Technical Recruiter
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Partner directly with engineering leaders to understand teams, develop hiring strategies, and own searches across product, infrastructure, AI, and mobile roles. Build a consistent pipeline through talent mapping, direct sourcing, referrals, and long-term relationship development. Identify engineers with strong technical foundations, product judgment, and evidence of significant ownership. Conduct in-depth assessments covering technical fluency, ownership, and alignment with Linear's working environment. Maintain momentum via transparent communication and fast feedback loops. Use funnel data and candidate feedback to improve sourcing strategies and pre-work trial calibration. Maintain accurate data in Ashby to ensure hiring partners have clear visibility into pipeline health. Contribute to the small Talent team while remaining adaptable to support evolving company priorities.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience
- hiring senior engineers at high-growth startups or product-led technology companies
- Exceptional sourcing ability
- turning research, networks, referrals, and thoughtful outreach into qualified candidate relationships
- Strong judgment about technical talent
- product orientation
- ownership
- the environments in which candidates are likely to perform best
- The ability to build credibility with highly sought-after engineers
- represent Linear's opportunity with clarity and candor
- A record of developing trusted, direct relationships with demanding hiring managers and technical leaders
- Strong interviewing skills
- the ability to distinguish polished interview performance from meaningful evidence of impact
- Clear, persuasive written and verbal communication
- High operating discipline
- thoughtful prioritization
- reliable follow-through
- accurate data
- fast feedback loops
- Comfort working without heavy process on a small, distributed, high-performing team
- Familiarity with Linear or other products and companies defined by exceptional software craftsmanship
- A commitment to candidate experience
- the ability to deliver direct feedback
- navigate complex or competitive closing conversations
- Adaptable generalist
- quickly learn and support hiring across other functions
- Candidates based in North American (Eastern time zone)
- strong preference for the New York City area
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with Linear or other products and companies defined by exceptional software craftsmanship
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