Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Recruiting from Scratch is hiring a Senior Agency Recruiter, Software Engineering to lead complex software engineering searches from intake through accepted offer. The role partners with hiring managers, develops sourcing strategies, evaluates technical talent, manages candidate and client relationships, and closes competitive searches.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle searches for senior and staff software engineers at competitive, well-funded technology companies
• Lead intake conversations that produce a real search strategy: calibrate the technical bar, identify target companies, surface likely tradeoffs, and define what a strong candidate looks like before sourcing begins
• Evaluate engineers credibly. Read a résumé, LinkedIn profile, or GitHub repository and understand what the person actually built, the difference between services and scripts, scale and scaffolding, or senior- and staff-level scope
• Explain and defend your assessment to technical hiring managers
• Build and manage pipelines through targeted outbound, referrals, and our proprietary candidate database—not LinkedIn Recruiter alone
• Use modern AI-assisted sourcing tools to research markets, identify candidates, and work more efficiently
• Stay current on modern software development and how AI is changing engineering teams, technical roles, and the signals that indicate exceptional performance
• Run thoughtful candidate processes, including preparation, feedback, compensation alignment, offer management, counteroffers, and closing
• Maintain clear, accurate pipeline data so clients and teammates always understand where a search stands
• Turn what you learn into better scorecards, sourcing strategies, screening criteria, and recruiting processes

Skills

• A track record recruiting software engineers in an agency, executive-search, or high-growth startup environment
• Demonstrated production, including placements made, fees or gross profit earned, and offers closed
• Strong technical screening ability
• Genuine curiosity about software, AI, and modern engineering
• Experience building targeted sourcing strategies rather than relying on high-volume outreach
• Consultative written and verbal communication, with the credibility to advise engineers, founders, and hiring managers
• Strong candidate management and closing skills, particularly when candidates are considering multiple offers
• Comfort working independently in a remote, transparent, performance-oriented environment
• High standards for candidate experience, data quality, and follow-through
• Experience recruiting across adjacent technical functions, including data, infrastructure, machine learning, product, or hardware
• Experience hiring for venture-backed startups, including founding and early engineering teams
• A computer science background, previous engineering experience, or a history of building technical projects yourself
• Fluency with modern ATS platforms, sourcing tools, and AI-assisted recruiting workflows

Benefits

• Uncapped commission
• Full-time, remote position for candidates based in the United States

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