About Wednesday
Wednesday is a software engineering partner to ambitious companies. We specialize in Data Engineering, Applied AI, and Product Engineering, helping fast-growing businesses solve complex product engineering problems.We're looking for a Senior Technical Recruiter who excels at sourcing exceptional talent, leverages AI tools to streamline hiring, and continuously improves the recruitment process through data, introspection, and iteration.
Key Responsibilities
- Role Definition: Collaborate with hiring managers to clearly define roles and translate them into targeted job descriptions.
- Candidate Sourcing: Spend the majority of your time building pipelines using advanced and creative sourcing techniques.
- AI-Driven Recruitment: Leverage AI tools to enhance sourcing, outreach, candidate review, and communication.
- Assessment Creation: Independently design and manage role-specific assessments using platforms like TestGorilla or similar tools.
- Assessment Analysis: Monitor performance of assessments, identify drop-offs or mismatches, and suggest changes to improve hiring accuracy.
- Hiring Retrospectives: Introspect on hiring outcomeswhat worked, what didn'tand continuously adapt the hiring playbook.
- Candidate Screening: Conduct first-round interviews and represent Wednesday's values, mission, and culture authentically.
- Process Optimization: Use data to identify bottlenecks and recommend improvements that scale with the company.
- Hiring Calendar: Build and maintain a recruitment calendar aligned with team needs and company goals.
- Reporting & Metrics: Track and report on key hiring metrics such as time-to-hire, source effectiveness, and conversion rates.
Requirements
- Minimum 8 years of experience in technical recruitment, ideally in startups or fast-paced service environments.
- Proven sourcing expertise across platforms and channels; sourcing should be your primary focus.
- Strong experience using AI and automation tools to improve recruiting workflows.
- Ability to independently create and manage assessments and iterate based on performance.
- Deep understanding of technical roles, programming languages, and developer tools.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Highly organized and self-driven.
