IT Recruiter

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an IT Recruiter based in India.

As an IT Recruiter, you will manage the full recruitment lifecycle for technology professionals, partnering with startups and product-based companies to identify and secure top technical talent. You will take ownership of direct client requirements, from candidate sourcing and screening to interview coordination, offer negotiation, and onboarding. The role requires strong technical recruitment expertise, excellent sourcing strategies, and the ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment. You will recruit across diverse technology domains, including software engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, data, quality assurance, and mobile development. By building strong candidate pipelines and maintaining lasting professional relationships, you will contribute directly to client growth and hiring success. This opportunity is ideal for a proactive, target-driven recruitment professional who thrives on accountability, quick decision-making, and measurable results.

Accountabilities

• End-to-End Technical Recruitment: Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer negotiation, and onboarding, ensuring a smooth and efficient experience for candidates and clients.

• Client Requirement Management: Work directly with startup and product-based clients to understand hiring needs, clarify technical requirements, prioritize vacancies, and deliver suitable candidates within agreed timelines.

• Candidate Sourcing: Identify and attract qualified technical professionals through LinkedIn, Naukri, applicant tracking systems (ATS), job portals, referrals, and advanced Boolean search techniques.

• Technical Screening and Assessment: Evaluate candidates' technical skills, relevant experience, communication abilities, employment stability, and overall suitability for specific roles and client requirements.

• Interview Coordination and Offer Closure: Schedule interviews, coordinate with candidates and clients, gather feedback, manage expectations, support offer negotiations, and drive timely hiring decisions.

• Talent Pipeline Development: Build and maintain strong candidate pipelines for current and future vacancies, including relationships with active and passive candidates across relevant technology domains.

• Performance and Target Achievement: Manage multiple vacancies simultaneously while meeting weekly and monthly recruitment targets without compromising candidate quality or client satisfaction.

• Market Intelligence: Monitor technology hiring trends, candidate availability, compensation expectations, and talent market conditions to improve sourcing strategies and recruitment outcomes.

• Candidate Relationship Management: Develop long-term relationships with technical professionals, maintain regular communication throughout the hiring process, and support successful onboarding.

Requirements

• Relevant Recruitment Experience: Between 2 and 5 years of hands-on experience working specifically in an IT recruitment consultancy or staffing firm. Candidates whose experience is limited to corporate HR or internal talent acquisition are not suitable for this position.

• Startup and Product-Based Hiring: Proven experience recruiting technical professionals for startups, product-based companies, or similar technology-driven organizations, with direct exposure to client requirements.

• Technical Recruitment Knowledge: Strong understanding of technical roles, programming languages, technology stacks, and hiring terminology across software engineering, cloud computing, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), data engineering, data science, quality assurance, automation, and mobile development.

• Advanced Sourcing Skills: Demonstrated ability to source candidates effectively using LinkedIn, Naukri, job portals, ATS platforms, referrals, and advanced Boolean search techniques.

• Screening and Evaluation: Ability to assess technical qualifications, relevant project experience, communication skills, role alignment, and candidate suitability against client expectations.

• Communication and Negotiation: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the confidence to engage candidates, manage client expectations, discuss compensation, and negotiate offers effectively.

• Target-Driven Mindset: Strong focus on recruitment metrics, placement outcomes, hiring deadlines, and successful offer closures, supported by effective prioritization and time management.

• Ownership and Accountability: Self-motivated, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple open positions in a demanding, fast-moving recruitment environment.

• Relationship-Building Skills: Ability to develop trusted relationships with candidates and clients, maintain engagement throughout the recruitment process, and build sustainable talent networks.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation: Annual salary ranging from INR 400,000 to INR 600,000, with additional performance-based incentives.

• Fully Remote Work: Opportunity to work remotely from anywhere in India.

• Startup and Product Exposure: Work directly with startups and product-based technology companies across a variety of modern technical domains.

• Performance-Based Rewards: Incentives linked to recruitment performance and successful hiring outcomes.

• Professional Development: Gain deeper expertise in technical recruitment, advanced sourcing strategies, and evolving technology hiring markets.

• Fast-Paced Environment: Work in a dynamic setting that encourages ownership, initiative, quick decision-making, and efficient execution.

• Visible Business Impact: Contribute directly to client hiring success by connecting organizations with qualified technical talent.