Pearl Talent is seeking a Technical Recruiter to lead sourcing and hiring for high-caliber engineering and technology roles. You will combine recruitment fundamentals with technical fluency to understand complex requirements, assess specialized skills, and build credibility with both candidates and hiring stakeholders.
What You'll Do
- Source technical candidates through specialized channels like LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, and Stack Overflow.
- Build and maintain talent pipelines across specializations like frontend, backend, AI/ML, data, and DevOps.
- Execute Boolean and X-ray search strategies to engage passive technical talent.
- Develop evergreen talent pools for recurring and hard-to-fill technical roles.
- Conduct personalized, technically informed outreach to qualified candidates.
- Conduct initial technical screening interviews to assess skills, problem-solving, and technical depth.
- Review GitHub profiles, portfolios, and technical documentation.
- Coordinate and evaluate coding challenges, take-home assessments, and live technical interviews.
- Assess understanding of development methodologies and engineering best practices.
- Provide structured technical feedback to hiring stakeholders.
- Partner with engineering leaders to clarify technical requirements.
- Translate role requirements into effective sourcing strategies and candidate profiles.
- Provide market insights on technical talent availability and skill prioritization.
- Support the refinement of technically accurate and market-aligned job descriptions.
- Manage multi-stage technical interview processes with distributed teams.
- Prepare candidates for technical interview formats and expectations.
- Ensure timely documentation and communication of interview feedback.
- Engage with technical communities and professional networks.
- Support technical employer branding through content and outreach initiatives.
- Build relationships with universities, bootcamps, and technical training programs.
- Improve technical recruitment workflows and sourcing efficiency.
- Track sourcing effectiveness and pipeline health.
- Stay informed on emerging technologies and technical hiring trends.
What We're Looking For
- 1–3+ years of experience in technical recruitment or technology talent acquisition.
- Proven experience recruiting for software engineering, data, AI, or infrastructure roles.
- Solid understanding of software development concepts, programming languages, and tech stacks.
- Experience conducting technical screening interviews and coordinating assessments.
- End-to-end recruitment experience from sourcing through offer stage.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
- Ability to work independently in a fully remote environment.
- High attention to detail and consistent follow-through.
Nice to Have
- Experience recruiting for specialized domains like AI/ML, data engineering, DevOps, or mobile.
- Background recruiting for startups or high-growth technology companies.
- Agency recruitment experience.
- Hands-on technical exposure or formal technical education.
- Experience hiring senior or leadership-level technical roles.
- Exposure to global or cross-border technical hiring.
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive Salary: Based on experience and skills.
- Remote Work: Fully remote — work from anywhere.
- Generous PTO: In accordance with company policy.
- Direct Mentorship: Access to global industry leaders.
- Learning & Development: Continuous growth resources.
- Global Networking: Work with international teams.
- Health Coverage (Philippines only): HMO after 3 months for full-time employees.
Work Mode
This is a fully remote position open to candidates in the Philippines, LATAM, South Africa, Kenya, and other remote regions with excellent English communication skills.
Pearl Talent is an equal opportunity employer.
