engineering roles  
• Experience with applicant tracking systems and passive candidate sourcing  
• Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter or LinkedIn as a recruiting tool  
• Experience effectively hiring and motivating talent  
• In-house and agency experience  
• Expert knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook) 
• Strong understanding of talent and competency models, recruiting fundamentals, competitive market awareness and online/social media  
• Knowledge of the web/Internet market space, including trade journals, academic institutions, alumni associations and other sources of great candidates  
• Excellent communication, time management and negotiation skills  
• Ability to work with internal clients to develop and iterate best-in-class profiles to reflect the talent needs of the business  
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment  

Suggested Skills  

• Communication 
• Negotiation  
• Data-driven  
• Influencing and advising  
• Operational excellence 

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.    

The pay range for this role is $112,000 to $181,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.    

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits. 

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Statement

LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportu