Principal Technical Recruiter
opentable
San Francisco, United States Posted October 12, 2026
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Salary Range
$165,000 - $200,000
Job Description
Join our team as a Principal Technical Recruiter, where you will play a critical role in identifying, attracting, and hiring top-tier engineering and specialized technical talent. You will serve as a trusted advisor to senior executive leadership, lead high-impact hiring initiatives, and elevate our technical recruitment standards. This role requires deep technical acumen, proven experience in full-cycle technical recruiting, and a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Enjoy generous benefits, including paid vacation, parental leave, and mental health support.
- Identifying, attracting, and hiring top-tier engineering and specialized technical talent to drive company growth.
- Serving as a trusted advisor to senior executive leadership, leveraging recruitment analytics and market intelligence to shape workforce strategy.
- Leading high-impact hiring initiatives, designing scalable talent acquisition frameworks, and elevating technical recruitment standards across the organization.
- Deep technical acumen with a strong functional understanding of software engineering, infrastructure, data science, or specialized research landscapes
- Proven track record of advising and influencing senior executive stakeholders using market data, pass-through rates, and pipeline health metrics
- Demonstrated expertise in navigating and executing complex, high-level offer negotiations and compensation structuring
- 8+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience, ideally in-house within high-growth or enterprise technology environments
- Proven experience establishing standardized interview rubrics and scalable talent assessment frameworks
- Experience designing and standing up various hiring initiatives and inclusive sourcing programs within technical organizations
- Background in direct mentorship or formal coaching of talent acquisition team members and sourcers
- Expertise in advanced recruitment analytics and building data dashboards to track talent acquisition performance
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