Senior Recruiter

Overview

Senior Technical Recruiter to own end-to-end technical hiring for complex, high-impact engineering roles as part of Zillow's workforce expansion in India.

What you'll do

• Own end-to-end technical recruiting for complex and high-impact engineering roles, from intake through offer and close.
• Partner with Engineering leaders and Hiring Managers to understand business priorities, team structures, technical requirements, and talent gaps.
• Translate technical requirements into effective talent strategies and sourcing plans, rather than relying solely on inbound applications.
• Build and maintain strong pipelines of high-quality engineering talent across relevant technology ecosystems.
• Conduct meaningful candidate conversations and assess technical experience, career progression, scope, and impact.
• Use direct sourcing, market mapping, referrals, networking, research, and talent communities to identify passive candidates.
• Develop a strong understanding of the competitive technology talent landscape, including companies, skills, compensation trends, and candidate motivations.
• Partner with Hiring Managers throughout the interview process to ensure speed, quality, consistency, and an exceptional candidate experience.
• Drive offer strategy and close senior and highly sought-after technical talent, understanding motivations beyond compensation.
• Use recruiting data and market insights to identify bottlenecks, improve conversion, and influence hiring decisions.

What you'll need

• 8–12 years of recruiting experience, with significant experience hiring for software engineering and technology organizations.
• Proven experience recruiting within technology product companies, SaaS, cloud, consumer technology, fintech, marketplaces, or other engineering-led organizations.
• Ability to engage credibly with senior engineers and technical leaders and understand technology stacks, engineering environments, and technical career paths.
• Demonstrated success in passive candidate sourcing and talent mapping, particularly for difficult-to-fill roles.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence Hiring Managers and challenge assumptions when required.
• Experience managing multiple priorities while maintaining a high bar for candidate quality and experience.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to use recruiting data to make decisions and improve outcomes.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, negotiation, and closing skills.
• Comfortable working in an environment that values ownership, speed, ambiguity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Proficiency with recruiting systems and tools such as Workday, Gem, and LinkedIn.
• Proven expertise with AI tools to create dashboards and automate recruiting processes.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru (Zillow India office); candidates currently based in Bangalore will be considered.
• Hybrid role: 3 days work from office.
• Working hours: 2 pm to 11 pm IST.
• Employees must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the office.