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Technical Recruiter

San Francisco, CA

Posted: 06/26/2026 Industry: Operations Job Number: 3625060 Pay Rate: 120000/year - 170000/year

Job Description


Technical Recruiter

San Francisco, CA (Onsite)

Full-Time | $120,000-$170,000 Base + Equity

About the Opportunity

A rapidly growing AI software company is seeking an experienced Technical Recruiter to help scale its engineering organization. This is an opportunity to join a high-growth team early and play a key role in building the company's technical talent strategy.

You'll partner closely with engineering leadership and executives to identify, attract, and hire exceptional software engineering talent while helping establish recruiting processes that will support long-term growth.

This role is based onsite in San Francisco five days per week.

What You'll Do
  • Lead full-cycle recruiting for technical positions from initial sourcing through offer acceptance.
  • Recruit for a variety of engineering functions, including Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Infrastructure, and related technical disciplines.
  • Partner with hiring managers to understand business priorities, technical requirements, and ideal candidate profiles.
  • Develop creative sourcing strategies to identify and engage highly sought-after passive candidates.
  • Build and maintain strong pipelines through networking, referrals, market research, and direct outreach.
  • Manage candidates through every stage of the hiring process while delivering an exceptional candidate experience.
  • Collaborate with interview teams to continuously improve hiring workflows and interview processes.
  • Track recruiting metrics and provide hiring insights to leadership to improve efficiency and forecasting.
  • Negotiate offers and help close top candidates in a highly competitive talent market.

What We're Looking For
  • 4+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience.
  • Proven success recruiting software engineers and other technical professionals in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong sourcing skills with experience identifying passive talent through multiple channels.
  • Ability to build trusted relationships with engineering leaders and executive stakeholders.
  • Excellent communication, organization, and project management skills.
  • Comfortable managing multiple searches simultaneously while maintaining a high-quality candidate experience.
  • Data-driven mindset with experience using recruiting metrics to improve hiring outcomes.
  • Experience recruiting for early-stage or rapidly growing technology companies is highly preferred.

Preferred Experience
  • Recruiting for Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, or similar technical functions.
  • Experience working in startup or high-growth technology environments.
  • Familiarity with modern applicant tracking systems and recruiting tools.

Compensation & Benefits
  • Base Salary: $120,000-$170,000
  • Competitive equity package
  • Comprehensive benefits
  • Opportunity to help shape recruiting strategy within a rapidly growing organization

Work Environment

This is a full-time, onsite position located in San Francisco, CA. The team values collaboration, ownership, and working closely together to build a world-class engineering organization.

If you enjoy recruiting exceptional technical talent, partnering directly with engineering leaders, and helping build recruiting programs from the ground up, we'd love to hear from you.

Who is Rainier Recruiting? 

Rainier Recruiting is a boutique, award winning national staffing agency and executive search firm. Using an approach that “treats every candidate like an executive search”, we offer positions in contract-to-hire, Full-Time, and executive search. Named the #1 Best Workplace in Washington State in 2022, recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm, and identified as a top recruitment firm by multiple business journals, Rainier Recruiting is fast becoming a respected company. We are no longer the “best recruiters you have never heard of”. Rainier Recruiting is also proud to share our clients have a 93% repeat business rate. Rainier Recruiting is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and for the candidates we represent. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of every organization that we partner with.

Meet Your Recruiter

Joely Downing
Senior Recruiter

Joely spent most of her career in the hotel business and started recruiting in the Hospitality field before coming to Rainier Recruiting.  Outside of work, Joely enjoys time with family and friends and traveling. Confident she can find the best candidates from anywhere, she is hoping to move her desk permanently to Mexico sooner than later.    

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